O Emperor's Vitreous is 'a sharp, complex take on pop music that gets more satisfying with every listen', says Neill Dougan.
'occasionally spectacular, defiantly unusual and always diverting' - Neill Dougan on British Sea Power's Machineries Of Joy.
'an album of ragged, roughly-hewn, juddering oddball folk, the perfect soundtrack for a doomed world' Neill Dougan on Chuckle Change And Also from Nashville's The Chewers.
'Despite the noise and angst, these are essentially pop songs, shot through with hooks and melodies' - Neill Dougan on Otherkin's debut EP Broken English.
'This might be downbeat stuff but it doesn’t lack for tunes' - Neill Dougan on Floor Staff's debut The Good Luck EP.
'So forget about summer. Draw the blinds, dim the lights and bask in the dark beauty of Dva. Winter is coming.' Neill Dougan on Emika's Dva, out soon on Ninja Tune.
'moody, dirge-y, shadow filled melodies' - Dara Higgins checks out Princess' Black Cat EP.
'These lads are barely out of their teens and they play with a youthful, nerve shredding verve. Old people may need to pause every now and then to catch their breath, or rearrange their thoughts' - Honningbarna make Dara Higgins feel old.
'They seem fixed on the idea of getting back to something real, not forward to it' - Ian Maleney reviews the debut album from Savages.
"Don't believe the title, though; this is no recurring dream, no mere retread of a predefined sound" - MacDara Conroy on the latest from Chicago drone rockers Implodes