Release Reviews
Letherette - Letherette
Though Parisian goliaths Daft Punk return this summer, it seems unlikely that this Wolverhampton duo will be lost in their shadows.»
Major Lazer - Free the Universe
Another notch on macho rave’s bedpost.»
Edwyn Collins - Understated
A joyous, emboldened return to form and one that reminds us of what a treasure Edwyn Collins is.»
Bored Nothing - Bored Nothing
Ultimately, it’s all just too lazy. »
Kurt Vile - Wakin' on a Pretty Daze
Wakin' on a Pretty Daze is one of those rare examples of an artist’s uninhibited self-indulgence resulting in an LP which plays firmly to their strengths.»
A Hawk And A Hacksaw - You Have Already Gone to the Other World
If Gogol Bordello are the Goldie Lookin’ Chain of Eastern European folk, A Hawk and a Hacksaw are its Public Enemy, and You Have Already Gone To the Other Wold is their most legitimate love-letter to the region’s music yet.»
The Low Sea - Remote Viewing
The Low Sea probably do care about music - but you couldn't really tell that from Remote Viewing.»
Paramore - Paramore
A masterful rock-vs-rock voyage through 30 years of influences, rather than something you can put a pithy sound-bite to. »
Tomorrow's World - Tomorrow's World
Tomorrow's World make emotional, Radio 2-ready electronic pop with enough letting go of the handrail to remind you they’re onto something original.»
Electronic - Electronic (special edition)
Vague, passable dance tracks that you’re only aware are on in the background because of the gnawing sensation that daylight saving went mental and set the clocks back 20 years.»
Mudhoney - Vanishing Point
Still bitter. Still brilliant. Still here.»
Jello Biafra and The Guantanamo School Of Medicine - White People and the Damage Done
Despite Jello Biafra’s best intentions, White People And The Damage Done seems to settle for righteous belligerence while falling some way short of being a worth soundtrack for the anti-globalisation movement.»
Night Moves - Coloured Emotions
When the song and the band is focussed, Night Moves are capable of great things.»
James Blake - Overgrown
Overgrown is an album that seems more at home in the shadows, pared back and delicate, the shiver of a candle flame more than the pulse of a speaker. »
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
Depeche Mode’s biggest crime is that they're just a bit boring.»
The Leisure Society - Alone Aboard the Ark
The Leisure Society have certainly woven a kind of magic here, but with all their era-hopping it falls a little short of the climaxes of their live performances.»
DJ Koze - Amygdala
Amygdala is a thoroughly immersive album, possessing so many layers that it seems to change upon each listen.»
Wiley - The Ascent
In truth, The Ascent doesn’t actually feel like a Wiley record.»
Lower Plenty - Hard Rubbish
A perfect synthesis of form and content, translating loneliness into 20 minutes of unrelenting intensity.»
The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
For now, The Knife remain steeped in shadow, as subliminal and unknowable as ever. »
Crime and the City Solution - American Twilight
Sometimes you have to hand it to the old hands. »
The Black Angels - Indigo Meadow
Austin four-piece The Black Angels have been at the forefront of the neo-psychedelia movement for the best part of a decade.»
Hey Colossus - Cuckoo Live Life Like Cuckoo
Cuckoo Live Life Like Cuckoo is Hey Colossus taking their past, screwing up the rule book and cackling like lunatics. »
Giant Drag - Waking Up Is Hard to Do
Waking Up Is Hard To Do is a record that’s ultimately come out sunny side up; it takes the familial raucous reverb, bittersweet melodies and sardonic wit of the Giant Drag's debut and imbues it with a new sense of clarity, 60s pop hooks as well as oh some calypso jazz. »
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