Ash's 6th LP Kablammo! is just 'a bit too familiar', says CJ McCanney
Billy Gannon checks out The Three Daughters of Mara, the debut LP from from ex-Bambi, ex-Future Kings Of Spain and former Black Triangle three piece, Badself
Baptists' debut album Bushcraft is a half-hour of "hurtling speed and anger spat through gritted teeth", says MacDara Conroy
Not at all happy with Baroness' MORM leanings, Dudley still thinks Live At Maida Vale is "a pretty enjoyable, if unessential listen".
Niall McGuirk on Barry McCormack's fifth solo album Cut Throat Lane.
"It bears no airs, nor even graces, and this is what saves it from mundanity." - Dara Higgins on Best Coast's The Only Place.
Bill Callahan's Dream River is evidence of an artist growing more imaginative, more intimate and "ever more comfortable with his vernacular", says Ian Maleney.
"If The Coral were your thing, put down this record and go away. This is not a Coral record."
Dara Higgins checks out Bill Wells' Lemdondale, the product of a single day's recording in Tokyo with 14 disparate musicians.
'Listen close and listen well; you won't be able to half-ass this.' Ian Maleney reviews the new LP of improvised synth drone from Billy Gomberg.