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the great escape review - raunchy rap, cracking...

Various venues,BrightonA handful of standout acts were exhilarating but this celebration of new...

all saints: we re more confident now

Back in the 90s you couldn’t move without hearing their chart-topping singles or reading tales of...

for rock music to survive it will have to cut back...

The leather trousers,the cars – it once seemed thrilling but now looks ridiculous. Thankfully...

how women shaped indie rock: the lyrics could...

Sharon Signs to Cherry Red,a modern anthology, showcases female musicians who rejected the machismo...

talking heads - 10 of the best

From post-punk to funk,with an off-kilter view of the world, these songs show why the restless US...

do you know your summer pop hits? - quiz

It’s the season for songs of sunshine – but will our quiz leave you with the summertime blues?In...

tegan and sara review - pointed new songs a...

Koko,LondonThe Calgary-born twins combine more impressively than ever, but the promise of...

motley crue review - las hedonistic hairspray...

Wembley Arena,LondonThe epitome of 80s soft-metal gurning excess, Mötley Crüe upstage bonfire...

peter robinson on the death of landfill indie...

How did a clutch of arty female electro acts stop up being tipped as the future of pop? Blame...

help is coming: how i chose a forgotten crowded...

Songs can grow and assume new shapes with time,and pop’s power to engage people has taken Crowded...

neil and liam finn: lightsleeper review - father...

(Inertia/PIAS)One couldn’t accuse Neil Finn of indolence. Since Crowded House reunited in...

lp review - pop rock alley cat stalks the stage...

Kentish Town Forum,London Laura Pergolizzi’s delivers her bruising, Britney-referencing breakup...

sophie: product review - forehead slappingly...

MP3 dildos aside,Product has nothing original to add to the conversation about pop’s relationship...

destroyers dan bejar: its embarrassing to make...

The Canadian indie polymath has made a much-loved slow burner with this year’s Poison Season...

the playlist: new bands - new pharaohs, pretty...

Swirling melancholia that channels Stevie Nicks,cockney soul warbling which recalls Jack Peñate,...

dua lipa review - promising dark pop from a woman...

Hope & Ruin,BrightonShe invites comparisons with labelmate Lana Del Rey, but the young Londoner’s...

king midas sound review - heady cocktail of...

St John at Hackney,LondonKevin Martin’s collaboration with Roger Robinson, Kiki Hitomi and...

how an ex vegas dancer made the first cornish...

She left school at 16 and took Lord of the Dance to Las Vegas. Now Gwenno Saunders has made a...

the last shadow puppets review - a manic...

Usher Hall,EdinburghMiles Kane and Alex Turner use their macho romanticism and slick harmonies to...

festival no 6 review - au revoir to an eccentric,...

Portmeirion,WalesThe last Festival No 6 ‘for now’ has awkward cultural copyists, but is saved by...

julia michaels: if men can openly talk about sex,...

The American singer has penned hits for Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez but never felt she was cut...

fat white family: i hate that we row because i...

Formed in a Peckham squat and given to performing naked,these ramshackle indie punkers are loved for...

mike hart obituary

Singer-songwriter who sang with the Roadrunners and was a member of the Liverpool SceneThe...

mumford sons: delta review - a lightweight...

(Gentlemen of the Road/Island)Mumford & Sons referenced Talk Talk and Jai Paul as they recorded...

candi staton review - stories, silver boots and...

The Sage,GatesheadThe disco queen threw a feelgood current Year’s Eve party with a playlist that...

readers recommend playlist: songs about being...

Nina Simone,Warren Zevon and Corb Lund are among the artists stuck in various states of mire for...

moonface and siinai: my best human face review -...

retract one admired Canadian rock auteur,add a Finnish Krautrock band and the result is an inventive...

spotlight on… hana

Grimes and Lorde are both grand fans of the rising alt-pop star with her fragile yet empowering...

steven james adams review - intense and profound

Lexington,LondonAdams’s everyman quality shines through as his disillusioned voice melts easy...

anohni, the artist once known as antony hegarty,...

