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Louise Dugan
Sep 28, 20203 min read
Album Review: Stand Atlantic - ‘Pink Elephant’
At the forefront of a pop-punk resurgence, Louise Dugan gives her thoughts on Stand Atlantic's sparkling sophomore record.

Robyn Walford
Sep 25, 20202 min read
Album Review: Everything Everything - 'RE-ANIMATOR'
Rife with oddball concoctions and propulsive melodia, 'RE-ANIMATOR' is the fifth full-length affair from Everything Everything.


Louis Griffin
Sep 25, 20204 min read
Album Review: IDLES - 'Ultra Mono'
Described by the band’s gallant frontman Joe Talbot as “the most IDLES we can be,” the Bristol punks return with the riotous 'Ultra Mono'.


Dominic Allum
Sep 15, 20202 min read
Album Review: Kamaal Williams - 'Wu Hen'
"Williams allows each track to melt into one another, the listener being given access to his subconscious"

Alex Duke
Sep 4, 20203 min read
Album Review: Declan McKenna - 'Zeros'
Delayed a few months by the pandemic, Declan McKenna's Zeros feels a suitable ode to a year of uncertainty, turbulence and folly.


Louise Dugan
Sep 2, 20203 min read
Album Review: Dominic Fike - 'What Could Possibly Go Wrong'
Dominic Fike’s debut record What Could Possibly Go Wrong marks the start of his tentative venture from viral star to credible musician.


Alex Duke
Aug 30, 20202 min read
EP Review: Alfie Templeman - 'Happiness In Liquid Form'
Alfie Templeman’s “Happiness in Liquid Form” – A brilliant effort from the wonderkid of indie pop.


Matthew Andrews
Aug 10, 20204 min read
FOCUS: Sam Barker
Sam Barker, a 17-year-old Nottingham rockstar on the rise, caught up with The Mic to discuss the composition and release sophomore EP.


Louis Griffin
Aug 7, 20204 min read
Album Review: Willie J Healey - 'Twin Heavy’
Louis Griffin peers beneath the sophomore record from doozy Oxford troubadour Willie J Healey - the spritely, 60's-flecked 'Twin Heavy;.

Jermain Ethell
Aug 6, 20205 min read
Album Review: Glass Animals - ‘Dreamland'
Jermain Ethell delves beneath Oxford quartet Glass Animals newest record - scorching, bass-induced pop-trip, Dreamland.


Izzy Felton
Aug 4, 20202 min read
Album Review: Dream Wife - 'So When You Gonna…'
The sophomore record from London punk trio Dream Wife is plucky, powerful and teeming with unbridled energy. Isabelle Felton reviews.


Ben Buffery
Aug 1, 20203 min read
Album Review: The Streets - 'None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Alive'
Almost two decades since he first shot to fame, Mike Skinner’s legendary project stumbles into 2020 in disheartening fashion.


Izzy Felton
Aug 1, 20202 min read
Album Review: Seasick Steve - 'Love & Peace'
On his long-awaited tenth record, Seasick Steve offers the perfect antidote for the troubled times in which we live.


Louis Griffin
Aug 1, 20204 min read
Album Review: Protomartyr - 'Ultimate Success Today'
The Detroit post-punk outfit deepen their sonic palette on an extraordinary fifth record. Louis Griffin examines the latest release.


Louis Griffin
Jul 31, 20204 min read
Album Review: Fontaines D.C. - 'A Hero's Death'
The sophomore record is a jarring yet startling departure that cements their status as a vital voice in the twenty-first century.


Tristan Phipps
Jul 30, 20203 min read
Single Review: Pigeonhole - 'Figures, Figures, Figures'
Fierce post-punk outfit Pigeonhole unleash raw new single Figures, Figures, Figures. Tristan Phipps delves into the latest release.


Freya Martin
Jul 28, 20203 min read
Album Review: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - 'Sideways to New Italy'
The Australian band's latest heaves with homesickness and the loss of a place to call home, yet the weight of expectation proves too much.


Louis Griffin
Jul 28, 20203 min read
EP Review: Jockstrap - 'Wicked City'
Dubbed the future of electronic pop, avant garde duo Jockstrap cover a head-spinning amount of ground on their debut EP Wicked City.

Louis Griffin
Jul 25, 20204 min read
Album Review: Phoebe Bridgers - 'Punisher'
Uplifting, funny and devastating by parts, Punisher is the work of an artist who can demolish her listener with almost comic ease.


Lucy Gray
Jul 24, 20204 min read
Album Review: DMA's - 'The Glow'
A nod towards the early 90s rave scenes, Australian trio DMA’s have blessed 2020 with a new record inspired by the Manchester scene.
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