Alt-J - This Is All Yours
4 Stars
On board the Odd Cruise, full steam ahead.
15th September 2014
4 Stars rated Albums & EPs
This Will Destroy You - Another Language
4 Stars
The kind of no-holds-barred heavy rock sound that Mogwai made their own, but taken a step further.
10th September 2014
Jaws - Be Slowly
4 Stars
Even more guitar tastiness to greedily wrap our fins around and sink our teeth into.
9th September 2014
Gnarwolves - Gnarwolves
4 Stars
Track after track of skate punk perfection.
8th September 2014
Interpol - El Pintor
4 Stars
The trio find a gear they’ve not risen to in over a decade.
5th September 2014
Banks - Goddess
4 Stars
At the core of Banks’ sound is a lyrical honesty that colours every cool, trickling twist with unmistakable ownership.
4th September 2014
Twin Peaks - Wild Onion
4 Stars
The most important step in their journey of discovery so far.
3rd September 2014
Karen O - Crush Songs
4 Stars
‘Crush Songs’ is, essentially, charming.
3rd September 2014
Mazes - Wooden Aquarium
4 Stars
Without a doubt Mazes’ most triumphant LP to date.
2nd September 2014
Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World
4 Stars
Two for two, flawless victory — this is still the perfect band.
2nd September 2014
Tops - Picture You Staring
4 Stars
It’s all a bit too good to be true.
30th August 2014
Raury - Indigo Child
4 Stars
His first step into the great unknown, it marks Raury out as one of the most exciting new talents around.
29th August 2014
Pulled Apart By Horses - Blood
4 Stars
A dynamic album which shows a band used to screaming their lungs out also have the ability to deliver their sound in a different way.
27th August 2014
Indiana - No Romeo
4 Stars
A deeply atmospheric record, but a fickle one at that.
26th August 2014
Ty Segall - Manipulator
4 Stars
Something of a Ty Segall greatest hits, but with all new music.
23rd August 2014
Maybeshewill - Fair Youth
4 Stars
Maybeshewill have never sounded better.
22nd August 2014
Merchandise - After The End
4 Stars
If the rhetoric around this record was about severe change, this is the rabbit in the hat, the proof that they don’t just talk the talk.
21st August 2014
The Wytches - Annabel Dream Reader
4 Stars
Far more accomplished than a debut should be.
20th August 2014
Dry The River - Alarms in the Heart
4 Stars
An album that rarely dips below being immensely enjoyable.
20th August 2014
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Lose
4 Stars
Their most accessible and celebratory record to date.
19th August 2014
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
4 Stars
When it comes to noise they’re surfing a soundwave straight out of the hellmouth.
18th August 2014
Benjamin Booker - Benjamin Booker
4 Stars
He pays homage to the greats rather than replicate them.
13th August 2014
DZ Deathrays - Black Rat
4 Stars
Near 40 minutes of slow and sweaty seduction executed exquisitely by weeping guitar.
12th August 2014
Childhood - Lacuna
4 Stars
As catchy as it is woozy.
5th August 2014
Festival special! Featuring Wolf Alice, Kasabian, Lykke Li, Marmozets, Genesis Owusu and more.