Jeremy Neale, ‘We Were Trying to Make It Out’ review
A Grant McLennan Fellowship afforded Jeremy Neale the opportunity to spend three months of last...
Category: ALBUM REVIEWS
Justin Bieber, ‘Changes’ review
Changes is unapologetic about showing Justin Bieber as lovestruck. It makes for a smooth ride, marking this era of Bieber as settled and self-confident.
The Amity Affliction, ‘Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them’ review
Most bands mellow with age, but The Amity Affliction maintain the rage. With this, their seventh...
Grimes, ‘Miss Anthropocene’ review
Since 2015’s wide-ranging Art Angels, Grimes has spent the time between spreading herself between...
Best Coast, ‘Always Tomorrow’ review
“Slivers of joy peep through, but only when you let them. So why don’t you just let...
King Krule, ‘Man Alive!’ review
Archy Marshall, better known as King Krule, has cultivated a sound so distinctly his own that it’s...
Agnes Obel, ‘Myopia’ review
On her last album, Citizen of Glass, Agnes Obel explored the idea of humans as transparent...
Banoffee, ‘Look at Us Now Dad’ review
Look At Us Now Dad is explicitly sympathetic; every part seems designed to reach out to the...
Tracy McNeil & the Goodlife, ‘You Be the Lightning’ review
Melbourne-based, Canadian singer-songwriter Tracy McNeil sucked me in when I first heard her 2007...
Tame Impala, ‘The Slow Rush’ review
Simultaneously retrospective and prospective (“Eventually terrible memories turn into great...
Jack River, ‘Stranger Heart’ EP review
Jack River’s Stranger Heart EP – the follow-up to her breakthrough debut album, Sugar Mountain –...
Kate Ceberano, Steve Kilbey and Sean Sennett, ‘The Dangerous Age’ review
It’s high time Kate Ceberano was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. What a voice, and what a...
John Moreland, ‘LP5’ review
LP5 is, yep, the fifth album from American singer-songwriter John Moreland. It’s not hard to...
La Roux, ‘Supervision’ review
At just eight tracks, you could mistake Supervision for being unsubstantial. But it would be a...
Stone Temple Pilots, ‘Perdida’ review
Stone Temple Pilots – one of the most successful rock bands of the 1990s – have released their...
Drive-By Truckers, ‘The Unraveling’ review
US Southern country rockers Drive-By Truckers release their twelfth studio album this month....
Kesha, ‘High Road’ review
On her 2017 album Rainbow, in the shadow of horrific circumstances, Kesha Rose Sebert recast...
Dune Rats, ‘Hurry Up and Wait’ review
It’s the Year of the Rat, so it’s the perfect time for Dune Rats to follow their 2017...
Black Lips, ‘Sing in a World That’s Falling Apart’ review
The Black Lips do exactly what their ninth album proclaims in its title, seamlessly blending...
Pet Shop Boys, ‘Hotspot’ review
The urban poetry atop synth sorcery that is Hotspot – the last in a trilogy of Stuart...
Okay Kaya, ‘Watch This Liquid Pour Itself’ review
Okay Kaya is the recording project of Kaya Wilkins, New Jersey-born, Norwegian-raised, now based...
Sarah Mary Chadwick, ‘Please Daddy’ review
The ever prolific Sarah Mary Chadwick kicks off 2020 with Please Daddy, the Melbourne-via-New...
Bombay Bicycle Club, ‘Everything Else Has Gone Wrong’ review
Britain’s beloved indie rockers mend the hearts broken over their 2016 hiatus with a brand-new...
Halsey, ‘Manic’ review
Like cinema, modern pop is getting longer. And like the film that partially inspired Manic –...
Magic Dirt, ‘Life Was Better’ (reissue) review
Back in 1994, Magic Dirt were the Next Big Thing. Post-Nirvana, the major labels embraced...
Marcus King, ‘El Dorado’ review
23-year-old Marcus King (who has already released three albums with The Marcus King Band) goes it...
Algiers, ‘There Is No Year’ review
Atlanta’s heroes Algiers return with a genre-defying, career-defining fourth album. Vocalist and...
Georgia, ‘Seeking Thrills’ review
You only need to glimpse the front cover of British electronic producer Georgia Barnes’ new LP...
Back on Wax: this month’s best vinyl reissues (Dec ’19)
As the catalogue of vinyl reissues continues to bloom, we take a look at which classic albums are...
Breakout Belter: Kate Bush, ‘Hounds of Love’ (1985)
Bryget Chrisfield explores a favourite record which spelled the lift-off to cultural stardom for...
