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Pearl Jam  Dark Matter

See review link XS Noize

Cloud Nothings  Final Summer

It has a perfect mix of emotion and raw rock n roll craziness, which is one of the reasons why Cloud Nothings stands out in the world of Alt Rock and Garage Rock Northern Transmissions

Pearl Jam  Dark Matter

Feels like the beginning of a thrilling new era for the band as Pearl Jam sound absolutely revitalised creatively on Dark Matter, a truly exciting record that captures the band at their best in nearly two decades Spill Magazine

Pearl Jam  Dark Matter

See review link All Music

Lucy Rose  This Ain't The Way You Go Out

Nothing here is a misfire, as Rose deftly navigates these new approaches All Music

Pearl Jam  Dark Matter

Musically, this album is some of the band’s catchiest and punchiest material in years The Independent

Taylor Swift  The Tortured Poets Department

Arriving at the peak of her imperial phase, Swift’s 11th studio album is surprisingly flat and, at times, cringeworthy NME

Taylor Swift  The Tortured Poets Department

Taylor Swift finds new ways to open up on the sophisticated pop of The Tortured Poets Department The Line Of Best Fit

Taylor Swift  The Tortured Poets Department

Subtly detailed album splits the difference between 1989’s glossy pop-rock and Midnights’ understatement – and lets her ex Matty Healy have it in no uncertain terms The Guardian

Taylor Swift  The Tortured Poets Department

The whole album is a terrific reminder of the intense, personal connection Swift can conjure in song The Independent

Taylor Swift  The Tortured Poets Department

The Tortured Poets Department combines the intimacy of Folklore and Evermore with the synth-pop gloss of Midnights to create music that's wildly ambitious and gloriously chaotic Rolling Stone

A Certain Ratio  It All Comes Down To This

This set would have been released six months ago if Jez Kerr hadn’t broken his pelvis and fractured a hip The Arts Desk

A Certain Ratio  It All Comes Down To This

Peering out from the shadow cast by their Band on the Wall contemporaries Joy Division and The Fall, their thirteenth album It All Comes Down To This is their strongest since 1982’s Sextet The Quietus

A Certain Ratio  It All Comes Down To This

For all their recent productivity and renaissance, A Certain Ratio are no closer to their zeitgeist moment. But with output as strong as this sitting alongside their back catalogue, they are all the stronger for it Clash

A Certain Ratio  It All Comes Down To This

The band's first full-length project with prolific writer-producer dan Carey mostly stays within familiar punk-funk parameters, but is generally an infectiously kinetic, richly detailed, timeless affair. Print edition only Uncut