Reviews

Review: Yuck – Glow & Behold

October 1st, 2013

Yuck's second LP sounds like someone's judiciously compiled and sequenced old mixtape... Stellar influences, heavily plundered.

September 30th, 2013

R Plus Seven might not be as suitable a transition into the ‘beyond’ as Replica, but that’s partly because it’s already there.

September 30th, 2013

The best album so far this year to feature hovering sandwiches, a homeless robot and Zach de la Rocha.

September 27th, 2013

Why are so many bands in such a rush not just to recreate the '80s, but to recreate the less inspiring aspects of it.

September 27th, 2013

Reviews of new albums from Scarlet Chives, 65daysofstatic and Angèle David-Guillou.

September 25th, 2013

The aural equivalent slapping an adult-looking cover around a Harry Potter book, with much less magic.

September 25th, 2013

A fresh consignment of non-taxing 'office Spotify playlist' fodder for those who feel that they need more "indie rock" in their diet.

September 20th, 2013

Gorgeously disorientating, like sped-up birdsong of the most melodious kind, feeling elemental to life on Earth.

September 20th, 2013

Tailor-made to impress halfhearted music journalists with its arty earnestness, impassioned delivery and cinematic complexion.

September 20th, 2013

Johnson's sixth album is one great tacit admission that he's only in it to leverage retirement money out of Starbucks addicts.