Lit Me Up // 78
Can’t Get It Out // 89
Waste // 81
Could Never Be Heaven // 67
Same Logic / Teeth // 84
137 // 82
Out Of Mana // 74
In The Water // 86
Desert // 80
No Control // 78
451 // 77
Batter Up // 83
Going out on their own terms, Science Fiction is to be the last Brand New album (maybe, you never know these days) ever. With some of their best music since "The Devil and God..." it's a shame it has to be this way, but lets not forget Brand New have 20 years of service ... read more
oh baby // 88
other voices // 85
i used to // 83
change yr mind // 84
how do you sleep? // 80
tonite // 77
call the police // 82
american dream // 82
emotional haircut // 83
black screen // 73
pulse (v.1) // 66
Sometimes you gotta go there to come back, and come back with a banger or two LCD Soundsystem did.
Lots of Bowie, Joy Division and Eno influence on this one and it's ambitious track lengths largely work in favour of this slow-stewing progressive New Wave effort aside from black screen ... read more
Big Man Skank // 63
Dubplate Original // 67
Love Me More // 65
Step Away // 74
Reload // 72
All Goes Wrong // 73
Tribes // 67
NRG // 71
Real No More // 70
Don’t Stop // 68
Tribute // 72
Crawling // 69
Know About We // 70
Nervous // 71
This Moment // 69
Control // 80
Know Your Name // 70
All filler no killer. Gets the job done but doesn't have the edge that Chase & Status are renowned for. Control is pick of the bunch, a riotous romper courtesy of rock duo Slaves but otherwise it's ... read more
Green Light // 76
Sober // 72
Homemade Dynamite // 74
The Louvre // 65
Liability // 63
Hard Feelings/Loveless // 60
Sober II (Melodrama) // 55
Writer In The Dark // 60
Supercut // 68
Liability (Reprise) // 55
Perfect Place // 64
Underwhelmed completely. Not sure if I'm missing the point or if the press are be melodramatic but just didn't get it. Green Light is the standout and doesn't really fit into this partied-out, rambling context that Lorde has going on here.
A Young Understanding // 69
Loveblood // 67
Explore // 70
Olympia // 68
Lakhey // 60
Happy Family // 71
Flame // 66
She Said // 57
Lose the feeling // 69
Vivienne // 65
Be Nobody // 60
Deep Relief // 63
Watching From Great Heights // 55
The Night // 65
Another Word For Beautiful // 60
Like being swallowed by a big beige beast, with a couple of semi-decent songs as bait to lure you in. Dullness good to firm in places.
K // 80
Each Time You Fall In Love // 83
Sunsetz // 82
Apocalypse // 78
Flash // 77
Sweet // 69
Opera House // 66
Truly // 69
John Wayne // 70
Young & Dumb // 74
Took me a while, but I managed to listen all the way through it eventually. Whilst the songs are mostly good, it's very difficult to get a grasp of each track in the first couple of listens. By all means it was a grower, with the simplistic and sexual croonings of lead singer/ songwriter Greg Gonzalez leading a gentle and calm ... read more
Wall Of Glass // 78
Bold // 75
Greedy Soul // 69
Paper Crown // 73
For What It’s Worth // 72
When I’m In Need // 69
You Better Run // 66
I Get By // 68
Chinatown // 85
Come Back To Me // 66
Universal Gleam // 64
I’ve All I Need // 78
Largely mediocre effort from Liam, with the exception of a few songs. Weirdly the best song to emerge from Liam's first solo attempts, It Doesn't Have To Be That Way, was not included in the standard release but with Liam you never know what ... read more
A.M.D // 83
Californian Light // 93
Cameo // 90
Too Old For My Tears // 86
Melody Says // 80
Universal High // 70
Understanding // 73
Don’t Have Me Back // 69
Nothing Ever Seems Right // 76
Monitor // 88
An exciting and fun blend of Indie, Psychedelia and Soul from days of old, all remembered and re-lived through the eyes of a young South London teenager, Ben Romans-Hopcraft. It's hard not to be optimistic when you have a debut album of Lacuna's stature under your belt, but with that ... read more
First Things First // 78
Cold // 85
Bad Boys // 76
Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 1 // 73
Big For Your Boots // 87
Velvet / Jenny Francis // 80
Mr Skeng // 78
Cigarettes & Cush // 79
21 Gun Salute // 72
Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2 // 74
Return of the Rucksack // 77
100 Bags // 73
Don't Cry for Me // 74
Crazy Titch // 76
Shut Up // 90
Lay Me Bare // 82
Grime is bigger than it's ever been, and it's Big Mike who is leading the way into this uncharted territory by leading it up the charts and ... read more
Orca // 94
Glue // 90
Kites // 86
Vespa // 68
Ayaya // 89
Spring // 86
Drift // 82
Opal // 68
Rain // 78
Ayr // 65
Vale // 81
Aura // 93