The force behind Antony And The Johnsons has returned with a modern name and a modern album...

halsey live review - feel the howl…

O2 Academy Brixton,LondonAuthentic, image-savvy and frank, and the New Jersey 21-year-traditional...

natalie prass review - fighting oppression with a...

Bush corridor,LondonThe Virginia songwriter has added funk and soul to her swooning ballads and 60s...

hookworms: microshift review - vast leap forward...

On their third album,the Leeds band shed some distortion to reveal powerful vocals and tough pop...

5 seconds of summer review - formulaic net...

O2 Arena,LondonThe Australian band’s note certainly connects with screaming fans, but it’s hard...

alessia cara: social media is like a fake reality...

She’s struck pop gold in the US and has befriended Taylor Swift and Drake despite describing...

2015: when music destroyed mental health stigma

Candid talk about psychological illness,from Brian Harvey’s industry takedown to the Amy Winehouse...

cult heroes: sarolta zalatnay, the hungarian janis...

Restricted by communist rules,but liberated by Hungary’s counterculture, she morphed effortlessly...

cult heroes: jackie leven found musical beauty in...

Jackie Leven knew few boundaries,and could be so terrifying he intimidated Hawkwind, but his music...

portugal. the man review - breakout alt rockers...

O2 Forum Kentish Town,LondonThe US band deliver a sprawling set of synth jams, windswept covers and...

the last shadow puppets review - men behaving...

Brighton DomeDespite lush craftsmanship,Alex Turner’s crooning side project suffers from a surfeit...

covered in glory: the tribute albums that saved...

This week brings new all-star love-ins dedicated to Elton John and Johnny Cash marginal releases in...

la femme: the superchic french band who hoodwinked...

What do you do whether you’ve got the tunes and the glimpse,but can’t accumulate gigs?...

pumarosa review - short, sweet and deliciously...

Village Underground,LondonFormer dancer and theatre designer Isabel Munoz-Newsome proves herself a...

david gilmour review - pompeii rocks again

Pompeii,ItalyForty-five years on from Pink Floyd’s eminent gig there, David Gilmour returns to the...

indias first trans band: dont hide us away - dont...

6 Pack Band are forcing India to confront its prejudices – with a cover of Pharrell’s joyful....

thin lizzy - 10 of the best

Frontman Phil Lynott’s biographer charts the band’s rapid progress from melodic heartfelt...

whats with all the white boy blues singers?

Jack Garratt,James Bay and Hozier all share an affected warble that has come to dominate British...

fat white family: songs for our mothers review...

The group sticks to a lo-fi rock template on their sophomore album,yet tip their hats to Throbbing...

mø: forever neverland review - stuck on the verge...

(RCA)It was almost six years ago that Danish singer-songwriter Karen Marie Ørsted,known as Mø,...

fear of men review - shimmering dreampop with all...

The Prince Albert,BrightonSinger Jessica Weiss sways and the music sways with her in a confident set...

all time low review - idiot bantz and power pop...

O2 Arena,LondonThe US quartet have adapted well to their unusual arena status, and deliver their...

deafheaven: people who are worried about the way...

The San Francisco rockers pull moments of heartfelt tenderness from the heaviest of music genres –...

amber arcades: european heartbreak review -...

Heavenly Recordings Could there possibly be such a thing as a post-Brexit album before Britain has...

black rebel motorcycle club review - garage...

O2 Academy,GlasgowThe now-veteran band could do with truncating their setlist – there’s not...

mac demarco: i ve been trying to not turn into my...

At once jaunty and sad,the music of the Canadian singer-songwriter has won him a growing fanbase. On...

this is not this heat review - rousing reunion...

Cafe Oto,LondonHot Chip’s Alexis Taylor and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore joined the experimental...

us girls: i like to do the opposite of everything...

On her sixth album,Toronto-based musician Meghan Remy roots for the everyday woman, from war widows...

virginia wing: ecstatic arrow review - rhythmic...

(Fire Records)As well as being militarily neutral,Switzerland’s absolute lack of pop history means...

sufjan stevens, james mcalister, bryce dessner and...

