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Billie Martin  Dog Eared

Still only 26, Marten's writing is a strong scaffold for an experienced live studio band, whose every flourish (the irresistible keyboard arpeggio on the breezy "Crown" is a particular delight) add depth to her words. Print edition only Uncut

Billie Martin  Dog Eared

Overall, it's a gently entrancing and quietly elegant album. Print edition only Mojo

Billie Martin  Dog Eared

Billie Marten’s fifth studio album delves into nostalgia, love and introspection in a cosy folk triumph The Skinny

Billie Martin  Dog Eared

It takes time for the 10 tracks to find their own spaces and the dazey melodies to take root The Independent

Justin Bieber  Swag

The pop star’s latest offering is a perfectly decent record, albeit one that lacks lyrical flair, emotional depth or any sense of responsibility musicOMH

Alex G  Headlights

Alex Giannascoli upgrades to hi-fi dad rock and sails home with a major label debut worthy of the all-time indie graduations Pitchfork

Alex G  Headlights

Represents a flirtation with commercialized approaches, with suburbanism, with, dare we say, the banal. Given Alex’s impressive record, it’s not a stretch to imagine that going forward, he’ll find a way to better reconcile the predictable and unexpected, the cliché and seminal, the well-worn and just-discovered The Line Of Best Fit

Haim  I quit

I quit is a varied-but-very-enjoyable return from the Los Angeles trio Consequence Of Sound

Alex G  Headlights

The album doesn’t shy away from the glare, but rather steps into it Slant Magazine

Alex G  Headlights

Philly’s indie hero adds to his discography of unassumingly brilliant folk-rock on his major-label debut Rolling Stone

Alex G  Headlights

On Headlights, his first album on a major label, Alex G drills deeper into a refinement of his sound The Skinny

Lorde  Virgin

Before he died David Bowie called Lorde the future of music and he was not wrong. See you again before the end of the decade, hopefully? God Is In The TV

Alex G  Headlights

Alex G is one of the most distinctive characters working in indie rock today, and despite some of its shortcomings, the songs on Headlights still prove that Exclaim

Alex G  Headlights

Headlights is as much of an opus as it is, only because it is so clearly, honestly both of these things—because Alex G proves on a major label the seriousness with which he takes his career as a musician, all the while strumming along a love letter to the singular sound he’s so conscientously developed Northern Transmissions

Alex G  Headlights

While the sonic invention and off-kilter details remain, on his 10th album the cult musician eschews distortion for melancholic melodies and crooked love songs The Guardian