Hot Chip – Why Make Sense // Album Review
Hot Chip's sixth LP is kind of catchy and succeeds in production quality, but if you were hoping for something a little more innovative, then you’ll be pretty disappointed
How To Dress Well – Care // Album Review
Care is something exciting, a record that forgoes the all-too-familiar myopic synth pop pastiche
Micachu & The Shapes – Good Sad Happy Bad // Album Review
Hooks are there, but they're problematic, yet the overall lesson is there's still merit in a genius taking things far less seriously than their audience
Loraine James – Hmm // EP Review
"Hmm offers us a more nuanced set of emotions: one that harnesses the promise of future shared moments and yet centres on a feeling of nostalgia"
Woahnows – Understanding and Everything Else // Album Review
Woahnows' melodies are mainstream-baiting, the hooks relentlessly catchy, all without sacrificing the loose, chaotic and joyful tone at the heart of their earnest punk racket
FKA Twigs – Magdalene // Album Interview
Worth the wait? Danny Wright decides with Thomas Hannan and Stephanie Phillips.
Angel Olsen – All Mirrors // Album Review
"On her fourth full-length album All Mirrors Angel Olsen seems to take a more pared-back approach" - Francesca Baker reviews Angel Olsen's new record.
Lontalius – I’ll Forget 17 // Album Review
I’ll Forget 17 achieves something miraculous; tapping into the collective consciousness of teens past, present and future
Tommy Genesis – Tommy Genesis // Album Review
Undoubtedly a phenomenal addition to the landslide of blistering pop records we've been blessed with in recent years, Tommy Genesis should reign somewhere near the top.
Willis Earl Beal – Noctunes // Album Review
Noctunes is intriguing enough in its off kilter lullabies to transport you through one listen if nothing more
Kissaway Trail – Breach // Album Review
The momentum of the early tracks threatens to send the album firmly stratospheric, and the relentlessness does begin to lose its appeal mid-album.
Frog – Kind of Blah // Album Review
an intangible and indescribable quality which makes it far more than the sum of it’s deeply original and often highly dishevelled parts.
Cults – Static // Album Review
You may have been forgiven for thinking that Cults' main ambition in life was to use their songs to sell cider.
The Phoenix Foundation – Give Up Your Dreams // Album Review
Give Up Your Dreams is too smart, experimental and rhythmic to be wholly tamed by processed sheen
Wolf Alice – Blush EP // EP Review
their ability to make gentle, beautiful yet heavy songs, every track here has something different about it and leaves the listener wanting more
George FitzGerald – All That Must Be // Album Review
All The Must Be isn’t by any means a classic; it's a huge step in what was already the right direction.
The Goon Sax – Up To Anything // Album Review
a record which is both mightily accomplished and manages to effortlessly navigate the naiveties and pitfalls of youth.
Autechre – L-event // EP Review
Rob Brown and Sean Booth take up just where they left off on Exai with this new EP, featuring four tracks splayed out over 26 minutes.
The Goon Sax – We’re Not Talking // Album Review
It feels like Beat Happening locked in Antipodean adolescence, while there are shades of The Pastels' early minimalism, too.
Lost Girls – FEELING // EP Review
Open and somehow undemanding in its complexity, the shapeshifting nature of FEELING asks the listener to become lost in its textures.
St Vincent – St Vincent // Album Review
Collaborating with David Byrne should be a hard act to follow, but Clark's fourth solo album totally raises the bar.
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