Alex G
Headlights
Sweet but never saccharine, unusual but never jarring, it perfectly balances intrigue and comfort so that you can’t help but want to sit for a while in this world of Alex G’s creation
Dork
Lorde
Virgin
Lorde holds the tools to reinvent herself again, and with every excavation she makes, she discovers new ways to grow
Dork
Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band
New Threats From the Soul
With New Threats, Davis, flanked by the talented Roadhouse Band, makes his mark, perhaps indelibly, joining a select group of artists who are deepening, broadening, and revamping the Americana genre
Beats Per Minute
Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band
New Threats From the Soul
New Threats from the Soul is built with layers, layers of characters, layers of intricate musical choices, and layers of feeling. It constantly challenges you to peel them back and reflect. To see yourself in the shadows of society, in the lives we too often overlook as we pass them by
Northern Transmissions
Folk Bitch Trio
Now Would Be A Good Time
A remarkable debut: emotionally intelligent, sonically adventurous, and powered by some of the finest vocal work you’ll hear this year
XS Noize
Luke Haines & Peter Buck
Going Down To The River… To Blow My Mind
Haines and Buck have written a masterpiece
God Is In The TV
Luke Haines & Peter Buck
Going Down To The River… To Blow My Mind
With Buck, he's making some of the most entertaining work of his long career, and Going Down To The River … To Blow My Mind works well enough that one hopes they'll change their minds about this being the end of their trilogy
All Music
Luke Haines & Peter Buck
Going Down To The River… To Blow My Mind
Haines' references are as forensic as ever. Buck, meanwhile, rolls out his repertoire of languid 12-string jangles, swaggering glam riffs, psychedelic phrasing and jittery feedback. Print edition only
Uncut
Luke Haines & Peter Buck
Going Down To The River… To Blow My Mind
The result is like two rock esotericists in a bunker alchemising to compelling effect. Print edition only
Mojo
Luke Haines & Peter Buck
Going Down To The River… To Blow My Mind
Third album by former Auteurs frontman and R.E.M. guitarist matches acerbic lyrics with chiming guitars
musicOMH
Luke Haines & Peter Buck
Going Down To The River… To Blow My Mind
The result is an often joyously multi-hued meeting of minds, mixing the duo’s initial no-nonsense nods to The Troggs/Stooges with glitter-band swagger, splashes of psychedelia and the subconscious eruptions of Haines’ ingenious lyrics
Record Collector
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
Alfredo 2
Gibbs doesn't quite match the variance of flows from the original Alfredo, but there's plenty to enjoy
Consequence Of Sound