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The Swedes’ fourth LP is something else, but something profoundly exhilarating.
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Rarely has such winsome music been forged from such rough materials.
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Passages of thrilling unfamiliar drone-folk stand out on this alluring debut LP.
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Serviceable, but Jane’s missed their chance to make a third great LP decades ago.
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An album that dips its toes into folk without fully committing to any one style.
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If you’re looking for a record to banish the winter, this could be it.
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Eccentric Brighton band’s fourth album proper continues their unruffled progress.
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Dark electronica built on glimmering vocals and mutilated bass.
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A band heading towards maturity via streamlined electronic means.
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Old fashioned, maybe even a little antiquated, but far from past it.
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Two decades of indie-pop later, it still sounds arresting.
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A period-authentic backdrop allows Liz Hunt’s sublime vocals to take centre stage.
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The perfect soundtrack for a journey into America’s night.
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Third album from Springsteen-influenced New Jersey (former) punks.
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10cc-loving collective delivers what might be the trip of the year.
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Blissfully at odds with the compression-heavy world of modern rock.
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200 years of lyrical and musical history, washing beautifully by.
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The duo’s updating of stirring folk tales is eminently modern.
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A glowing whole transcendent of any one person’s vision.
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They appear to have worked out how to finish things on a high.
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To the right person, Barn Nova will be a truly haunting piece of work.
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A gateway into another headspace, one aglow with uncertain magic.
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The continuation of a formula that has served the twins well to date.
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Hard to really get excited about, but very easy to enjoy.
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A disappointment compared to recent-past LPs, but evidently fun to make.
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A far artier, more abrasive prospect than the totemic Fade Into You suggests.
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It’s huge and it’s beautiful, and no less natural than the tide.
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Casablancas is a gem of a songwriter.
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Far and away the Chicago band’s most affecting record to date.
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Charts its maker’s journey from narcotic confusion to lovely sobriety.
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Disengage brain, enjoy riffs, try not to forget girlfriend’s name.
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The artisan level of songcraft poured in is quite staggering.
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When it soars, it reaches the stars.
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It’s great to hear these troubled souls finally having a blast.
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Even if done deliberately, an uneven record is still an uneven record.
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Rockin' uncle Johnny leads The Cribs from punk adolescence to pop adulthood.
