Massive Champion review | Getdown Services shake off the joke band tag
Self-written, self-produced and self-recorded, Getdown Services' second album is more ambitious than their cult debut, Crisps, without losing what made it work.
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Anatomy of a Brief Romance review | Bloc Party get Trevor Horn to polish a breakup
Trevor Horn, the producer behind Grace Jones and Pet Shop Boys, helped Bloc Party turn Kele Okereke's breakup into fourteen songs in strict chronological order.
Half-Told Tales review | Arab Strap are still angry, and now they have a brass section
Aidan Moffat says the title Half-Told Tales sounds like a children's book until the final track. Arab Strap's ninth album closes on a list of facts about time.
Act III review | Kasabian still don't know who they are, and that's fine
Critics gave Kasabian's ninth album 80 out of 100. Fans landed closer to 62. The gap comes down to whether this still sounds like the same band.
Something Real review | The Guest List reject the algorithm that made them
Something Real is The Guest List's debut album. Here's how the Manchester band's eleven tracks hold up, track by track.
This Mirror Weighs a Ton review | Interpol finally turn the camera on themselves
The cover of This Mirror Weighs a Ton is a chandelier made of CCTV cameras. Twenty-five years in, Interpol finally turn some of that scrutiny back on themselves.
DMA's review | Twelve years in, DMA's finally put their name on it
Twelve years and four albums in, DMA's have never put their own name on a record. This one breaks that streak, right as they sign their first major global label deal.
A Hole to See the Sky Through review | Mystery Jets build a record around a postcard
Blaine Harrison kept a postcard of a Yoko Ono artwork by his front door for years. Mystery Jets' seventh album grew out of it, one room at a time.
Moby at Labyrinth On The Thames | An appreciation of electronic music’s seminal figure
Surrounded by the extraordinary setting of Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College, Moby pays homage to UK culture – and demonstrates why, in many ways, he’s an underappreciated force.
Sunshine review | Jungle find odd corners inside a settled sound
The title track on Sunshine builds its groove out of keys that sound almost eight-bit, a small, odd choice inside Jungle's most straightforwardly summery song yet.
The Sweet Goodbye review | Opus Kink bury real feeling under the punchline
Opus Kink's debut took roughly eight years to finish. The cover looks like a crime scene; almost nothing inside sounds like it's mourning anything.
Halcyon Blues review | Citizen pull from every era at once
Citizen's last album is the one nobody much talks about. Halcyon Blues doesn't apologise for it, it just quietly proves the band remembers how to do everything else.
