Music Reviews
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Blank Realm Illegals in Heaven
Illegals in Heaven is an entirely new phase in Blank Realm’s decade-long career, one in which they’re unafraid to explore a more approachable sound without renouncing their feverish delirium.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Kagoule Urth
Nottingham trio Kagoule drop an invigorating debut displaying all the craft of a sadistic surgeon, dissecting the bones of the US 90s alternative scene into a many-headed beast with more cunning, and more dexterity than what it's superseded.
Carl Purvis reviews... -
Yo La Tengo Stuff Like That There
In Yo La Tengo's universe past and present converge as all-directions promenades, applying the same exacting standards to originals and covers alike.
Angel Aguilar reviews... -
Destroyer Poison Season
Dan Bejar's 10th solo effort is sumptuously complete, sleek and highly refined, repurposing the champagne-coated synths of Kaputt with the aid of a full band to further accentuate his high-brow witticisms.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Sleaford Mods Key Markets
Sleaford Mods are as brilliant and vital at what they do as they've ever been, on their most overtly political record yet.
Stephen Wragg reviews... -
Chelsea Wolfe Abyss
Chelsea Wolfe's latest album takes the crushing, panic-inducing feeling of sleep paralysis and turns it into a haunted album of doom, the heaviest in her career.
Joe Marvilli sinks into the abyss... -
Georgia Georgia
Georgia's lively self-titled is a fine blend of rhythmic eccentricity under a pop guise, seeking new ways to rewrite accessible song patterns with a decidedly forward-thinking thrust.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Stern Bone Turquoise
On the cusp of avant-garde abstraction and melodic accessibility, Stern's "alien pop" expansively mines a bleak and beautifully twisted sonic landscape for angularly anxious sounds of doom metal shrinking into slowcore and early psychedelic music.
Grant Phipps listens into the musical sinews of another galaxy... -
Ashley Monroe The Blade
Ashley Monroe just keeps getting better with every heartbreak.
Luiza Lodder likes what she hears... -
Iron And Wine & Ben Bridwell Sing Into My Mouth
Two titans of indie rock join forces for a full-length collaborative debut and series of live dates. Music aside, the name on the billing gets a 1 out of 10. Why not Band of Bearded Horses or Kiss Each Other Clean All The Time? Music included, it's a case of what should have been.
Ben Jones reviews...
