Panda Bear - Sinister Grift
4 Stars
Presenting with a breezy, lived-in warmth.
26th February 2025
4 Stars rated Albums & EPs
Mandrake Handshake - Earth-Sized Worlds
4 Stars
A fabulously undisciplined affair.
21st February 2025
Nao - Jupiter
4 Stars
Wonderfully nostalgic and present all at the same time.
19th February 2025
Saya Gray - SAYA
4 Stars
A vivid and vulnerable album, brimming with emotional depth.
19th February 2025
Martin Luke Brown - man oh man!
4 Stars
A timeless record that showcases his ability to create intimacy.
19th February 2025
Horsegirl - Phonetics On And On
4 Stars
A joyful second outing on which the band clearly aren’t shying away from new sonic personas.
12th February 2025
John Glacier - Like A Ribbon
4 Stars
A masterclass in an emotional build and release.
12th February 2025
Alessia Cara - Love & Hyperbole
4 Stars
A lesson in timings, accepting the past, and embracing an unwritten future.
12th February 2025
Olly Alexander - Polari
4 Stars
Unsurprisingly, another queer tour-de-force.
5th February 2025
L.S. Dunes - Violet
4 Stars
A fresh, vital take on what post-hardcore can sound like in 2025.
30th January 2025
Mogwai - The Bad Fire
4 Stars
Some of the most euphoric music they’ve made in a while.
22nd January 2025
DITZ - Never Exhale
4 Stars
A gripping exercise in textured menace.
22nd January 2025
Sophie Jamieson - I Still Want To Share
4 Stars
She balances between intimacy and expanse.
15th January 2025
Ethel Cain - Perverts
4 Stars
Another layer in an already haunting catalogue of writings, musings and visuals.
8th January 2025
Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature
4 Stars
An album that manages to be poignant and pointed without sacrificing any of its unabashed sparkle.
6th December 2024
Juanita Stein - The Weightless Hour
4 Stars
A mature record that sounds completely at peace with its place in life.
27th November 2024
Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
4 Stars
Able to disarm and surprise us, even after all these years.
20th November 2024
Primal Scream - Come Ahead
4 Stars
Another chapter in a band priding themselves on forward movement while celebrating their storied past.
8th November 2024
Freak Slug - I Blow Out Big Candles
4 Stars
It’s when Xenya Genovese lets the Freak overtake the lackadaisical Slug that ‘… Big Candles’ is best.
8th November 2024
State Champs - State Champs
4 Stars
Five albums into their career, the band may have just made the quintessential State Champs record.
8th November 2024
mxmtoon - Liminal Space
4 Stars
Her most confident and self-assured to date.
1st November 2024
Amyl And The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness
4 Stars
Lyrically soundtracking a real time is pretty much what most want from an Amyl and The Sniffers record, and on that ‘Cartoon Darkness’ delivers.
25th October 2024
Two Shell - Two Shell
4 Stars
A sonic journey, and a consistently interesting one at that, which never threatens to become inaccessible.
25th October 2024
Soccer Mommy - Evergreen
4 Stars
It has its highs and lows, but ultimately, it makes you feel less alone.
23rd October 2024
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.