Wolf Alice – ‘The Clearing’ album review: the 1970s and 2020s are having a lovechild
Wolf Alice’s best album yet.
New Music Archives: 08/2025
Mac DeMarco – ‘Guitar’ album review: A pony that needs a new trick
It’s ‘Guitar’, and not a huge amount else.
Florence and the Machine is back with bite with ‘Everybody Scream’
The album will be released on Halloween.
Laufey – ‘A Matter of Time’ album review: More modern standards from a future great
Take the rules and modernise them.
Water From Your Eyes – ‘It’s a Beautiful Place’ album review: Harnessing the 21st century’s songbook in spectacular fashion
“…alt rock with sonic clashes that shouldn’t work on paper but collide like kaleidoscopic fireworks…”
Marissa Nadler – ‘New Radiations’ album review: Gothic folk enchanted with old world energy
“…plundering a crackling swirl of gothic shroud and arcane spirit that depicts the US cultural landscape”.
Bret McKenzie – ‘Freak Out City’ album review: Wonderful songwriting, and that’s no joke
The New Zealander shines on his second album.
Mae Powell – ‘Making Room for the Light’ album review: A sleek, timeless sketch for summer
A captivatingly beautiful album.
Ada Lea – ‘When I Paint My Masterpiece’ album review: A charming journey that defies all odds
A lengthy tale that refuses to bore.