Reviews
Fair Ohs - Jungle Cats
May 22 | Reviews
“seems to have unadulterated sunshine woven into the soles of its feet.”
The Lost Patrol – Driven
May 20 | Reviews
More F U than UFO this time around.
Dirty Beaches - Drifters / Love Is The Devil
May 16 | Reviews
“both striking and deeply disturbing in equal measure.”
Dead Leaf Echo – ‘Thought And Language’
May 15 | Reviews
New York nu-gaze.
Neon Neon - Praxis Makes Perfect
May 14 | Reviews
Welsh ascendency is not confined to football it seems.
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
May 13 | Reviews
“offering glorious reward in proportion to time invested once more.”
subtractiveLAD – The Language Of Flowers
May 12 | Reviews
Eighth album sees ambient act in reflective mood.
Electronic - Electronic. Special Edition.
May 9 | Reviews
“Electronic are a gem in the history of music you would be wise to investigate.”
Mikal Cronin - MCII
May 8 | Reviews
“a largely optimistic collection of 10 punchy garage-pop tracks”
Gabriel Bruce - Love In Arms
May 7 | Reviews
“Bruce has landed one of the year’s best debuts and make no mistake.”
Black Swan Lane – The Last Time In Your Light
May 5 | Reviews
Will the latest from BSL also be the greatest? Brett Spaceman brings his verdict.
Alkali Fly – Race To Victory Mountain
May 5 | Reviews
“you’ll wish you’d paid – it’s that good”
Helado Negro - Invisible Life
May 3 | Reviews
“if you’re gonna get just one predominantly Spanish-language album this year then you could do a lot worse than Invisible Life.”
Deerhunter - Monomania
April 30 | Reviews
“subliminally sublime”
It Hugs Back - Recommended Record
April 24 | Reviews
“one of the more adventurous British indie bands on today’s circuit.”
Wolf People - Fain
April 23 | Reviews
Fain really flexes “the band’s sonic muscle for the first time and, you know what, it totally slays.”
Iron & Wine - Ghost On Ghost
April 15 | Reviews
“Today’s Iron & Wine set-up retains the power to surprise.”
Implodes – Recurring Dream
April 12 | Reviews
“soaring synths and searing guitar tones surge through the ominous blizzards of fuzz and reverb”
Wonky Doll And The Echo – Pleasant Thoughts
April 11 | Reviews
Doomy, iffy post-punk from Greece
(ghost) - Departure
April 9 | Reviews
Latest from the n5MD roster fails to grab our Editor.
Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze
April 8 | Reviews
“edging his craft closer to the greats on which he grew with each chord progression.”
Low - The Invisible Way
April 5 | Reviews
“there is enormous power in elaborate restraint”
The Strokes - Comedown Machine
April 4 | Reviews
Let the comedown begin.
Mudhoney - Vanishing Point
April 3 | Reviews
defies you “not to wholly embrace the warts-and-all thrills of primal rock.”
Phosphorescent - Muchacho
March 28 | Reviews
Our Red On Black digests the latest from “road-weary” Americana exponent Phosphorescent
Suede - Bloodsports
March 27 | Reviews
The best Suede record since 1996
David Bowie - The Next Day
March 26 | Reviews
The greatest ever comeback?
The Experimental Tropic Blues Band - Liquid Love
March 25 | Reviews
No where near as good as “having Lux Interior covering the Shangri Las“ should be.
Good Weather For An Airstrike – Lights
March 20 | Reviews
Epic yet peaceful post-rock in the vein of Hammock, Sigur Ros etc
Purling Hiss - Water On Mars
March 19 | Reviews
Purling Hiss have gone for broke, trying to actually sell some records.
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