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Alex Cameron  Late to Set

Not everything needs to give church-basement energy though, and some of these production choices feel like unnecessary method acting Exclaim

Alex Cameron  Late to Set

An occasionally uneven record that nonetheless has plenty of the tension, beauty, and weirdo magnetism that animates Alex Cameron Under The Radar

Alex Cameron  Late to Set

The Aussie musician’s latest eighties pastiche finds him once again stepping into the shoes of pitiful monsters and their failed perspectives Paste Magazine

Alex Cameron  Late to Set

The lack of rhythmic variety makes parts of it feel longer and flatter than they should, and the loose collection of characters never quite develops into a larger narrative. Still, Cameron remains one of the few songwriters capable of entering these ugly perspectives without simplifying them into monsters or victims Northern Transmissions

Alex Cameron  Late to Set

There is a palpable sense of endearment to the album, almost like the hopefulness of the sort of corny 1980s movie he takes influence from, but with enough irony sprinkled in to break through the seal of inaccessibility Far Out

Alex Cameron  Late to Set

Cameron occasionally breaks free from the griminess, irony and humour for a handful of anthems so sincere that they shake up the whole concept of the record Hot Press

Alex Cameron  Late to Set

Rewards repeat listens with evocative storytelling, emotional ambiguity and impeccable pop craftsmanship A.V. Club

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