Music Reviews

Katy B Little Red

Every heartbreak is a reason to party for Katy B on Little Red. With that voice and those beats though, why not?

Sun Kil Moon Benji

Mark Kozelek’s sixth project under the Sun Kil Moon moniker is his most intimate work yet, thoroughly documenting definitive moments that marked his past and continue to haunt his present.

Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews...

Fresh from the Italian Adriatic coast, Be Forest have self-produced their second record, and it's a natural evolution of the authentic, organic sound that won such acclaim 3 years ago. If 2011 debut Cold was winter, Earthbeat is spring, and it's a serene listen.

Carl Purvis reviews...

Dum Dum Girls Too True

Too True is an album that only works very occasionally. The songs are there, the riffs are there, but the production is not. The guitar is consistently buried in the mix, wasting many good melodies and robbing the Dum Dum Girls of one of its greatest strengths.

Joe Marvilli delivers some harsh truths...

Band Of Horses Acoustic At The Ryman

Four albums in and Band Of Horses decide to release an acoustic set. All very nice, but after a few plays Graeme Marsh is already reaching for his Neil Young, Live At Massey Hall CD...

Graeme Marsh listens in...

Marissa Nadler July

The folk singer songwriter joins the Sacred Bones roster on her latest, a soothing and familiar listen that's immediately loveable and becomes moreso as you get to know it.

Dominic James Stevenson reviews...

CEO Wonderland

Densely-crafted art-pop from the former Tough Alliance member, this is a record full of vibrant, catchy melodies with plenty of subversive overtones.

Stephen Wragg reviews...

Temples Sun Structures

Prematurely revered psych-pop act Temples release their much anticipated debut, a gently ornamented effort that synthesizes their sundry influences with all sorts of psychotropic imagery.

Juan Edgardo Rodríguez values the opinion of Noel Gallagher?

East India Youth Total Strife Forever

The biggest beneficiary of the critical rush to discover 2014’s first great record, William Doyle is currently riding high on the wave of acclaim generated by his debut offering as East India Youth.

David Coleman cuts through the hype...