Mysteries - New Age Music Is Here

4 Stars

Perhaps, beneath the cliches that surround faceless projects like this, there is a genuine desire here for these themes to be explored from a different angle.

23rd October 2014

The Twilight Sad - Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave

4 Stars

The Scots’ most complete album yet.

21st October 2014

Scott Walker + Sunn O))) - Soused

4 Stars

An album which pushes sound in ways that few dare.

18th October 2014

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - IX

4 Stars

Playing up to their former mantle of punk experimental mavericks with more determination than ever.

16th October 2014

Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were

4 Stars

A sensitive and technically more profound outing.

14th October 2014

Mark Lanegan Band - Phantom Radio

4 Stars

A monolith in the artist’s own impressive timeline.

13th October 2014

The 2 Bears - The Night Is Young

4 Stars

There’s nothing groundbreaking on offer here, but there’s no way that groundbreaking was ever the intention.

9th October 2014

Foxygen - …And Star Power

4 Stars

A record of magnificent magnitude and one that’s audacious as hell.

8th October 2014

Jessie Ware - Tough Love

4 Stars

It’s her confidence that really shines throughout the album.

6th October 2014

Sivu - Something On High

4 Stars

It’s a beautiful record and there is no way around it.

6th October 2014

Peaking Lights - Cosmic Logic

4 Stars

Dosed on additives, it practically forces the relaxed grooves of old into something giddy, fizzing from the sides.

4th October 2014

Philip Selway - Weatherhouse

4 Stars

A sound which combines the hauntingly atmospheric with the poignantly delicate.

2nd October 2014

Flying Lotus - You’re Dead

4 Stars

There isn’t a moment’s peace, and there isn’t a single second where things threaten to calm down.

1st October 2014

Zola Jesus - Taiga

4 Stars

A record which impeccably intertwines so many faultless layers.

1st October 2014

Caribou - Our Love

4 Stars

Love’s a complicated beast, and that’s reflected in an album that wraps itself up in the finer details.

1st October 2014

Iceage - Plowing Into The Field Of Love

4 Stars

A country and western album that Nick Cave would cook up if he were possessed by Ian Curtis’ ghost.

30th September 2014

Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End

4 Stars

It all sounds definitively Weezer in the best possible way.

29th September 2014

Thom Yorke - Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes

4 Stars

If this is indeed a mere experiment, it’s one which sparks beautiful results.

28th September 2014

Goat - Commune

4 Stars

Pass round the sign up sheets, pack up bags, and join the commune.

25th September 2014

Lower Than Atlantis - Lower Than Atlantis

4 Stars

If this was a plane, it would be a bomber – a B‑52 in a world of model spitfires.

24th September 2014

Aphex Twin - Syro

4 Stars

Not a second goes by without something new and borderline batshit falling into view.

23rd September 2014

SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land

4 Stars

A blindingly brilliant album.

22nd September 2014

PC Worship - Social Rust

4 Stars

Those open-minded enough to explore Frye’s dystopian world of disgust and despair will find themselves ultimately wearing a shit-eating grin by the time it’s all over.

18th September 2014

Perfume Genius - Too Bright

4 Stars

Heady and potent, ​‘Too Bright’ is an astonishingly brilliant album.

16th September 2014