9 June 2025
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This Canadian noise rock duo follow up their well received 2010 debut, Meet Me At The Muster Station
7.6
By album-ender “First Contact” the pair have accumulated enough momentum that they sound ready to bust out of Saulnier’s self-conscious mind and take the rest of the world on Read Review
Almost faultlessly conveys the volatility and incomprehensibility of their particular genius Read Review
An essential and raw purchase for rock lovers everywhere Read Review
This second album is exciting rather than essential, but if it’s blown-out ears you want, PS I Love You oblige in style Read Review
This is a duo in which the third member is sheer noise. Print edition only
Heart-on-sleeve, wide-eyed distillation of ‘90s alt-rock fuzz Read Review
This album is a killer listen; Read Review
At its breathtaking peaks, Death Dreams is the Indie-Rock Record of the Year, doing for 2012 what Cymbals Eat Guitars did for 2011 with their mind-blowing (and equally dark) Lenses Alien Read Review
It reaches upward and outward, but Death Dreams also sound more meticulous than its predecessor Read Review
Shows clear influences from Sonic Youth, and maybe Ween. It features some sweet but dirty, mysterious enough songs to warrant the continuation of your interest Read Review
PS I Love You seem to cling to their youth – musically, emotionally, lyrically – and with it, encourage us to cling to ours Read Review
Roll down your windows and crank it Read Review
Guitar-and-drums duo yelp through endearingly awkward garage-indie, flex muscles with finger-tapped solos Read Review
They continue where their 2010 debut left off: ie sounding quite a lot like Tom Verlaine fronting Dinosaur Jr. Read Review
There's some truly ingratiating melodies scattered throughout the first half, and Saulnier's lyrics have substance and weight, but too often they fail to coincide simultaneously Read Review
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PS I Love You: Death Dreams
Pulp More
The Sheffield band return with their first record in 24 years, but the 11 songs lack chemistry The FT
Little Simz Lotus
The Londoner raps about getting through tough times on her gripping new record The FT
More is classic Pulp, aged to near perfection All Music
On Lotus, the exceptionally gifted rapper is more vulnerable than ever, yet this only pushes her to be at her most self-empowering All Music
Turnstile Never Enough
Bookended by the rousing title track and radiant "Magic Man," it's a success from start to finish, offering a deft blend of surprise and satisfaction All Music
The Sheffield band’s first album in 24 years is the sound of life moving on, of time eroding us beautifully, and the miracles we’re lucky enough to have whack us in the face in the course of a day Paste Magazine
NEVER ENOUGH is an open invite to be part of something and experience community. If that's not worthy of our continued respect and reverence, I'm not sure what is. Turnstile remain the ambassadors we need, and their latest album is proof of their lasting legacy Exclaim
After ending the creative partnership behind her hit albums, the British rapper responds with a striking ode to the trauma and wisdom of truly growing up Rolling Stone
The Britpop icons’ first album since 2001 sees them evolve in both sound and outlook Rolling Stone
Forget the headlines, Little Simz is the greatest rapper alive. What else is there to talk about? The Line Of Best Fit
If NEVER ENOUGH proves one thing, it's that Turnstile has a bright blue horizon ahead of them. The sky is the limit now The Line Of Best Fit
Death In Vegas Death Mask
Juddering drum tracks are surrounded by a fog-like haze of effects, smudging the canvas like a muddy weather system The Arts Desk
A surprisingly moving reflection of the big issues - family, death and companionship - as he processes his feelings through caustic noise and deep-flanged techno. Print edition only Uncut
Death Mask makes for a visceral, at time abrasive listen. Print edition only Mojo
Fearless has taken the Death in Vegas project in numerous seemingly unrelated directions over the years, and few who have been following him since the big beat era could have predicted him making noisy, uncompromising techno influenced by Terrence Dixon and Pan Sonic All Music
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange