Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

4 Stars

Nick Cave’s lyrics have always dealt with love and grief — on ​‘Skeleton Tree’ they’re more pronounced than ever.

20th September 2016

Klangstof - Close Eyes to Exit

4 Stars

On their debut album, Klangstof have built themselves a unique, identifiable sound — one that they can use as a blueprint going forward.

16th September 2016

AlunaGeorge - I Remember

4 Stars

Packed full of bangers, ​‘I Remember’ is a bold next step in AlunaGeorge’s evolution.

16th September 2016

Against Me! - Shape Shift With Me

4 Stars

This is Against Me! shifting the topic but retaining all the glory.

16th September 2016

Phantogram - Three

4 Stars

Phantogram are at their best when blasting out gritty, heavy choruses — ​‘Three’ has them in spades.

16th September 2016

Preoccupations - Preoccupations

4 Stars

The Canadian group’s second record hits harder, digs deeper and lingers longer than their promising debut.

15th September 2016

Deap Vally - Femejism

4 Stars

Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards second album is so smash-full of gritty, dirty blues riffs it’s as if they’ve ransacked all the dive bars in their native LA.

15th September 2016

Doe - Some Things Last Longer Than You

4 Stars

‘Some Things Last Longer Than You’ delivers the lot and then some with devastating power and sincerity.

9th September 2016

Local Natives - Sunlit Youth

4 Stars

On their third album, Local Natives show themselves to be a band evolving with grace and assuredness.

5th September 2016

Bastille - Wild World

4 Stars

Full of pomp and grandeur, Bastille’s second album is a bolder, more ambitious step-up from their debut.

5th September 2016

Beach Baby - No Mind No Money

4 Stars

The London garage-pop four-piece flourish when they’re at their most carefree.

2nd September 2016

Angel Olsen - My Woman

4 Stars

‘My Woman’ is Angel Olsen’s most compelling record to date.

1st September 2016

Banks & Steelz - Anything But Words

4 Stars

Interpol’s Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA spark an unlikely collaboration. The results are even more of a surprise.

26th August 2016

Law Holt - City

4 Stars

Young Fathers-approved, Law Holt gives a similarly exciting spin to divine pop.

26th August 2016

The Parrots - Los Niños Sin Miedo

4 Stars

The Madrid garage-rock group’s frantic debut whisks you away to rock ​‘n’ roll tropics.

26th August 2016

Glass Animals - How to be a Human Being

4 Stars

The Oxford group’s second album sees them shifting the paradigms of reality, with fireworks guaranteed.

25th August 2016

Frank Ocean - Blonde

4 Stars

Frank Ocean doesn’t have all the answers, and ​‘Blonde’’s brilliance comes from how content it is not knowing an absolute truth.

25th August 2016

Factory Floor - 25 25

4 Stars

Factory Floor’s second album sounds as great in a bedroom as it would do in any sweaty nightclub.

19th August 2016

Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits

4 Stars

Thee Oh Sees may be old hat at this by now, but they remain relatively unsung heroes.

12th August 2016

Noname - Telefone

4 Stars

Fatimah Warner’s new mixtape packs fantastic R&B songs, coated in a sense of impending doom.

11th August 2016

Corbu - Crayon Soul

4 Stars

New York dream pop project Corbu are obsessed with the weird and wonderful, and their debut makes these oddities more inclusive.

5th August 2016

Johnny Foreigner - Mono No Aware

4 Stars

Their most cohesively vibrant moment to date, Johnny Foreigner celebrate their 10th anniversary in style.

1st August 2016

Wild Beasts - Boy King

4 Stars

Everything’s swathed in gaudy neon light and a sickening swagger.

29th July 2016

DM Stith - Pigeonheart

4 Stars

Anything goes on David Michael Stith’s new album, his sweet falsetto timbre holding everything together.

28th July 2016