Category: Albums


  • Icona Pop – This Is… Icona Pop

    Icona Pop’s debut international LP will have you singing, humming, whistling and dancing for a long time.

  • Naughty Boy – Hotel Cabana

    Shell Hinds visits Naughty Boy’s debut offering, Hotel Cabana.

  • Placebo – Loud Like Love

    Placebo return with their seventh album and a crippling lack of vision or imagination

  • Forest Swords – Engravings

    In 2010 Matthew Barnes (AKA Forest Swords) released his debut EP Dagger Paths, a hypnotic combination of dub, drone, and lo-fi RnB. The almost-full length received much acclaim by those who heard it, and Barnes was tipped as an exciting new producer. Since then Forest Swords seemingly vanished off the face of the earth, with […]

  • Baby Godzilla – Knockout Machine

    This group have come crashing and roaring in to the live scene as of recent, but how does their latest studio effort fare?

  • London Grammar – If You Wait

    Hannah Mylrea reviews London Grammar’s stunning debut album.

  • Rizzle Kicks – Roaring 20s

    Rizzle Kicks get jazzy for their sophomore album

  • Miss Vincent – Creepy

    Guilford based punk rock band Miss Vincent were formed in 2012, but in that relatively short time have managed to build up a respectable local following, and are now on a mission to bring their dark punk stylings to a greater audience. The band claim to be influenced by such greasy LA punk rockers as […]

  • Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus

    “a very affecting record, exploring many new ideas and covering a vast array of different styles to create a brand new synthesis of electronic music”

  • Borderline:FIRE – This Trojan State

    Borderline: FIRE are a five-piece band from Reading who began their musical careers as an average indie-pop act, but struggled to find their niche in that particular scene. After a year of experimentation coupled with plenty of trial and error, they’ve emerged from the studio with their debut EP, This Trojan State, and they’re certainly […]

  • White Lies – Big TV

    “a decent enough album, and its singles will sell by the shedload, but if I wanted bombastic 80’s indie rock, I’d go and listen to bombastic 80’s indie rock”

  • Julia Holter – Loud City Song

    Julia Holter’s new LP Loud City Song retains a celestial atmosphere but is driven by an ever-present rhythm

  • Through Colour – Somnium

    Manchester based four piece Through Colour were first formed over a decade ago in North Wales, and in those ten years the band has experienced a fair amount of upheaval, with no real recording getting done until they made their big move to Manchester. But, even with creative juices finally flowing, that band weren’t content […]

  • Rachel Tucker – The Reason

    Rachel Tucker’s debut album is a must for any fan of musical theatre