(4AD)As lofty ideas for concept albums proceed,outer space is one that continues to fascinate beardy...

booming blackpool: the musical rebirth sweeping...

As Britons head for the beach for bank holiday Monday,we examine how the UK’s seaside resorts are...

knifeworld: bottled out of eden review - elegantly...

(InsideOut)Were it not for an almost accidental affiliation with the modern prog rock...

kero kero bonito: it s just a bassline, vocals,...

The south London trio revere the Pop Group,PiL, Devo and the B-52s, or despise Four Tet and Burial...

eleanor friedberger review - emotionally direct...

Moth Club,LondonRevealing herself through her conversational song style and lyrics that record the...

chairlift: moth review - brooklyn indie pop r b...

(Columbia) Related: Chairlift: ‘You have to be honest with where your inspiration’s coming...

cult heroes: melvins, the dadaist rock outsiders...

Kurt Cobain’s idols made some of the heaviest,strangest, most uncompromising rock of the final 30...

anna von hausswolff: it s still weird to see a...

The Swedish musician’s songs – gothic organ creations filled with doomy mystery – may confuse...

kitty empire: best rock and pop of 2016

Mavericks were lost,Dylan bagged a Nobel (and then went soundless), the Knowles sisters sparkled, or...

the peoples history of pop review - peace, love...

In this bittersweet documentary,Danny Baker remembers 1966-76 – the loved-up Isle of Wight...

tiga: no fantasy required review - stylishly...

(Counter)Tiga is techno’s answer to Jep Gambardella,the debauched aesthete of Paolo Sorrentino’s...

sophie review - thrilling, lucid, hyper consumable...

Village Underground,LondonIn black PVC and red lipstick, the producer’s live debut proper...

matt berry and the maypoles review - painfully...

Forum,LondonThe crowd aren’t certain whether they’re meant to be laughing along, but any humour...

robert forster: songs to play review - arch but...

(Tapete) Related: Robert Forster – Songs To Play: Exclusive album stream What a dapper cloth...

shura review - more sleek, less chutzpah

Electric Brixton,LondonShura’s channelling of Madonna only goes so far. Live, her voice proves to...

heavenly records at 25: there was never a plan...

From Manic Street Preachers to the Chemical Brothers,some of the UK’s best acts maintain passed...

snub tv: cult music show that unearthed the...

The no-frills cable indicate captured 80s and 90s bands at their most bonkers – from Napalm...

biffy clyro review - triumphant set from champions...

Bellahouston Park,GlasgowAn anthemic, cathartic performance from the grizzly three-piece who marry...

the lumineers review - oak aged folk without the...

O2 Academy Brixton,LondonThere’s nimble playing and harmonising from this current trio, but their...

fun lovin criminals review - an enjoyable bask in...

Barrowland Ballroom,GlasgowHearing in full the band’s genre-fusing debut album, Come Find...

hacienda classical review - madchester glory days...

Bridgewater Hall,ManchesterManchester Camerata and stars of the acid-house era party like it’s...

awopbopaloobop alopbamboom: the book that declared...

Nik Cohn thought John Lennon ‘self-pitying,Led Zeppelin ‘embarrassing’ and rated Del...

why music videos need more nude men

In their latest video,Welsh band the Joy Formidable attack the industry’s obsession with...

ty dolla $ign: free tc review - lofty ideas on la...

(Atlantic) Related: The playlist – hip-hop: Chief Keef,Chance the Rapper and Ty Dolla $ign Ty...

fuzz: ii review - mountainous second album from ty...

(In the Red) Related: Ty Segall: Manipulator review – an unadulterated joy from start to finish...

rachel platten: fight song was a horrible,...

Fight Song is one of the tunes of the summer,but it took 18 months of blood, sweat and tears –...

the trouble with templeton: someday, buddy review...

(Bella Union) The past 12 months absorb been so unhappy and seismic that it feels as whether theres...

look park: look park review - heartfelt fountains...

(Yep Roc)First things first: Chris Collingwood insists this isn’t a solo record,it’s a side...

omni: deluxe review - coloured in post punk packed...

