Maggie Rogers - Don’t Forget Me

4 Stars

The sound of an artist beginning to sink cosily into her own skin, and enjoying herself enormously in the process.

10th April 2024

Conan Gray - Found Heaven

4 Stars

A sledgehammer of an LP that switches things up once again for maximum impact.

9th April 2024

Lizzy McAlpine - Older

4 Stars

Shrugging off the pressures of present day virality in favour of creating something much more classic.

3rd April 2024

Chastity Belt - Live Laugh Love

4 Stars

By opening up their songwriting process, the band have managed to carve out an even more singular sound.

27th March 2024

Empress Of - For Your Consideration

4 Stars

Dizzyingly unique and creatively assertive.

20th March 2024

Lauran Hibberd - Girlfriend Material

4 Stars

Combining pop hooks, fuzzy punk guitars, and honest, relatable words, it shows Lauren as an artist coming into her own.

20th March 2024

Francis of Delirium - Lighthouse

4 Stars

Contending with coming-of-age and love without drifting into cliche, Jana Bahrich illustrates the beautiful simplicity behind embracing the hope inherent in change.

20th March 2024

Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future

4 Stars

Beautiful in its honesty, this feels like a milestone record founded in maturity and grace.

20th March 2024

Gossip - Real Power

4 Stars

Getting older with heart and empathy? That sounds like real power to us.

20th March 2024

Kim Gordon - The Collective

4 Stars

The gap between music and art seems smaller than ever.

6th March 2024

Everything Everything - Mountainhead

4 Stars

An album that continues the quartet’s knack for pairing potent socio-political commentary with delicious pop nous.

1st March 2024

MGMT - Loss Of Life

4 Stars

They continue to plough their strange pop furrow with aplomb.

21st February 2024

Nadine Shah - Filthy Underneath

4 Stars

It’s not the easiest listen, but it’s extremely rewarding.

21st February 2024

Allie X - Girl With No Face

4 Stars

An energetic retrospection to digest all the mundane, vulgar, maddening and unsettling future contemporaneity she faces.

21st February 2024

Jazmin Bean - Traumatic Livelihood

4 Stars

An accomplished and immediate pop record that will surely find the underground superstar receiving greater name recognition.

21st February 2024

Mary Timony - Untame The Tiger

4 Stars

A stirring reminder of her singular ability as a guitarist and songwriter.

21st February 2024

Laura Jane Grace - Hole In My Head

4 Stars

There’s something inherently welcoming in the short, sharp, and lyrically open songs.

14th February 2024

serpentwithfeet - GRIP

4 Stars

A dynamic and sensual album, rich with imagery, peppered with romance, and imbued with joy.

14th February 2024

IDLES - TANGK

4 Stars

If love is the theme here, it’s quickly masked by a balanced ferocity IDLES have never tapped into before.

14th February 2024

Declan McKenna - What Happened To The Beach?

4 Stars

Decidedly mature yet still with that same self-aware playfulness, this is undoubtedly his most eclectic offering to date.

7th February 2024

Madi Diaz - Weird Faith

4 Stars

Truly cathartic, with her sense of self reaffirmed.

7th February 2024

Brittany Howard - WHAT NOW

4 Stars

A gem.

31st January 2024

The Smile - Wall Of Eyes

4 Stars

For the most part this album is exactly what a side project should be – all the ideas too weird to fit anywhere else.

24th January 2024

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - Dark Rainbow

4 Stars

Perhaps their most consistent and level work to date.

24th January 2024