Flash Fiktion - Flash Fiktion

4 Stars

An intelligent and original feel good record.

29th January 2012

Mull Historical Society - City Awakenings

4 Stars

All those old feelings of optimism and wonder are flooding back.

23rd January 2012

Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Area 52

4 Stars

The duo’s most grandiose, outlandish opus yet.

23rd January 2012

Islet - Illuminated People

4 Stars

An album that is packed full of unusual and excellent ideas.

23rd January 2012

Chairlift - Something

4 Stars

‘Something’ is like a grand, multi-branched, ageing tree of 80s synth-pop.

20th January 2012

Trailer Trash Tracys - Ester

4 Stars

Filtered through a dispersing wall of glistening synths and trippy haze, ​‘Ester’ is a sonically rich debut.

11th January 2012

The Maccabees - Given To The Wild

4 Stars

Another wealthy reminder of the Maccabees’ promise.

10th January 2012

Laura Gibson - La Grande

4 Stars

Gibson’s reflections make her latest record her most accomplished work yet.

9th January 2012

Gorillaz - The Singles Collection

4 Stars

These songs are about as wonderful as pop gets.

9th January 2012

Lil Daggers – Lil Daggers

4 Stars

Lil Daggers have an ability to conjure up a sense of the macabre without contrivance.

8th December 2011

Dan Mangan - Oh Fortune

4 Stars

The Canadian troubadour has found himself hitting a stride that his previous albums only hinted at.

5th December 2011

Fairewell - Poor, Poor Grendel

4 Stars

There’s a lot here that will be familiar to fans of M83, or labelmates Team Ghost.

4th December 2011

The Dangerous Summer - War Paint

4 Stars

A far more solid and considered release than their debut.

25th November 2011

Peaking Lights - 936

4 Stars

A heady and fascinating cocktail of sprawling psychedelia, krautrock, electronica and dub.

23rd November 2011

Mint Julep - Save Your Season

4 Stars

The couple craft industrial and murky dream pop which is a class above most other musical duos.

23rd November 2011

My Sad Captains - Fight Less Win More

4 Stars

Far richer than anything the band have released before.

17th November 2011

Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness

4 Stars

Los Campesinos! pull off sugar coated misery very well.

14th November 2011

The Do - Both Ways Open Jaws

4 Stars

Merilahti and Levy have not strayed far from their roots, although offer a more light-hearted, poppy approach.

14th November 2011

Bill Ryder Jones - If…

4 Stars

A stunningly good debut album that confounds all expectations.

14th November 2011

Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica

4 Stars

Wonderfully strange, beguiling and beautiful electronica.

7th November 2011

Gold Panda - DJ Kicks

4 Stars

Flaws are few and far apart.

3rd November 2011

Polinski - Labyrinths

4 Stars

It’s enveloping, intense, at points claustrophobic, at points joy-inducing but most of all: it’s damn, damn good.

3rd November 2011

Summer Camp - Welcome To Condale

4 Stars

The best thing a debut album can do, is convince the unconvinced.

2nd November 2011

Darren Hayman - The Ship’s Piano

4 Stars

Direct straightforward ditties about love, despair and recovery.

26th October 2011