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Woods – Perennial

Woodsist

“excellent new take on their summery psych-pop sound”


Osees – Intercepted Message

In The Red

“Thee Oh Sees are back to slay pretence and pretenders alike”


2023: Half-Term Report

The best of the year so far …


The Declining Winter – Really Early, Really Late

Home Assembly Recordings

“The instrumentation is an absolute treat. Each note feels considered, even agonised over.”


Laurel Canyon – S/T

Agitated

The grunge revival gets another reboot.


Emperor Zero – Nights Of The Hunter EP

Ramber Records/Sways

“Blossoming in adversity, beautiful melodies square off against the solemnity of the Old Testament, post-punk guitars soaring poetically from the noisy squalor”


Ballamona – Institutions EP

Ramber Records

“Manchester-based neo-industrial band take perverse pleasure in exploiting uneasy spaces”


Carlton Melton – Resemble Ensemble

Agitated

“a statement quite unlike anything the Northern Californian woodsmen have done before”


The C.I.A. – Surgery Channel

In The Red

An electro-punk “drive-it-like-you-stole-it, sparking-on-the-rims vehicle for reckless fun”


Skull Practitioners – Negative Stars

In The Red

The Dream Syndicate’s Jason Victor gets hot and heavy alongside this set of general practitioners.


Gunslingers – Supreme Asphalt Doser

Cardinal Fuzz/Opaque Dynamo/Feeding Tube

“Not for the wary. Not really for the uninitiated. And certainly not for the fearful”


Neil Meehan’s Top 10 Albums Of 2022

Another write top ten.


Sub-Ed’s Albums & EPs Of The Year 2022

A top 100 from another vintage year.


Tasting Notes 2023

Our tips for the year to come.


Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork

4AD

“less than it parts nevertheless still had the stodge to satisfy”


First Glances – Mercury Machine

“a calculating machine capable of emotion if not empathy”


Osees – A Foul Form

Castle Face

A Foul Form embraces DIY hardcore and scuzzy anarcho-punk in the same, loving way that King Gizzard did with thrash on Infest The Rats’ Nest


oldboy – bloody

Agitated

“with an ear for a hook straight from the abattoir, it takes an oldboy to show the young’uns how it’s really done.”


2022: Half-Term Report

Our picks for best of the year so far + playlist


Loner Deluxe – Hinterlands

Rusted Rail

“A really interesting album that fans of lo-fi alternative music will likely really enjoy.”