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.
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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.
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: Steven Wilson – The Future Bites
29 January, 2021
7.5/10
Steven Wilson is somewhat paradoxically the least famous famous person you’ll know. His lack of image stands in direct contrast to his popularity with fans that tend to obsess …
Album Review: John Carpenter – Lost Themes III Alive After Death
29 January, 2021
7/10
One way or another, movie director John Carpenter has almost certainly scared either you or people you know. Now a veteran who helmed his first film Dark Star as …
Album Review: Bicep – Isles
19 January, 2021
7.5/10
It’s far from unusual for producers of electronic to turn themselves into live performers – a move paralleling Kraftwerk’s ironic substitution of themselves for dummies and beyond – but …