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The Durutti Column  Renascent

It is an album that the late Tony Wilson no doubt would have adored Far Out

The Strokes  Reality Awaits

If The New Abnormal was a cup of freshly squeezed orange juice, Reality Awaits is a tart pint of pulpy grapefruit juice Exclaim

Charli XCX  Music, Fashion, Film

It feels presumptuous inserting my experience into criticism of work as deeply personal as Music, Fashion, Film, but if anyone would understand the necessity of self-reference, it would be Charli. Sometimes all we can know is how it makes us feel Exclaim

The Strokes  Reality Awaits

The Strokes’ Reality Awaits may prove to be too obscure and, improbably, thorny for the sort of immediate pleasure that the band used to create so effortlessly Spectrum Culture

Tyla  A*Pop

The big win, as on her eponymous debut, is that this is soundsystem music The Arts Desk

Shearwater  The New World

Shearwater’s The New World presents a brilliant synthesis of the elements that inspire him, infusing nature into moving, multi-instrumental works of art PopMatters

The Durutti Column  Renascent

Long in the works, Vini Reilly’s first album in 16 years distills minimalism, romanticism, and ambient into a sort of universal music Pitchfork

The Durutti Column  Renascent

The album ebbs and flows like a drifting sea, music that could at times be a film score, at others something edging, delicately, towards a rock album Record Collector

The Durutti Column  Renascent

The Durutti Column are undergoing something of a renaissance. Renascent proves that it is wholly justified. Print edition only Mojo

The Durutti Column  Renascent

The Mancunian, despite his enviable technique, revels in spontaneity which flourishes with sympathetic collaborators. Print edition only Uncut

Shearwater  The New World

A bleakly entrancing set. Print edition only Record Collector

Shearwater  The New World

It's a record of impressive scope and ambition, but there's still a chip if ice at its heart. Print edition only Mojo

Shearwater  The New World

Recorded across four years and three continents, the album draws together an extraordinary cast of collaborators into a single, immersive whole Uncut

Shearwater  The New World

Fans and newcomers alike will be entranced by the beauty of Jonathan Meiburg and co's stately creation – assisted by an astonishing supporting cast musicOMH

Tyla  A*Pop

As a unified project, its broader artistic thesis feels blurred: it carries the anxiety of a singles-driven artist striving to construct a traditional LP, arriving at its most arresting moments when her South African roots take centre stage The Quietus