Release Reviews

Avey Tare - Cows on Hourglass Pond
Sonically ornate, scintillating, and poetically metaphysical»

Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet
A piece of masterful craftsmanship tucked snugly into the singer-songwriter tradition»

White Denim - Side Effects
Side Effects resets what we should expect from White Denim»

American Football - American Football 3
American Football are still racked with insecurity, but now they have the wisdom to express it more incisively than ever»

Roy Ayers - Silver Vibrations (reissue)
It stands as the truest chronicle»

Fennesz - Agora
The strongest, and most cohesive, album that Fennesz has released in over a decade»

Apparat - LP5
Far more than an electronic or dance album, it’s a record of melody and texture»

Jim Jones And The Righteous Mind - CollectiV
A masterclass in supremely executed rock and roll.»

These New Puritans - Inside the Rose
This is, at least in a relative sense, These New Puritans’ pop album»

Laurel Halo - DJ-Kicks
Halo expertly shuffles musical microclimates like a card shark elbow greasing a three card molly hustle»

William Basinski - On Time Out of Time
It slowly but perpetually shifts, breaks down and reforms»

DeafKids - Metaprogramação
You’ll be hard pushed to find a more enlivening listen»

Jenny Lewis - On the Line
There are few who can capture your heart – the dark and the light - like she can»

Stephen Malkmus - Groove Denied
It would be a shame for anyone to miss out on Groove Denied»

Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Gratitude
It would be great to see a bit more grit and energy for the next release»

The Coathangers - The Devil You Know
A vital and exciting record»

Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1
The whole album is banging, simply put»

Fews - Into Red
Fews most fulfilling collection of songs to date.»

Solange - When I Get Home
A deeply personal album which ditches the standards of the pop industry in many ways»

Sigrid - Sucker Punch
An eclectic, original yet incredibly memorable first record»

LCD Soundsystem - Electric Lady Sessions
An affecting appetiser with riveting moments»

Self Esteem - Compliments Please
Taylor reclaims the path that the industry had laid out for a pretty girl in an indie band»

Sasami - Sasami
That stinging ache of having no closure is prevalent on this album»

Woman's Hour - Ephyra
Ephyra is a fitting epitaph»