Reviews 
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2012-06-04
Hope in Dirt City Cadence Weapon
Entertaining and inventive, this is a fine third LP proper from the Canadian rapper.reviewed by Mike Diver
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2012-05-30
Celebration Rock Japandroids
Every track’s an anthem, every second precious, on this breathless new album.reviewed by Reef Younis
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2012-05-24
2:54 2:54
A collection of mature and addictive tracks from sisters doing it their own way.reviewed by Jen Long
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2012-04-18
The Money Store Death Grips
An incredible, precedent-resetting manifesto from the Californian extreme rap crew.reviewed by Paul Lester
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2012-03-19
Open Your Heart The Men
These Brooklyn-based animal men are rocking for themselves, but we’re all invited.reviewed by Darren Loucaides
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2012-02-24
Always Xiu Xiu
Music for those comforted by blood, sweat and tears.reviewed by Martin Aston
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2012-01-20
Illuminated People Islet
Something as bizarrely brilliant as this debut needs to be savoured.reviewed by Ben Hewitt
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2012-01-11
Strange Weekend Porcelain Raft
Italian's debut LP is an impressive step towards realising a defined identity.reviewed by Marcus J. Moore
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2011-11-30
Past Life Martyred Saints EMA
Passages of thrilling unfamiliar drone-folk stand out on this alluring debut LP.reviewed by Andrzej Lukowski
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2011-11-03
Polymers Are Forever Future of the Left
New line-up, new label – but FOTL deliver familiar quality on this new EP.reviewed by Noel Gardner
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2011-10-10
Creatures of an Hour Still Corners
Subtle but memorable songs, seeped in monochrome, fill the Londoners’ debut for Sub Pop.reviewed by Brad Barrett
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2011-10-07
Romance Tubelord
However seriously you choose to take it, this is a brilliant second album.reviewed by Mike Haydock
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2011-09-29
In Heaven Twin Sister
There’s much more to this act’s music than tweeness – and it can get a bit sexy, too.reviewed by Chris Parkin
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2011-09-13
Black Junk Exit_International
No ballads, just growling basslines from this rabid art punk debut.reviewed by Camilla Pia
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2011-09-12
Acrobats Peggy Sue
An electric and enthralling second LP from the Brighton-based indie-folk-rockers.reviewed by Jen Long
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2011-08-13
In Gold Blood Kids in Glass Houses
A chart-ready set that should see its makers hit new commercial heights.reviewed by Mike Diver
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2011-07-04
Shangri-La YACHT
A concept album designed for the dancefloor, which no listener needs a degree to unravel.reviewed by Jen Long
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2011-06-08
Living With Ants Mechanical Bride
A debut which promises that great things are to come from this young artist.reviewed by Jen Long
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2011-05-23
W Planningtorock
Gloomy theatrical electronica from Berlin-based Brit.reviewed by Wyndham Wallace
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2011-04-18
Native Speaker BRAIDS
Consumes you like those lost hours spent locked away in a bedroom with a new lover.reviewed by Ele Beattie
