2026: Half-Term Report
The best of the year so far …
Author Archive
First Glances – Cinder
Grunge’gaze 4-piece with “stoned swirls of early 90s, MTV nostalgia [that] swoon in sepia tones”
First Glances – The Cutter
Ramber Records“Ranging from the antisocial to the euphoric, the downright melancholy to the outright serene”
The Limiñanas – Faded
Because Music“Pure French coquetry, the main thrust of Faded is seductive and glitzy”
Lavina Yelb – Apapneas Hypmne Somome
Psychic Sounds“An organic collection of sounds and tribal rhythms dressed in a rich tapestry of loops and keyboard FX”
Maibaum – Sumer Is Icumen In
Pyschic Sounds/Nonlocal Research/Kraak“never less than fascinating, often quite emotional, and deeply humbling”
Straight Arrows – Surface World
Agitated“Surface World is just well-constructed party pop with snappy, abundant choruses”
Osees – SORCS 80
Castle Face“every Osees record sounds exactly like it’s supposed to. Lucky us, when they sound like this.”
Earth Tongue – Great Haunting
In The RedGreat Haunting is loud enough to be heard across oceans; take heed when it hits your shores.
The Oscillation – The Start Of The End
All Time Low“feels like tipping over the event horizon with nought but a smiling captain and entropy for company.”