With Tough Love, The Jimmy Cake "slowly build a universe before breaking it all apart again"
'rooted in equal parts medieval Baroque, 20th Century experimentalism and West Coast pop songwriting' - Hugh McCabe on Julia Holter's Have You In My Wilderness
MacDara Conroy surveys the landscape of heavy, noisy and interesting music over the past 12 months
'It's a record for the angry' - Niall McGuirk on Sect's second LP, No Cure For Death
‘There’s nothing sexy about it, but ironically that’s what makes it so alluring’ - MacDara Conroy on death metal quintet Vastum’s Hole Below
"Generally I require less harmonica from my rock music" - Dara Higgins gets past his nominative prejudices for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's Nonagon Infinity
'It's post punk, it's psychedelic, it's difficult at times - but always well worth your time' - Niall McGuirk on Viet Cong's self titled debut
Niall McGuirk on Interiors, "a perfect next step" for Quicksand
Niall McGuirk on the reissued Uniform Choice classic, Screaming For Change