(Trouble in intellect)What a lovely combination of things this Atlanta trio’s debut album is: a...

car seat headrest review - sublime set from the...

100 Club,LondonWill Toledo looks like an honours student but he delivers his songs about depression...

martin fry on abc s comeback: lexicon of love ii...

The pop showman is back with a sequel to his 80s classic – a concept album about love in middle...

alien ant farm review - nu metal pranksters in...

Northumbria University,NewcastlePlaying their 2001 album Anthology to a delighted crowd, the San...

phil collins saved me from suicide: the music that...

The moment in our new series in which writers reflect on the music that changed their life: the...

omd simple minds | pop review

Arena,NewcastleTheir 80s heydays aside, you might be wondering why on soil these two bands are...

obituary: steven wells

Iconoclastic music journalist who went on to write about sport,politics and cultureThere are two...

first aid kit review - the sisters twang it out...

02 Academy,GlasgowScandi-southerners Johanna and Klara Söderberg swig Irn-Bru and explain theres...

stevie parker: the cure review - intriguing and...

(Virgin EMI)The Bristol-based singer makes a virtue of distress on this highly promising break-up...

teenage fanclub review - mellow fellows

The Junction,CambridgeScotland’s indie veterans play nice, as ever. But you can’t assist wishing...

drugdealer: the end of comedy review - delicate,...

(Weird World) It would be easy to write off The End of Comedy before listening: there’s that band...

angel olsen: my woman review - beautiful songs...

(Jagjaguwar) Related: Angel Olsen: indie's dark star tackles 'the complicated mess of...

laura marling review - breathy and sublime as she...

Royal Festival corridor,LondonGuy Garvey’s Meltdown festival sees the nu-folk siren with a...

chips moman obituary

Guitarist,record producer and songwriter who co-wrote The unlit halt of the Street and worked with...

mariah carey review a polished war chest of blue...

SSE Hydro,GlasgowScaled back from her Las Vegas pomp, with at times eccentric staging, and the pop...

destroyer review - demented, intoxicating,...

Islington Assembly corridor,LondonThe mountains crack and clouds catch fire as Vancouvers Dan Bejar...

paul heaton and jacqui abbott: wisdom, laughter...

(Virgin EMI)Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott’s vocal sparring fired the Beautiful South’s most...

protomartyr: the agent intellect review - epic,...

(Hardly Art)Of the many reasons that postpunkers Protomartyr maintain struck a (dis)chord – a...

how we consume culture has changed, but our tastes...

The runaway success of Ed Sheeran shows Britons’ love of familiarityThe people most interested in...

us girls: in a poem unlimited review - joyous pop...

(4AD)‘It so happens that,right now, a lot of the things I’ve been talking approximately for the...

joan as police woman: damned devotion review -...

(Pias)The common criticism of Joan Wasser is that she slinks too close to AOR blandness; that she...

the idea of a rock star is offensive - meet shame,...

The shouty south Londoners write songs about politics,perverts, and their insecurities, and reject...

steps review - a glorious, schmaltzy sequined...

Wembley Arena,LondonThe cheese-pop originators are on good form as they deliver two hours of hits...

from fleet foxes to grizzly bear: has the...

With Bon Iver going awol and sales falling steadily,it looks as whether the era of the heartsore...

the amazons: the amazons review - uneven indie...

(Fiction)Like Palma Violets,Catfish and the Bottlemen, Circa Waves and many others before them, and...

margo price: midwest farmer s daughter review -...

(Third Man)Margo Price’s debut opens with Hands of Time,seemingly a compendium of country cliches....

luh review - former wu lyf frontman delivers...

Electrowerkz,LondonFrom savage electro-grunge to grandiose gothic pop, Ellery Roberts retains all...

christine and the queens: chaleur humaine review -...

France has made this brilliant,provocative artist one of its biggest mainstream stars. Could Britain...

dmas: hills end review - workmanlike and...

(Infectious)You can’t really fault the DMA’s dedication to being the Australian Oasis. They’ve...

anthrax: for all kings review - crowd pleasing...

