CD Reviews

9/10 Out of this world Hot on the heels of their 2017 Mercury nomination for debut “Love in the 4th Dimension”, London four-piece The Big

8/10 New York state of mind Breathing new life into a long-past era of music can be a tricky sell, but this new collaboration between

7/10 ferocious fun Written in the summer of last year, the eighth album from Ezra Furman is more than a little preoccupied with the dread

“One of the things we feel we’ve struggled with before is that our creative desire and ambition has not been able to be conveyed on

8/10 F*****g sublime In case you were wondering, Norman Percevel Rockwell – 1894-1978 – was an American author, painter and illustrator whose works focused on

9/10 unpulled As someone who had completely missed the phenomenon that is IDLES, this weekend’s Clifton Downs Festival provided the perfect opportunity to watch the

Idaho native and former neurosurgeon Josh Ritter wears his heart on his sleeve more than most thanks to his intimate, poetic style that has infused

After seven albums you might think you’d know a band and their sound pretty well. As Brooklyn’s The National have grown from cult indie band

7/10 orchestral maneuvers in the dark. James Blake’s transition from post dubstep producer to contemporary songwriter was something akin to the metamorphosis of a ghost

7/10 horse-power With the departure of long-term bassist Walter Gervers late last year, front man Yannis Phillippakis stating on Twitter that this album would be