Maybeshewill - Fair Youth
Leicester post-rockers Maybeshewill return with their fourth album this month. Here's our verdict.
Joe Marshall
Mogwai - Rave Tapes
"It’s difficult not to hear at least a fleeting ghost of rave within 'Rave Tapes'."
Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
Highly anticipated? Yep. Good? Uhm...
Mono - For My Parents
It's business as usual from good old reliable Mono...
Arms And Sleepers - The Organ Hearts
This is an album that’s much easier to admire than to love...
Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Elegant yet progressive, Explosions In The Sky are as wonderful as ever...
Vessels - Helioscope
A band who remain a hugely promising proposition.
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
It’s hard to imagine that 2011 will see many finer releases
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Mogwai have, once again, produced an amazing record. Want to read our verdict on it?
Sailors With Wax Wings - Sailors With Wax Wings
The record touches upon everything from ambient doom and shoegaze
Mogwai - Special Moves
Live albums are often troublesome things, not for Mogwai
God Is An Astronaut - Age Of The Fifth Sun
Apocalyptic stuff from the Irish three-piece...
Mono - Holy Ground: NYC Live With The Wordless Music Orchestra
A hugely special evening...
Blueneck - The Fallen Host
Resolutely bleak in mood, this is music primed for the winter months...
Nils Frahm - The Bells
German composer Nils Frahm is something of a revelation...
A Place To Bury Strangers - ‘Exploding Head’
Quite simply, a triumph of an album...
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
While it would be difficult to overstate the impact of Animal Collective, not to mention their myriad side-projects, on the current US independent scene...
Menendez - Menendez
'Beef Jerky' sounds like Minus The Bear gone shoegaze, which is a more appealing proposition than you might imagine.
The Pirate Ship Quintet - The Pirate Ship Quintet
Quel surprise - yet another band with a pretentious name attempting to fill a GY!BE-sized hole in the post-rock scene.
Dead Meadow - Howls From The Hills
You can never have too much Dead Meadow in your collection.