Album, Single, EP and Live Reviews

Albums: Bright Young Things: The Art and philosophy of El Records by Mark Goodall (Ventil Verlag)
Why live in the real world when you can dream up something better? Say hello to the most influential label you've never heard of...
Posted on Apr 18th, 2025
Albums: The Rubens Room: el Records: In Camera (Tapete Records)
Indie mavericks swam against the tide of 80s pop to create a beguiling alternative world
Posted on Apr 7th, 2025
Albums: Taffy: lull (Club AC30)
Fifth album from Tokyo dream pop weavers maintains the quality
Posted on Apr 3rd, 2025
Live Reviews: The Primitives @ The Horn, St. Albans 27.03.25
Matchless power pop delivered with maximum zeal
Posted on Apr 1st, 2025
Live Reviews: Healthy Junkies @ Dingwalls 2, London, 26.03.2025
London rock n’ roll mainstays on commanding form on home turf
Posted on Mar 30th, 2025
Albums: Saeko Killy: Dream In Dream (Bureau B)
Tranced-out retro-futurist meditations from Japan via Berlin, like visions of our posthuman future
Posted on Mar 19th, 2025
Albums: The Burning Hell: Ghost Palace (BB*ISLAND)
Mathias, Ariel and co lean into their self-appointed role as the party band for the apocalypse
Posted on Mar 3rd, 2025
Live Reviews: Stuffed Foxes @ The Strongroom, London, 21.02.25
Top drawer, maximalist French psych rock with superb support from Italian space rock troupe Huge Molasses Tank Explodes
Posted on Feb 25th, 2025
Albums: Edith Frost: In Space (Drag City)
On her first LP in two decades, the Chicago-via-Texas and Brooklyn songwriter delivers a series of evocative half-speed meditations on passing time and missed opportunities
Posted on Feb 24th, 2025
Albums: Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains: Âge Fleuve (InFiné)
Alt. pop mainstays return with reflective eighth album
Posted on Jan 31st, 2025
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