Reviews

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

Recorded in a single eight-hour session, the tunes sound fresh with Yussef Dayes' sizzling and shuffling drums as the engine room.

Arts & Crafts // May 14th Canadians Gold & Youth make lovely, dreamy electronic music. Guitarist and singer Murray McKenzie has a deep, powerful voice...

A record bursting with contrasting musical ideas and irresistibly catchy rhythms.

Synths, big beats and bubblegum-pop clash at Birthdays tonight as Glitches and Femme hit the stage.

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.

Run Around The Sun sees the band playing on themes of insecurity, loneliness and resilience.

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.

Out Her Space is an exercise in subtlety - rarely overdone but always busy.

Because here were Baroness, back to unleash their devilishly complex take on power rock ‘n’ roll on London.

Domino // June 3rd ‘Immunity’ starts with the jangling of keys in a door, the music begins as it shuts. Fitting, as Jon’s intention...

Care is something exciting, a record that forgoes the all-too-familiar myopic synth pop pastiche

as they become more comfortable in their performance and ability, their live set will become a fully formed masterpiece

The quartet don’t attempt to mature ahead of their time, instead proudly presenting a brash voice of socially aware and self-empowered youth.

the soundtrack of a debauched squat party where everyone is way more than half cut.

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.

The duo have created a wild landscape where you forget where you’ve been and can’t see where you’re going.

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.

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...

There’s risk of not delivering when the time comes – but Sigrid's outdone herself.

a few choice moments such as the crunchy guitar of ‘El Rito’ rescue an otherwise forgettable release.