Richard Thompson – Hippies, Thugs and Heroes: Album Review
Richard Thompson – ‘The finest rock songwriter since Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix’ – is back with an album that sits high in the canon.
Wolves In The Throne Room – Estuary: Album Review
The influential Wolves In The Throne Room deliver their latest black metal opus; Estuary.
Quicksilver Messenger Service – Who Do You Love? The Recordings 1967-1972: Album Review
West Coast improvisational legends, Quicksilver Messenger Service, are celebrated across a seven-disc box set.
Yôkaї – Humboldt: album Review
Belgian 6-piece experimentalists Yôkaї open the next chapter of their story, stripping things back with new album Humboldt,
Insomnium – Netherworlds: Album Review
Thirty years is a long time to stay sad, but few bands have turned sorrow into a career quite as gracefully as Insomnium.
Track Dogs – Still At The Music: Album Review
Track Dogs celebrate 20 years on the track, as they cast their catchy field wider than ever. The best mariachi ragtime band in the world?
Mother Of Graves – The Light That Keeps Us: Album Review
Carved from grief and crowned with melody, The Light That Keeps Us lingers long after its final note has faded.
CUSP – English Country: Album Review
English Country is the debut record from CUSP. It is an album with roots firmly in classic indie seeking lift off with an expansive sound and huge choruses.
Teenage Fanclub – Do Not Dare To Dream: Album Review
The Fannies get ever more timeless, free of any genre beyond their own, adding vintage psychedelia to their jangly languor.
Sam Sweeney & Grace Smith – Morning Of May: Album Review
13 bangers and smashes, mainly from the past, couped and curated into perfection by a fiddling A team of Sweeney and Smith.
Laura Cortese – Lucky Water: Album Review
Cortese wows effortlessly in a completely individual way, providing an unexpected triumph. Ambient Americana, anyone?
Good Habits – Better For Now: Album Review
Cosmic folk duo Good Habits make their long-awaited return and celebrate a new direction with their most emotionally expansive and sonically ambitious album so far.
Maria Taylor – Story’s End: Album Review
Maria Taylor overcomes personal adversity and finds solace in her innermost thoughts with Story’s End, her new album.
Our Man In The Field – Silverado: Album Review
Chance encounters, journalism, literature, film and music – experiences provide inspiration to Our Man In The Field for his new album, Silverado.
Lacrimas Profundere – Lay Me Down O Silent Fear: Album Review
Veteran gothic metal band, Lacrimas Profundere, return after a busy four year break touring and playing some of the biggest festivals in the world.