Album Review

If Tribes concentrated on what they’re good at – catchy, no-frills rock – they’d fare much better.

In a genre stacked with pathological mediocrity, Jackleg Devotional to the Heart is a relatively sure-footed success.

With Bobby Gillespie partly muted, experimentation back on the agenda, and a guru knob-twiddler at the helm, Primal Scream are back on form.

The new record by Vampire Weekend is the best alternative pop album you will hear this year.

The result of a very singular vision, one which has influenced pretty much everyone else in the genre’s sphere – up to and including Planet Mu boss...

Curiosity is a surprisingly solid, professional affair, the haziness of the production aiding and abetting some excellent songwriting.