Torn Hawk – Let’s Cry And Do Pushups At The Same...
It may seem challenging at first but delving deeper into its meaning you find a sincerity that no attempt at an ironic title could throw off
Tenderlonious – The Shakedown // Album Review
Recorded in a single eight-hour session, the tunes sound fresh with Yussef Dayes' sizzling and shuffling drums as the engine room.
Review // Gold & Youth – Beyond Wilderness
Arts & Crafts // May 14th
Canadians Gold & Youth make lovely, dreamy electronic music. Guitarist and singer Murray McKenzie has a deep, powerful voice...
Makeness – Loud Patterns // Album Review
A record bursting with contrasting musical ideas and irresistibly catchy rhythms.
Glitches & Femme // Live Review
Synths, big beats and bubblegum-pop clash at Birthdays tonight as Glitches and Femme hit the stage.
DJ Koze – Knock Knock // Album Review
The gloriously off-kilter world of 2013's Amygdala is pressed into a more dancefloor-ready mould as Koze puts his hip hop and house roots back under the microscope.
Sacred Paws – Run Around The Sun // Album Review
Run Around The Sun sees the band playing on themes of insecurity, loneliness and resilience.
Poliça – Shulamith // Album Review
There are only a handful of acts in the world who can make music this enticing, and fortunately for their lucky listeners, Poliça are one of them.
Karl Blau – Out Her Space // Album Review
Out Her Space is an exercise in subtlety - rarely overdone but always busy.
Baroness // Live Review
Because here were Baroness, back to unleash their devilishly complex take on power rock ‘n’ roll on London.
Review // Jon Hopkins – Immunity
Domino // June 3rd
‘Immunity’ starts with the jangling of keys in a door, the music begins as it shuts. Fitting, as Jon’s intention...
How To Dress Well – Care // Album Review
Care is something exciting, a record that forgoes the all-too-familiar myopic synth pop pastiche
The Acid // Live Review
as they become more comfortable in their performance and ability, their live set will become a fully formed masterpiece
The Regrettes – Feel Your Feelings Fool! // Album Review
The quartet don’t attempt to mature ahead of their time, instead proudly presenting a brash voice of socially aware and self-empowered youth.
Fat White Family // Live Review
the soundtrack of a debauched squat party where everyone is way more than half cut.
CHAI – Punk // Album Review
Merging the kawaii influence and positivity of their debut album, Pink, with a powerful and unapologetic feminist standpoint, the Japanese four- piece solidify their concept of self-expression and perfect imperfection without holding anything back.
Gum Takes Tooth – Arrow // Album Review
The duo have created a wild landscape where you forget where you’ve been and can’t see where you’re going.
Loyle Carner // Live Review
Much anticipation has surrounded Loyle Carner’s tour, hyped by his second album, after almost two years without making music. The south Londoner did not disappoint at the sold-out crowd at the Camden Roundhouse.
Carter Tutti Void – Triumvirate // Album Review
Triumvirate, the third and “final” collaboration between Throbbing Gristle’s Cosey Fanni Tutti, Chris Carter and Nik Void of Factory Floor, is a hypnotic, subtly noisy and unnerving piece of electronic improvisation...
Sigrid – Sucker Punch // Album Review
There’s risk of not delivering when the time comes – but Sigrid's outdone herself.
Destroyer – Five Spanish Songs // EP Review
a few choice moments such as the crunchy guitar of ‘El Rito’ rescue an otherwise forgettable release.