Young Fathers - Tape Two
4 Stars
It’s urban music in the strictest sense. Dark, bleak and foreboding.
6th June 2013
4 Stars rated Albums & EPs
Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow’s Harvest
4 Stars
This is a record that feels, at times, harsh, arid and almost confrontational.
4th June 2013
Disclosure - Settle
4 Stars
‘Settle’ is more than just the disc it’s contained within.
2nd June 2013
Gold Panda - Half Of Where You Live
4 Stars
A wonderfully vivid follow up from a producer at the top of his game.
2nd June 2013
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
4 Stars
A definitive statement of his musical vision and ideas.
2nd June 2013
Camera Obscura - Desire Lines
4 Stars
Camera Obscura have come up trumps.
1st June 2013
Big Deal - June Gloom
4 Stars
Debut ‘Lights Out’ was loved for its intimacy; ‘June Gloom’ will be loved for how big it sounds.
1st June 2013
The Dillinger Escape Plan - One Of Us Is The Killer
4 Stars
Absolutely essential, and maybe their best album yet.
18th May 2013
Charlie Boyer And The Voyeurs – Clarietta
4 Stars
These boys know how to structure a song: big verses, even bigger choruses and a raucous instrumental.
17th May 2013
Her Parents - Happy Birthday
4 Stars
This 12-track whirlwind feels like the sonic equivalent of a Chris Morris TV show.
9th May 2013
Primal Scream - More Light
4 Stars
An extremely impressive return that’s brash, bold and often brilliant.
9th May 2013
Retox - YPLL
4 Stars
Not a punk record for people who like Blink-182 but a punk record for people who like punk.
6th May 2013
Deerhunter - Monomania
4 Stars
It all manages to feel so simple, yet no-one other than Deerhunter could produce an album quite like this.
4th May 2013
Arcane Roots - Blood & Chemistry
4 Stars
Like a toddler on E‑numbers who can’t decide what he wants to play with.
2nd May 2013
Ghostpoet - Some Say I So I Say Light
4 Stars
An intelligent and, most importantly, a cathartic album.
1st May 2013
Savages - Silence Yourself
4 Stars
That this is Savages’ debut album seems astonishing.
30th April 2013
Neon Neon - Praxis Makes Perfect
4 Stars
We know he’s not laughing at us with the subject matter, you can tell he cares.
24th April 2013
Phoenix - Bankrupt!
4 Stars
‘Bankrupt!’ ditches the pop overtones and immediacy of its predecessor for something more textured and restrained.
22nd April 2013
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito
4 Stars
The magic here is less visceral than their debut, but far more accomplished.
15th April 2013
Born Ruffians - Birthmarks
4 Stars
Born Ruffians have grown into themselves; they have found their musical groove and are flourishing because of it.
15th April 2013
Tyler, The Creator - Wolf
4 Stars
‘Wolf’ certainly retains the irreverent, self-contradictory and generally unhinged nature of all Tyler’s back catalogue.
9th April 2013
The Knife - Shaking The Habitual
4 Stars
Expansive, full of textures and spaces between sounds; ‘Shaking The Habitual’ is a record where often tone is as important as structure.
7th April 2013
Vondelpark - Seabed
4 Stars
Never in thrall to their influences, Vondelpark have chosen instead to craft their own brand of drowsy, bedsit electronica.
28th March 2013
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
4 Stars
This isn’t a band going through the motions, it’s a band going through a violent and explosive rebirth.
24th March 2013
Festival special! Featuring Wolf Alice, Kasabian, Lykke Li, Marmozets, Genesis Owusu and more.