Music Reviews

Lightning Bolt Earthly Delights

Lightning Bolt's new album sees the band incorporating elements of sludge-metal and Indian ragas into their spazzy sound. They make the new elements work, but has their music lost its appeal in the process?

Preston Bernstein reviews...

Florence and the Machine Lungs

There are great songs on Florence and the Machine's debut album, Lungs. You just have to sift through all the excess fat to find them.

Andy Pareti holds his breath for...

The Jesus Lizard Pure / Head / Goat / Liar / Down

Music for mouth breathers, rabid pigs, waxeaters, gladiators and dancing naked ladies: You fail, millennium!

Sean Caldwell reviews...

Built To Spill There Is No Enemy

Built To Spill's new album There Is No Enemy sounds like a hodge podge of the best work of their long career. It's a satisfying entry into their catalogue, and sees them plumbing the sonic depths of their earlier albums. Yet, there's nothing new here, and nothing new from someone great is still nothing to be really excited about.

Preston Bernstein reviews...

Stricken City Songs About People I Know

London four-piece study the ways of guitar pop, ditch the glamour that surrounds them, and display some unforeseen surprises.

Juan Edgardo RodrÃguez reviews...

Fuck Buttons Tarot Sport

Fuck Buttons have gone kind of accessible - and the results are less than thrilling.

Andrew Baer reviews Tarot Sport...

Jesu Opiate Sun

In an attempt to steer clear of an increasingly electronic influence, Jesu's only EP of 2009 (so far, anyway) races back to his sludge-throne of yore.

Ryan Pratt uncovers more evidence that you can't go home again...