Los Bitchos - Let The Festivities Begin!

4 Stars

There will be few debuts this year that feel like such glorious exercises in musical technicolour.

4th February 2022

MØ - Motordrome

4 Stars

No longer simply living to survive, MØ is having fun being herself.

28th January 2022

Eels - Extreme Witchcraft

4 Stars

As freewheeling as Eels have sounded since ​‘Souljacker’.

28th January 2022

Years & Years - Night Call

4 Stars

A horny soundtrack of the the Great Global Hook-Up Drought of 2020⁄1.

21st January 2022

Aurora - The Gods We Can Touch

4 Stars

Aurora’s celestial spark remains her calling card.

21st January 2022

The Weeknd - Dawn FM

4 Stars

It’s so spot-on ​’80s as to imagine Max Headroom could interrupt at any given moment.

7th January 2022

Spector - Now Or Whenever

4 Stars

Striking between the two eras of their sound.

7th January 2022

Arca - KICK ii, KicK iii, kick iiii, kICK iiiii

4 Stars

A complex calling card from a singular artist.

3rd December 2021

No Rome - It’s All Smiles

4 Stars

With every listen there’s something else to hear, something new to discover, and something different to feel.

3rd December 2021

Deap Vally - Marriage

4 Stars

The sound of Deap Vally tapping back into what makes them tick.

19th November 2021

Damon Albarn - The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows

4 Stars

At once warm and familiar but simultaneously a little odd.

10th November 2021

IDLES - CRAWLER

4 Stars

Things get truly exciting when IDLES combine the atmospheric with the experimental.

10th November 2021

Pip Blom - Welcome Break

4 Stars

Pip Blom haven’t changed their sound, but they do feel like they’ve got to know it better.

10th November 2021

Kills Birds - Married

4 Stars

The group unleash the spirit of punk with sharpshooting smarts.

10th November 2021

Zuzu - Queensway Tunnel

4 Stars

Despite its intimacy, it’s also pretty universal.

10th November 2021

Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time

4 Stars

As close to a record born of isolation as you’re bound to hear.

8th November 2021

Penelope Isles - Which Way To Happy

4 Stars

A genuinely healing listen.

3rd November 2021

Mastodon - Hushed and Grim

4 Stars

A riveting fullness echoes throughout the record.

28th October 2021

Angel Du$t - YAK: A Collection Of Truck Songs

4 Stars

All hail the renaissance of pleasantly short albums and the flourishing diversification of modern hardcore.

22nd October 2021

Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters

4 Stars

A collection of sun-kissed moments and hazy memories, free from judgement and firmly rooted in place.

22nd October 2021

Liily - TV Or Not TV

4 Stars

Liily seethe with a new found riotous energy that dictates every twist and turn.

20th October 2021

Finneas - Optimist

4 Stars

A startling ability to carry a tale of kindred love, loss and the weight of fame.

15th October 2021

Ian Miles - Degradation, Death, Decay

4 Stars

A fine debut to say the least.

15th October 2021

Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes - Sticky

4 Stars

It captures life in all its wonderful messiness, its ugliness and glory.

13th October 2021