(Nuclear Blast)Anyone who caught Anthrax during their recent UK tour with Slayer will know that the...

from kid a to straight outta compton - five flawed...

Rock orthodoxy reveres them,but the truth is that classic albums don’t hold to be classic all the...

major lazer review - a juddering, festival ready...

O2 Academy,GlasgowMajor Lazer – and founding member Diplo – are on a pleasant-time mission,...

simple minds: 10 of the best

Jim Kerr and co went from moment-rate punks to stadium-filling superstars – but along the...

spider bags: someday everything will be fine...

(Merge)One wouldn’t exactly call it a wave,more of a ripple, but the sound of classic US...

toni braxton: i tried marijuana once and got...

The R&B star has survived bankruptcy (twice!),the wrath of Oprah and Whitneys dating tips. As she...

roisin murphy: take her up to monto review - still...

Many a critic has lamented the failure of the record-buying public to embrace Roísín Murphys...

nite jewel: liquid cool review - hermetic, out of...

(Gloriette)Faced with writer’s block,and following a dispute with her record label, Ramona...

thomas cohen: bloom forever review - raw grief...

(Rough Trade)Some time ago,Thomas Cohen was the frontman of serrated post-punkers SCUM. He left the...

mike posner: i ve only had success when i m not...

The singer disappeared after Cooler Than Me but six years on,he returns with the global hit I Took a...

alessia cara: know it all review - pop musics...

(Def Jam) Related: Alessia Cara: ‘Social media is like a fake reality and it’s tough to block...

lucius: good grief review - melodramatic pop with...

(Mom & Pop) Related: Lucius: 'Dressing like twins gives us a giggle' An album influenced...

lucius: dressing like twins gives us a giggle

They’ve backed everyone from Mavis Staples to David Byrne. Now the women behind Lucius are seizing...

the prettiots: funs cool review - new york...

(Rough Trade) Related: The Prettiots: 'We’re too busy to pretend to be cool' Ukeleles!...

gwenno and h hawkline review - protest songs and...

The Hug and Pint,Glasgow[br]The former Pipette and the baffling troubadour present an affable...

paul buchanan: i felt lost after the blue nile

It's taken Paul Buchanan eight years to glean around to recording his first solo album. And,he...

huw stephens: there are no limits to where welsh...

The broadcaster’s new documentary surveys the final 50 years of Welsh language music and...

nadine shah: my personal life was so awful i...

Whether on Syria,Trump or her own life, Nadine Shah’s darkly powerful post-punk holds runt back....

menace beach: lemon memory review - motorik and...

(Memphis Industries) Related: Menace Beach: 'You need this many people to make this much...

russian circles: guidance review - towering...

(Sargent House)whether you were looking for a fitting soundtrack to the catastrophe film of your...

nao: for all we know review - enchanting modern...

(runt Tokyo Recordings/RCA) Related: The sound of Nao: from teenage choir teacher to creator of...

shura: nothing s real review - languid,...

(Polydor) Related: Shura: 'You don’t acquire to be an ex-Disney star to obtain pop...

the avett brothers: true sadness review - minor...

(American/Island/Republic)The Avett Brothers’ ninth album arrives with an open letter by Seth...

yak: alas salvation review - a force of nature

(Octopus Electrical)It can sometimes be tough to feel optimistic approximately rowdy,new guitar...

brix smith start: mark e smith? he s complicated

Ex-Fall guitarist Brix Smith Start endured wild and colourful marriages with both sign E Smith and...

edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros: persona...

(Community Music)Since restyling himself as charismatic bandleader Edward Sharpe,Alex Ebert has...

the vamps review - high energy and heart show...

O2 Arena,LondonWith its pyrotechnics and promo videos, this tour is expertly scripted for...

birdy: beautiful lies review - confessional...

(Atlantic)It’s nearly five years since a 14-year-old Jasmine van den Bogaerde’s cover of Bon...

marlon williams review - delicious, oddly...

