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Moonchild Sanelly
Full Moon
"In My Kitchen" turns on an impressively dexterous, high-speed bar, while "Gwara Gwara" (A Durban dance gone global) is at once euphoric and anxious. Print edition only
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Moonchild Sanelly
Full Moon
Continuing on her playfully explicit, brilliantly brazen trajectory
DIY
Moonchild Sanelly
Full Moon
The blue-haired bombshell oft dubbed the ‘Queen of African Pop’, Moonchild Sanelly is back. Her latest outing, Full Moon, is her most exciting to date
The Skinny
Lambrini Girls
Who Let The Dogs Out
"Bad Apples'" Sonic Youth guitars provide a punkish response to policing following Sarah Everard's murder, while "Company Culture" breathlessly addresses workplace harassment. Print edtion only
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Lambrini Girls
Who Let The Dogs Out
Nu-riot grrrls who may well be doing it better than anyone since Bikini Kill. Print edtion only
Mojo
Ethel Cain
Perverts
While this is a deeply experimental record, it is also subtly stunning in parts. Print edtion only
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Ethel Cain
Perverts
Having struggled with the obsessive fandom drawn to her widescreen pop-Americana, Cain returns with 90 minutes of collapsing songs and confrontational power electronics
The Guardian
Lambrini Girls
Who Let The Dogs Out
Championed by Iggy Pop and riot grrrl royalty, the Brighton duo pile on the jagged riffs, scabrous humour and swearing for their politically charged debut
The Guardian
Franz Ferdinand
The Human Fear
Franz Ferdinand are still more than capable of writing great records, but they need to remind themselves that maturing as a group doesn’t have to mean sacrificing their vitality
Far Out
Lambrini Girls
Who Let The Dogs Out
Lambrini Girls are the heralds of a new age, and they’ve started with a debut album that’s practically perfect in every way. One thing’s for sure: punk’s definitely not dead
Dork
Ethel Cain
Perverts
Dragging out its bleak moodiness, Perverts requires a lot of perseverance and patience. It’s not an easy listen, in both an emotional and sonic sense
Kerrang!
Ethel Cain
Perverts
The EP ruminates on distorted desires, but it’s also an exploration of drone and noise, a treatise on what it’s like to watch and be watched, and an aural Rorschach test
Paste Magazine
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