End of the Road 2017: the DiS review
Well played once more, End Of The Road, well played»
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The Coathangers - The Devil You Know
A vital and exciting record»
Fightmilk - Not with That Attitude
There’s something so life-affirming and empowering about them that, even during these grey days, the sun shines through.»
Dave Davies - Decade
A snapshot of a time when he was at the top of his game»
Iron & Wine - Weed Garden
A worthwhile and often gorgeous mini-album»
Shy Boys - Bell House
A delightful package of slim, sweet tunes»
Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
It’s transcendent stuff»
John Mouse - Replica Figures
This is an album layered in wisdom»
The Spook School - Could It Be Different?
Get involved - you might just fall in love.»
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built the Moon?
This is not the middle-of-the-road rock n’ roll we’ve come to expect»
John Carpenter - Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998
Carpenter allows a panoramic view of the music he created to accompany his films»
Pearl Jam - Let's Play Two
It’s certainly worth your time if you’re that way inclined»
Neil Young - Hitchhiker
Young has decided that we are ready to spend the night with him at that long gone all-night session»
Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley
An important and timely record, but happily also an extremely satisfying and moving one»
PUP - The Dream is Over
A huge bright, beaming light»
Prince Rama - Xtreme Now
Pitched somewhere between a scientology-like cult and neon-t-shirt arena pop»
Eleanor Friedberger - New View
Friedberger crafts utterly charming songs with brilliantly observed moments and a real sense of life’s great adventure»
Way Out West 2015: the DiS review
Way Out West sits up there with the likes of Primavera Sound and the occasional ATP as a real life experience»
Sun Kil Moon - Universal Themes
Kozelek has often traversed the line between emotional insight and emotional ugliness, yet it has never been so evident as on this record»
The Grubby Mitts - What the World Needs Now Is
What the World Needs Now… is an outlandish, sometimes overwhelming exercise in sonic, thematic world building»
Chandos - Rats in Your Bed
Chandos have made a great record largely because they are so very good at what they do»
Sara Lowes - The Joy of Waiting
The Joy of Waiting is a truly intriguing record»
Idlewild - Everything Ever Written
Everything Ever Written is a genre-traversing, surprising, melodic, poetic, anthemic record with heart, smarts and soul.»
AC/DC - Rock or Bust
It’s not anything but autopilot AC/DC, as they have been for many years now and it’s none the worse for that.»
Kindness - Otherness
There are moments here to make the listener believe that staying the course with Kindness might be worth it in the long term.»
Allo Darlin' - We Come from the Same Place
Allo Darlin’ have decided that a step forward can bring a greater, more tangible joy.»
The Growlers - Chinese Fountain
It is clear that The Growlers, when not obsessing over gimmicks and borrowed tropes, are perfectly capable of graduating to become a great, insightful pop band. Sorry, beach goth band.»
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (deluxe edition)
New Jersey is a lesson writ large for many a band – sometimes a 'grown up’ record doesn’t mean a better one.»
Bob Mould - Beauty & Ruin
It really is one of the best things Bob Mould has ever put his name to.»
Sharon van Etten - Are We There
One of the most vivid, involving, troubling albums about the trials of love in recent memory.»