Still Movin on Up
Kate Bradley gives Primal Scream’s new album 4 Stars Primal Scream have been releasing albums since 1987. The iconic Screamadelica (1991) received a Mercury Prize, widespread critical acclaim and spawned…
City Slick Vamps
Tom Hoskins gives Vampire Weekends new album 3 Stars Modern Vampires of the City sees Vampire Weekend distance themselves from the influence of world-music and college life narratives. They now…
Public disservice info
Tom Hoskins gives Public Service Broadcastings latest offering 2 stars Using spoken word samples over music is by no means a new idea. David Byrne and Brian Eno did this…
Major dips low, lazers disappointing
Anna Norbury gives Major Lazer’s latest offering 2 stars Major Lazer is the side project the American DJ and producer Diplo and his production and DJ helpers Jillionaire and Walshy…
Diatribe on mediocrity
Kate Bradley gives the new Tribes album a paltry 2 stars The four members of Tribes – Johnny Lloyd, Jim Cratchley, Dan White and Miguel Demelo – began in different…
Back with real bite
Lewis Coenen-Rowe gives the Yeah Yeah Yeahs new album Mosquito 4 stars It’s now been ten years since Karen O and co released their debut album Fever to Tell and…
Iron and fine Wine
Iron & Wine started as a lo-fi folk project with a four-track recorder and has been continuously developing his sound ever since. On the most recent two releases, the…
Review: James Blake – ‘Overgrown’
With his first album released two years ago, there is a sense running throughout of James Blake’s awareness of the decline of dubstep yet, at the same time, his awareness…
