Album Review: Balthazar – Sand
5 March, 2021
7/10
On Leaving Antwerp, Balthazar are in unsurprisingly reflective state of mind, but the musical recipe is the same as it for the rest of Sand.
Category: Reviews
Album Review: Virginia Wing – ‘private LIFE’
1 March, 2021
7.5/10
Virginia Wing’s last album was recorded with the Swiss Alps as a backdrop. This time however, the group took the only available course of action left to them.
Album Review: Bradford – Bright Hours
27 February, 2021
7/10
Bradford were once proclaimed by none other than Morrissey as his favourite band after the release in 1988 of their debut single Skin Storm.
Film Review: Creation Stories
25 February, 2021
9/10
Creation Stories is an adaptation of Alan McGee’s 2014 autobiography (of sorts), and comes with a stellar British pedigree
Album Review: Blanck Mass – In Ferneaux
25 February, 2021
7.5/10
In Ferneaux is possibly one of the first true post-pandemic bodies of work.
Album Review: Maximo Park – Nature Always Wins
22 February, 2021
8/10
Nature Always Wins is Maximo Park’s seventh album, and in defiance of those rules we just spoke about, it’s conceivably their best.
Album Review: The Hold Steady – Open Door Policy
19 February, 2021
7.5/10
Open Door Policy is the The Hold Steady's eighth album and the band appear to be in the best of health.
Album Review: slowthai – TYRON
18 February, 2021
7.5/10
It’s rare for a man to be such an open book in the dog-eat-dog world of rap, but even in slowthai-mode Northampton’s favourite son often ended up his own …
Album Review: Black Country, New Road – ‘For the first time’
12 February, 2021
7.5/10
With Black Country, New Road’s 'For the first time' we’ve come exactly, precisely to the opposite edge of the indie galaxy.
Album Review: Pale Waves – Who Am I?
10 February, 2021
7.5/10
For a while it looked like Pale Waves would be most famous for being on The 1975’s label, but a lot has happened between that period and now.
Album Review: Django Django – Glowing In The Dark
10 February, 2021
7.5/10
Django Django formed as the dust was fully settling over the indie landfill period, members of a loose and not always related cabal.
Album Review: Foo Fighters – Medicine At Midnight
5 February, 2021
6/10
It’s impossible to be offended or actively dislike Foo Fighters; not only is Dave Grohl so nice, but they are good musicians and are doing it for love.