Highly commendable and contrasting album that feels more like a soundtrack for a present tense sci-fi film that is yet to be written. There are some serious highs to be had in tracks such as Orca and Aura, the latter of which could get even your gran nodding along to it it's that catchy. Bicep have already proved they know how to make a good house track in ... read more
Humongous // 76
Brazil // 90
The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home // 78
Mind // 72
Make Me Your Queen // 80
Isombard // 83
I Am Everyone Else // 70
Bethlehem // 73
Why Do You Feel So Down // 76
Paracetamol // 75
Listen to Your Friends // 74
What do you think about Declan McKenna? At 16 he was playing at Glastonbury via talent contest and playing festivals. Now at only the age of 18, Declan has released his debut album and toured around the world. Not bad, eh? What Do You Think About The Car? Is a ... read more
Dangerous // 86
Say Something Loving // 89
Lips // 92
A Violent Noise // 77
Performance // 70
Replica // 90
Brave for You // 82
On Hold // 94
I Dare You // 96
Test Me // 86
After a four year wait the XX returned this year with I See You, and boy what a way to come back. I See You is a jewel that sparkles in the light, sending light and joyus euphoria like a disco ball around the room, complemented largely by tracks such as Replica which shows life on the other side of the coin. The XX are one ... read more
Messy Love // 83
Nuggets // 88
Love$ick // 93
1 Night // 90
All Around The World // 69
give me The ground // 72
What If I Go? // 90
Firefly // 88
NOTHING ELSE! // 67
helpline // 86
Second 2 None // 90
Who Is It Gonna B // 96
Blu // 87
A diverse and sonically rich album all the way through, Crossan has created what few dance artists fail to do in a whole career at the age of 21. Criticism could be drawn to the fact that there are 10 features on this album, as I have seen it has around the ... read more
Super Natural // 94
Sunshine Type // 92
What Got In the Way // 88
Butterfly Dream // 88
Curiosity // 84
Pure Devotion // 78
Nightlight Girl // 70
Breeze // 76
All That It Ever Was // 74
Living Small // 73
Bonnie (Rhythm & Melody) // 90
Undoubtedly cut from the same cloth as Periphiral Vision, Good Nature is the younger, chiller brother of the "Turnover 2.0" era since the band decided on a change of direction form their debut LP Magnolia. As fantastically warming and sweet as this ... read more
ICE BOY // 90
Mourn // 82
Giving Up // 80
No Title // 77
Revenge Song // 75
All Out // 91
Hunker Down // 75
Something Safe // 72
The Fold Up // 85
Dragged // 78
With lyrics that wouldn't sound out of place coming from Robert Smith and it's almost haunted beat, Mourn further explores the reaches of alternative R&B whilst also giving way to some minimal pop action, too.
Everything_Now (continued) // 78
Everything Now // 88
Signs of Life // 90
Creature Comfort // 94
Peter Pan // 87
Chemistry // 78
Infinite Content // 80
Infinite_Content // 74
Electric Blue // 90
Good God Damn // 84
Put Your Money on Me // 94
We Don’t Deserve Love // 92
Everything Now (continued) // 80
By no means the band's best effort but still keeps up with the high-calibre pride of lions that is the Arcade Fire discography, with Creature Comfort at the very least jostling for the top ... read more
How Did We Get So Dark? // 94
Lights Out // 86
I Only Lie When I Love You // 96
She's Creeping // 87
Look Like You Know // 92
Where Are You Now? // 84
Don't Tell // 93
Hook, Line & Sinker // 86
Hole in Your Heart // 88
Sleep // 92
Consistently electrifying and endless dirty, oozing grunge grooves. Sound familiar? Yes? Good. Royal Blood have once again smashed a two-person sized hole in the rock scene, proving that if you know what you're doing you don't need a small army of guitar players ... read more
Heel // 93
Well Done // 98
Mother // 97
Date Night // 95
Faith in the City // 94
1049 Gotho 94
Divide & Conquer // 90
Rachel Khoo // 90
Stendhal Syndrome // 93
Exeter // 96
Benzocaine // 96
White Privilege // 90
Slow Savage // 95
Raucous & riotous, Brutalism is an album so spiky it should have been sold with a warning sign. Proving that there's no rest for the wicked, Idles have created an album that is almost non-stop chaos, with Joe Talbot barking politically and emotionally charged ... read more
Ill Ray (The King) // 85
You're in Love with a Psycho // 90
Twentyfourseven // 75
Good Fight // 73
Wasted // 83
Comeback Kid // 82
The Party Never Ends // 74
Are You Looking for Action? // 89
All Through the Night // 74
Sixteen Block // 74
Bless This Acid House // 87
Put Your Life On It // 84
Kasabian's sixth LP has some of the best stuff the band have produced for ten years, full of madness and stadium anthems from a band who don't show any signs of stopping despite being a band for over 20 ... read more
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