(Dead Oceans)It’s hard to work out fairly how the debut album from the young novel Zealander...

jack garratt: do i bite cats in my spare time? no!

The clean-living multi-instrumentalist was Brit Awards critics’ choice and the BBC’s Sound of...

daughter review - artfully poised acoustic...

Queen’s corridor,EdinburghThe London group’s breathy ballads approximately love and loneliness...

half moon run: sun leads me on review - indie rock...

(Glassnote)One of the more interesting things approximately Half Moon Run’s 2012 debut album,Dark...

tori kelly: unbreakable smile review - big voiced,...

(Capitol/Schoolboy)Californian singer-songwriter Tori Kelly starts and ends her debut album with a...

susanne sundfør: making ten love songs made me...

The punishing workload for her brilliant new album,along with its exploration of extreme fancy and...

the arcs: yours, dreamily review - black keys...

(Nonesuch Records)Dan Auerbach’s “new” group isn’t new at all. A collection of longtime...

blurred lines: the most controversial song of the...

Another student union has banned Robin Thicke's party track. How did it become such a lightning...

wise up suckers! how grebo rivalled britpop as the...

In the early 1990s,blokes with questionable haircuts, tartan suits and a ragbag of influences sold...

mstrkrft: operator review - rowdy dance duos wince...

(final Gang)Ah,the heady days of mid-2000s dance music, for which enough time has now passed to...

mitski: puberty 2 review - unflinching...

(Dead Oceans)Given this generation’s supposed fondness for oversharing,you’d judge albums as...

alexis taylor: piano review - hot chip singers...

(Moshi Moshi) Having mastered intelligent,chart-friendly dance-pop, Hot Chip have reached the point...

shura: you don t have to be an ex disney star to...

A unique wave of artists are swapping vast recording studios and overpriced producers for bedrooms...

radiohead: a moon shaped pool review - achieving...

Radiohead have always sounded like a band in fixed motion: every album has seemed like an agitated...

dan michaelson and the coastguards: memory review...

(The State51 Conspiracy)The third instalment of a trilogy,following 2013’s Blindspot and 2014’s...

mike posner review - class b celebrity brings his...

XOYO,LondonHe may relate himself as moment-league, but Posner emits charm all the way serving up...

lucius review - meaty, beaty pop revelation

Gorilla,Manchester With their extraterrestrial twins-style outfits, Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig...

all saints review - cool girl r b back just in...

Koko,London Reunion of top-tier girl group banishes past pettiness in favour of friendship,...

the anchoress: confessions of a romance novelist...

(Kscope)Despite it featuring a track titled P.S. Fuck You,there’s something that feels rather...

dilly dally: sore review - unsanitised aggression...

(Partisan)In an age of Femfresh and facial contouring,Dilly Dally fly the flag for the unvarnished...

sarah blasko: there s strength in taking...

Collaborations with dancers,directors and graphic artists have pushed the purveyor of...

nathaniel rateliff and the night sweats - a medium...

Stereo,GlasgowTheir rootsy, gospel-infused Memphis soul has universal appeal but the backwoods...

sexwitch review - hypnotic psych intensity from...

The Bat for Lashes singer has build together a new band whose shamanic grooves cast a spell over the...

cult heroes: joe mcalinden searches for beauty in...

His band Superstar never fairly lived up to their name,despite being covered by Rod Stewart. Now, 30...

snail mail review - vulnerability and honesty from...

Brudenell Social Club,LeedsDespite some teething problems on her first major tour, Lindsey Jordan...

jack white review - a wild tightrope walk across...

The Garage,LondonThe former White Stripes frontman twists up and melts down fabric old and novel –...

holger czukay obituary

Founder member of Can who took a prominent role in producing and engineering the German rock...

circa waves: different creatures review - still...

(Virgin EMI)You wouldn’t know it from the hordes of producers,MCs and experimental R&B singers...

pissed jeans: why love now review - a fun,...

(Sub Pop)whether these berserk times demand similar music,then Pissed Jeans are the go-to combo....

pixie geldof: i m yours review - subtly poignant...

