Tei Shi - Crawl Space
4 Stars
A bold first album from an artist likely to stick around for the long haul.
31st March 2017
4 Stars rated Albums & EPs
Goldfrapp - Silver Eye
4 Stars
One of the pair’s most cosmic voyages to date.
31st March 2017
Wire - Silver/Lead
4 Stars
A timely reminder of the band’s ongoing relevance.
31st March 2017
British Sea Power - Let The Dancers Inherit The Party
4 Stars
Every bit the embodiment of empowered pop-rock perfection that its title suggests.
31st March 2017
Tall Ships - Impressions
4 Stars
Tall Ships are shouting loud for the world to hear.
31st March 2017
Formation - Look At The Powerful People
4 Stars
Formation’s greatest strength is in their deep, propulsive hooks.
24th March 2017
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Damage and Joy
4 Stars
These constant provocateurs aren’t losing an icy distance just yet.
24th March 2017
Sorority Noise - You’re Not As _____ As You Think
4 Stars
Where Sorority Noise really shine is through the songs that evolve to embody their every dynamic.
17th March 2017
Conor Oberst - Salutations
4 Stars
Rich, nuanced, and steeped in major key melodies.
17th March 2017
Pulled Apart By Horses - The Haze
4 Stars
Gritty and unmistakably British.
17th March 2017
Laura Marling - Semper Femina
4 Stars
Yet another hard-to-pin, experimental statement.
10th March 2017
Circa Waves - Different Creatures
4 Stars
Loud and swaggering, the defiance of youth compressed into song format.
10th March 2017
IDLES - Brutalism
4 Stars
As vital as it is volatile.
10th March 2017
Jay Som - Everybody Works
4 Stars
Simultaneously aloft with cloud-like serenity and anchored in real world anxieties.
10th March 2017
Temples - Volcano
4 Stars
If Temples needed to prove that they were more than talented revivalists, then ‘Volcano’ should silence the doubters.
3rd March 2017
Methyl Ethel - Everything is Forgotten
4 Stars
An enigmatic record.
3rd March 2017
Blanck Mass - World Eater
4 Stars
Like the evil twin of Clarence Clarity that joined a particularly nasty cult.
3rd March 2017
Vagabon - Infinite Worlds
4 Stars
A sharply-executed jumble of fuzz-wrapped postcards and remembered snapshots.
24th February 2017
Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes
4 Stars
Los Campesinos! will always be able to express a certain character type better than most.
24th February 2017
Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors
4 Stars
A mechanical glitching puzzle of a record.
24th February 2017
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
4 Stars
Rich, imaginative, and more than a little strange.
24th February 2017
Pissed Jeans - Why Love Now
4 Stars
An urgent, hard-driving assault.
24th February 2017
VANT - Dumb Blood
4 Stars
On every single count, VANT have nailed it.
17th February 2017
Dutch Uncles - Big Balloon
4 Stars
Austerity, therapy, David Bowie’s brain and fried chicken.
17th February 2017
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.