28 June 2017
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Sixth full-length album of dream pop from the Liverpool-born singer-songwriter and former member of Kill Laura and Misty Dixon
7.8
Modern Kosmology marks another triumphant evolution Read Review
This is music that simultaneously celebrates and explores, that takes pop as its foundation and then builds a multi-layered space on it that welcomes one and all Read Review
A unique, idiosyncratic sound that’s marked by a myriad magic moments Read Review
Brilliantly steers a course through Krautrock, femme punk, synth-driven new wave, Euro-prog and psych-pop Read Review
A radiant blast of cosmic rock and intergalactic electro-pop that sounds as next-level as the voice of the spaceship, the brain in the jar, a full-force astral projection. Print edition only
Every bit as good as its predecessor Read Review
Weaver grounds all this analogue fizz and crackle in strong songwriting, erecting a razzle-dazzle wall of sonic scaffolding around richly referential lyrics and lysergic pastoral harmonies. Print edition only
Her most completely realised album yet, albeit by dispensing with folk music almost entirely, in favour of more forceful Krautrock and psychedelic influences Read Review
Music that sounds like it’s transmitted from the outer limits in sharp, concentrated, accessible doses. All the unearthly power, none of the excess Read Review
Not only do these tracks serve to add an extra bit of dynamic tension to the album, they also point to more exploratory avenues Weaver could attempt in the future now that she's mastered synth-heavy dream pop Read Review
When the stars align on moments such as this, it’s a journey that justifies the cosmic ambitions, and Weaver’s best record yet Read Review
‘Modern Kosmology’s’ emphasis is more on atmosphere and rhythmic insistence than melody Read Review
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Jane Weaver: Modern Kosmology
2 Chainz Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
If Pretty Girls Like Trap Music doesn't make the rapper an immediate king of the South, it undoubtedly puts him in line for the title Exclaim
Perfectly positioned to be a 2017 favourite catering to both fans of this generation’s trap music and those that were knee deep in trap during its late ‘90s/early ‘00s inception Clash
His talent has undeniably caught up to his hard work, and all we can hope now is that the latter doesn’t suffer because of the former PopMatters
The most fulfilling 2 Chainz album to date Pitchfork
There’s no galactic change to his style here, just a further refinement of it A.V. Club
Portugal. The Man. Woodstock
At just half the songs of Gorillaz’s recent album, Woodstock does political pop songs much better and doesn’t waste a bunch of collaborators in the process Earbuddy
Com Truise Iteration
We wait patiently for it to drive us somewhere, but it abandons us at the last moment and explains that it didn’t just feel up to it tonight Spectrum Culture
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard Murder Of The Universe
You can’t put out 13 albums in 5 years without the occasional misstep and despite the distractions and interruptions there is still a killer garage rock album lurking somewhere in here God Is In The TV
Ride Weather Diaries
Something of a triumph and infinitely better than many a fan could have hoped for The Skinny
Beach Fossils Somersault
Laid-back summer record Under The Radar
Lorde Melodrama
Lorde is a perfect emotional teacher Tiny Mix Tapes
Jeff Tweedy Together At Last
As anyone who has seen him perform solo live knows, these arrangements feel like wonderful flipsides to the Wilco coin The Quietus
Algiers The Underside Of Power
Musically adventurous and spiritually redemptive: this is what the music of our time should sound like PopMatters
A celebration of peace, love, and musicality that shouldn’t be missed. PopMatters
Laurel Halo Dust
Laurel Halo continues to resist classification and deflect interpretation by treating the human voice like a synthetic material to be molded and shattered Pitchfork
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