Album Reviews
by John Murphy
Recorded in Nashville in a series of live sessions, there’s immediacy and warmth to Rory Graham’s vocal on an album that marks a major step up
by John Murphy
An album with new things to discover all the time: genre-hopping, tricky to pigeonhole and switching from big and muscular to a soft, fragile whisper
by Ben Hogwood
A fitting tribute to a much-missed artist provides a timely reminder of just how imaginative a guitarist he could be
by Nikki Bonnett
Pseudonymous composer of ambient music “with a focus on prepared, programmed and played piano” releases a work of eerie beauty
by John Murphy
The Wirral band’s 10th is an ambitious work that never topples under its weight, its songs of a timeless quality that keeps you returning
by Matt Cotsell
The Washington band’s agile and insular sound has permeated into a fugitive multidimensional fog, adrift on the faintest of prayers
by Ben Devlin
A beguiling record – equal parts poignant and hedonistic – which allows the British DJ and producer’s vast array of talents to shine
by Matt Cotsell
Recovered from covid and calling in Shelley, Wordsworth and Byron, the icon embellishes her legend
by John Murphy
This debut could easily cross over to become a big mainstream pop album, and signals the arrival of a major new talent
by Steven Johnson
An album of recalibration and evolution, but one that more than holds its own against the lofty peaks scaled earlier in their career
by John Murphy
Another impressively solid record from the Brewis Brothers, who have turned into one of the country’s most consistent acts
by Matt Cotsell
Banality and dread hover ever present over both these drone works as they commence their aural descent
by Ben Hogwood
His first album in five years draws on a wealth of experience and collects together songs ready for interpretation by the famous Welsh pipes
by Ben Devlin
With a talent for shiny synths and heavy beats, the Atlanta native has developed a niche that is fun, vivid and enthralling
by Matt Cotsell
Heretical futurist and ultrasonic androgyne dips into the glam rock cauldron to produce a vivid montage of erotic joie de vivre and postmodern ennui
by Matt Cotsell
Manchester-born multi-instrumentalist and composer plays a game of divergent contrasts on his third album
by Bekki Bemrose
A record brimming with detail serves to fortify their standing as auteurs of a unique musical landscape
by Matt Cotsell
Brash, poetic, and romantically obtuse, the Suicide frontman even from the grave is as challenging as he is charming
by Bekki Bemrose
While a reinvention of the wheel it is not, Mascis and Barlow do offer a reliably potent balm for frayed nerves
by Ben Devlin
Four-disc box set marking Sascha Ring out as a soundtracker of distinction
by John Murphy
Somewhere between a remix album and a covers record, McCartney III’s companion piece features an A-list line-up
