Category: Albums


  • Crystal Fighters – Cave Rave

    Crystal Fighters return with their LP Cave Rave, reviewed by Alex Meehan.

  • Daft Punk – Random Access Memories

    Jan Kobal reviews Daft Punk’s much-anticipated number 1 album.

  • The 1975 – IV EP

    Alex gives great praise to The 1975’s new EP.

  • Laura Marling – Once I Was an Eagle

    Ideal if you’re revising; Laura Marling’s fourth album is out on Monday. Alex tells us what to expect.

  • Rudimental – Home

    Angus Haynes takes a look at Rudimental’s debut and explores the featuring artists and genres involved.

  • Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City

    Have the quartet crafted another Baroque pop masterpiece?

  • Cave Painting – Rio EP

    Cave Painting provide some music perfect for the revision blues with their new EP, Rio

  • Phoenix – Bankrupt!

    David Martin reviews Phoenix’s fifth album, Bankrupt!: a fine piece of classic, bright indie pop, and essentially a natural progression of their work.

  • !!! – Thr!!!er

    Californian dance-punk five-piece !!! (say it “chk chk chk”) has been skirting the edges of the UK’s alternative musical consciousness for some years now, providing the early hours of darkened indie clubs with hypnotic music tinged with sticky funk grooves, Pet Shop Boys-esque electronica and a bit of dub added in for good measure. Hard […]

  • Ghostpoet – Some Say I So I Say Light

    Some Say I So I Say Light strengthens Ghostpoet’s appeal, returning to confront the demons which Peanut Butter Blues created and exacerbated.

  • The Pigeon Detectives – We Met At Sea

    Alex Meehan guides you through The Pigeon Detectives’ disappointing comeback album, We Met At Sea.

  • Paramore – Paramore

    Hannah Mylrea reviews Paramore’s spectacular self-titled, fourth album.

  • Jai Paul – Jai Paul

    Fatima Thorlu reviews the spectacular debut of XL’s most mysterious Londoner, Jai Paul, and its strange release.

  • Charli XCX – True Romance

    At only 20 years of age, it’s pretty impressive if your album starts being described as “long-awaited” but in Charli XCX’s case, this rings true. Recording since 2008 with money from her parents, she has been making music since her school days but has finally perfected her sound. Not only this but the album has […]