(Stranger) Related: Pixie Geldof: ‘I needed to memorize how to breathe | Eva Wiseman At first...

kero kero bonito: bonito generation review - no...

(Double Denim)PC Music-affiliated trio Kero Kero Bonito have found the sweet spot between sounding...

nite jewel review - slow burning beauty and ear...

Stereo,GlasgowWhen Ramona Gonzalez finally emerges from the shadows, she’s an enchanting presence...

throws: throws review - from beaty pop to celtic...

(Full Time Hobby)Throws are Tunng cofounders Mike Lindsay and Sam Genders,who final worked together...

gruff rhys salutes howard marks: the weed he...

Super Furry Animals liked the drug dealer-turned-bestseller so much they keep his mugshots on the...

cavern of anti matter review - epic, glorious...

Moth Club,LondonThe recent band from Stereolab’s Tim Gane and Joe Dilworth go from raw to...

fat white family review - psycho rock glam...

The Garage,GlasgowSounding like scuzzy, boozed-up Morricone, or Fat White Family fulfil their...

steven wilson review - heartbreakingly beautiful...

City Hall,Newcastle Porcupine Trees long-haired, barefoot, or bespectacled 48-year-former Genesis...

mercury rev review - nostalgia was never this loud

Oval Space,LondonThe US veterans deliver power and passion at deafening volume in a triumphant...

wolf alice review - retro indie kids refuse to be...

Newcastle UniversityFrom sultry shoegaze to ethereal English folk,via grunge and krautrock grooves,...

empress of: me review - cool, quirky future pop

(XL/Terrible)Deconstructed R&B rhythms and skittering,minimalist beats, made by a Brooklyn-dwelling...

if i m going in, i m goin in hard

Mac DeMarco’s gigs are a riot of booze and vomit. Not to mention groped support acts. But is the...

phosphorescent: dying is the most normal thing...

Since his last album,the Americana songwriter has had two children and almost died of meningitis....

future islands: the far field review - thriving...

(4AD) Samuel T Herring’s hiccupping vocal mannerisms recall the late-night ennui of...

billie marten: writing of blues and yellows review...

(Chess Club) Related: The future,according to Radio 1: unhappy, solitary and no surprises...

banks: the altar review - an unconvincing 2016 pop...

(Harvest)LA singer Banks wants you to worship at her altar,but with her frosty exterior comes the...

la femme: mystere review - alluring french...

(Disque Pointu) For the non-Francophone,at least, La Femme’s moment album lives up to its title....

wild beasts review - brickbats for fat cats as...

Brudenell Social Club,LeedsThe Cumbrian veterans turned down the volume and turned up the heat in a...

bright light bright light: choreography review - a...

(Self-released)Chance The Rapper may be the poster boy for the independent artist,but he’s not the...

kaleo: a b review - warbling, fedora clad rock...

(Elektra/Atlantic)Kaleo could not be more 2016 if they buried Trump,Brexit and a Beyonc...

preoccupations review - blisteringly intense

Shacklewell Arms,LondonThe band previously known as Viet Cong own changed monikers yet lost none of...

radiohead: a moon shaped pool review - something...

Radiohead gain always sounded like a band in constant motion: every album has seemed like an...

bibi bourelly, singer and songwriter: the...

The writer of Rihanna’s Bitch Better gain My Money on self-belief,playground bullies, and writing...

weezer: weezer review - as big, dumb and crunchy...

(Atlantic/Crush Music)After a run of weakly received albums,2014s Everything Will Be Alright in the...

black mountain: iv album review - surrender to the...

(Jagjaguwar) You could probably guess roughly what Black Mountain sound like from the cover of their...

laura gibson: empire builder review -...

(City Slang)Laura Gibson’s first album since 2012’s La Grande was created in the wake of...

thao the get down stay down: a man alive review...

(Ribbon Music)Thao Nguyen rarely meets an plan she doesn’t like. Over the past decade the San...

macklemore ryan lewis: this unruly mess i ve...

(Macklemore)Macklemore & Ryan Lewis,the rapper and producer duo behind disturbingly overplayed 2012...

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