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Ezra Collective  Dance, No One's Watching

It's a hard-hitting statement album that raises the bar the band set with their previous offering to an insanely higher level. The grooves seem deeper, the horns punchier and the hooks catchier. Print edition only Record Collector

Ezra Collective  Dance, No One's Watching

Moonchild Sanelly guest on “Streets Is Calling”, woozy dub soundscapes accompany “The Traveller”, Afrobeat and Afro-Cuban rhythms collide on “Shaking Body”, and the sense of jazz as a hybrid, liberating form is unselfconsciously embraced. Print edition only Uncut

Maxïmo Park  Stream of Life Signed

It’s a fine album that should keep the juggernaut running as they approach a quarter-century as a band Spill Magazine

Maxïmo Park  Stream of Life Signed

Yet another great Maximo Park album, no more or less than that. And in this era of extremes at both ends of the musical appreciation spectrum, then isn’t that quite the achievement? God Is In The TV

Maxïmo Park  Stream of Life Signed

Stream of Life not only challenges listeners to explore their own beliefs but does so with the vibrancy and energy that has long defined Maxïmo Park’s music XS Noize

Maxïmo Park  Stream of Life Signed

A reflective, uplifting and intelligent album that stands out in the Maxïmo Park canon and is full of texture, soaring melodies and sagacious storytelling and lyrics Clash

Maxïmo Park  Stream of Life Signed

Paul Smith and co return with their eighth album, mixing energetic indie rock anthems with more introspective numbers musicOMH

Being Dead  EELS

The collection is inventive yet grounded and unpretentious, a genuinely modern interpretation on the tenets of punk that still carry weight The Line Of Best Fit

Being Dead  EELS

The Austin, Texas band remain subversive pop-rock wizards who are not only capable of writing great songs, but also willing to then keep pushing those songs into interesting, unexpected places on their second LP Paste Magazine

Being Dead  EELS

Being Dead have so many ideas up their sleeves, the potentialities are endless Far Out

Being Dead  EELS

Being Dead’s EELS is a triumph in pushing the boundaries of surf rock. It’s a fascinating album full of experimentation and introspection Northern Transmissions

Being Dead  EELS

Even setting sequencing, production, and stylistic reference points aside, EELS is simply chock-full of great songs All Music

Lady Gaga  Harlequin

Her own songs sit easily next to well-worn classics The Arts Desk

Lady Gaga  Harlequin

She evokes greats like Sinatra and Judy Garland, but the best moment is a new song of her own Rolling Stone

Pale Waves  Smitten

By emphasizing messy but universal feelings, the album normalizes young queer love Slant Magazine