“While every move feels measured and calculated it’s delivered with a rawness and urgency that puts it up there with the best 21st century rock records, and among the best albums Steve Albini has been involved with, especially in recent times…”; release - 2012
More / (02.02.12)
“This particular cup of warm milk is laced with something much stronger...”; release – 2012
More / (30.01.12)
“Then that title was released - has he taken an Ice Cube-inspired u-turn and made an album of misogynistic rap? Maybe it will be accompanied by a motivational weight-loss DVD..?”; release -2012
More / (20.01.12)
“It turns out that there is no greater fool than the part-time music journalist who sifts through dozens of Google pages only to find out that Maraqopa is in fact Spanish for 'album title designed to make foolish part-time music journalist sift through dozens of Google pages'...”; release - 2012
More / (09.01.12)
“A disappointing add-on, like getting a puncture repair kit for Christmas to go with that that shiny new bike you got for your birthday…”; release – 2011
More / (16.12.11)
“The National are now invited to indie’s top table, to dine with the Radioheads and the Wilcos of the world and to enjoy the slight air of invincibility that comes with it…”; release – 2011
More / (16.12.11)
“Shelling out the humanity beneath the stardom, it presents us with a man who’s not perfect - though he sounds and looks it - and that, for all his greatness, he fears what everybody fears: loneliness...”; release - 2011
More / (12.12.11)
“In Parallax Bradford Cox has honed his strengths and in doing so, channelled both his penchant for the inaccessible and the immediate in such a way that does disservice to neither...”; release - 2011
More / (12.12.11)
“For many, the idea of the She & Him Christmas record is so twee it would make them want to strangle themselves with the nearest hand-knitted scarf...”; release – 2011
More / (06.12.11)
“For as long as Michaelson has made music he has, knowingly or not, portrayed himself as the Eeyore/Droopy Dog emotional paradox, singing up but sounding down. Now his voice and music align...”; release - 2011
More / (29.11.11)
“So, I’d love a copy of Hits Are For Squares with my soy latte please...”; release – 2011
More / (24.11.11)
“A totally muddled and unpredictable record on which Wilco cast away tradition and caution, and each song contradicts its neighbour... Yes, it’s inconsistent, and I am so glad – some of this bravery is exactly what’s been missing from their last couple of LPs...”; release - 2011
More / (11.11.11)