Adrianne Lenker - Songs / Instrumentals

4-5 Stars

The title ​‘songs’ betrays overwhelming modesty on Adrianne Lenker’s part.

22nd October 2020

Touché Amoré - Lament

4-5 Stars

Touché Amoré continue to reinvent the very foundations of hardcore.

8th October 2020

Will Butler - Generations

4-5 Stars

What unites the record is an urgent, anxious sense of unrest.

24th September 2020

Deftones - Ohms

4-5 Stars

If any of Deftones’ previous records are guilty of lacking focus, ​‘Ohms’ is certainly safe from future vitriol.

24th September 2020

Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension

4-5 Stars

Not so much a call to arms as an exploration of the individual’s ability to disassociate from the norm.

24th September 2020

Biffy Clyro - A Celebration of Endings

4-5 Stars

It offers up a brand of gut-wrenching, defiant hope.

13th August 2020

Taylor Swift - folklore

4-5 Stars

Undoubtedly one of her best.

3rd August 2020

Fontaines DC - A Hero’s Death

4-5 Stars

If you thought another rollicking, rabble-rouser was on the cards, it’s time to think again.

30th July 2020

Silverbacks - Fad

4-5 Stars

An excellent example of how a debut should be done.

16th July 2020

Jarv is… - Beyond The Pale

4-5 Stars

Pushing nearly 30 years in the game, JARV IS… still an absolute one-of-a-kind.

16th July 2020

100 gecs - 1000 gecs & The Tree of Clues

4-5 Stars

A masterpiece in its madness.

10th July 2020

HAIM - Women In Music Pt. III

4-5 Stars

An irreverent middle finger to convention and expectation.

25th June 2020

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher

4-5 Stars

A clear step forward.

18th June 2020

Lady Gaga - Chromatica

4-5 Stars

Now’s never been a better time to get lost in this new destination.

1st June 2020

Laura Marling – Song For Our Daughter

4-5 Stars

Laura’s lessons to an imaginary daughter deliver with understated power.

16th April 2020

The Strokes - The New Abnormal

4-5 Stars

The Strokes seem to have finally remembered exactly how magical they can be.

9th April 2020

Mystery Jets - A Billion Heartbeats

4-5 Stars

A rallying call for change and action and a hopeful outlook on what’s to come.

2nd April 2020

Sorry - 925

4-5 Stars

A debut that makes strange magic at every turn.

26th March 2020

Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud

4-5 Stars

It chronicles not just the journey but the revelations of love, life and death that comes with it.

26th March 2020

Låpsley - Through Water

4-5 Stars

A solid evolution that bodes incredibly well for wherever she swims to next.

19th March 2020

Porridge Radio - Every Bad

4-5 Stars

Each individual moment offers a new tone, a new feeling, but carries the distinct sound that Porridge Radio have made their own.

12th March 2020

Lauv - ~ how i’m feeling ~

4-5 Stars

If you’re looking for your new favourite pop album, Lauv’s got you sorted.

5th March 2020

Soccer Mommy - color theory

4-5 Stars

She encapsulates the spiralling mundanity of feeling blue without sugar coating it with unnecessary poetry.

27th February 2020

Sløtface - Sorry For The Late Reply

4-5 Stars

An album that’s taken the playful spark of their debut and refined it into a bolder beast.

30th January 2020