Marijuana Deathsquads - Oh My Sexy Lord
4 Stars
Like 8‑bit Mogwai after decades of plague and warfare.
15th January 2014
4 Stars rated Albums & EPs
Warpaint - Warpaint
4 Stars
‘The Fool’ was wonderfully muddied and submerged, while ‘Warpaint’ zooms for the stratosphere.
14th January 2014
Painted Palms - Forever
4 Stars
A rich and colourful source of escape.
9th January 2014
Big Ups - Eighteen Hours Of Static
4 Stars
It’s dark, it’s messy, it’s a dank and smelly basement.
8th January 2014
East India Youth - Total Strife Forever
4 Stars
Innovative, cerebral and yet totally accessible.
7th January 2014
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Wig Out At Jagbags
4 Stars
Basically, Stephen Malkmus is still uniquely Stephen Malkmus.
3rd January 2014
Childish Gambino - Because The Internet
4 Stars
Some of the most embarrassingly personal displays of emotional trauma this side of Weezer’s ‘Pinkerton’.
10th December 2013
TOY – Join The Dots
4 Stars
More cosmic, a bit more kosmische even, heading skywards and dragging you with it.
2nd December 2013
Death Grips - Government Plates
4 Stars
A sloppy lobotomy of hip-hop focused on provoking fear and intrigue.
18th November 2013
Mazes - Better Ghosts
4 Stars
A peek inside Mazes’ inner sanctum.
11th November 2013
Torres - Torres
4 Stars
A promising, impassioned debut.
8th November 2013
Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe
4 Stars
Dev Hynes’ next grand transformation goes straight for the bullseye.
6th November 2013
M.I.A - Matangi
4 Stars
Pop can be intelligent, provocative, divisive, and memorable, and this is M.I.A at her best.
1st November 2013
Kiran Leonard - Bowler Hat Soup
4 Stars
Familiar yet new and exciting, individualistic without being exclusive, ambitious yet welcoming and engaging.
31st October 2013
Los Campesinos! – No Blues
4 Stars
Grown-up, soul-bearing, but there’s still a knowing wink to the collective’s fifth full-length.
28th October 2013
Swearin’ - Surfing Strange
4 Stars
Allison Crutchfield and co glide over waves at record height on this second full-length.
28th October 2013
White Denim - Corsicana Lemonade
4 Stars
White Denim transcend all their influences to create something that is simply them.
28th October 2013
Lorde - Pure Heroine
4 Stars
A phenomenal record — her vision, and her ideas.
22nd October 2013
Omar Souleyman - Wenu Wenu
4 Stars
One of the craziest, most frentic, restless albums to surface this year.
21st October 2013
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
4 Stars
It’s disco inferno, as the band’s past, present and future collide on a dense, gigantic fourth album.
21st October 2013
Swearin’ – Swearin’
4 Stars
Charming, angsty and deliciously lo-fi.
17th October 2013
Poliça - Shulamith
4 Stars
A next-level second record.
15th October 2013
Gambles - Trust
4 Stars
Amateurish, but defiantly unperturbed, this is a grave and momentous listen.
14th October 2013
Kevin Devine - Bubblegum & Bulldozer
4 Stars
This is Devine brimming with confidence and energy – and to remarkable effect.
11th October 2013
Festival special! Featuring Wolf Alice, Kasabian, Lykke Li, Marmozets, Genesis Owusu and more.