BARTEES STRANGE takes a reflective, emotional journey on luscious second album
In a time when ‘genre-less’ music seems to be thriving Bartees Strange is a shapeshifter with genuine grit, girth and emotionality.
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FOALS kick festival season off with their most joyous album yet
An intensely summery, optimistic return for Foals, Life Is Yours encourages listeners to grab hold of life and keep dancing through festival season and beyond.
THE UTOPIA STRONG: snooker legend Steve Davis flexes his (surprising) prog muscles
Steve Davis – a six-time world champion snooker player who earned a reputation for being boring – is an enormous prog fan who, at the age of 64, is now composing his own out-there music.
NICK MULVEY seeps under the skin with sweet summer mantras on NEW MYTHOLOGY
On this third album, Nick Mulvey gets further under the skin, coming across as the thinking person’s George Ezra (no bad thing) or a more energetic Mac DeMarco.
Grime pioneer LETHAL BIZZLE’s back-to-basics return is short but sweet
Lethal B vs. Lethal Bizzle, comprising seven mostly short tracks and an interlude, might end up making you hungry for more because it’s a lot of fun.
ANGEL OLSEN’s sixth LP is stacked with instant timeless classics
As with its predecessors, the cover of Angel Olsen’s new LP Big Time is a photo of its creator, instantly establishing it as the third in a trilogy of epic personal dramas.
Indie-pop golden boy GEORGE EZRA returns with melancholy summer album
Fun and playful as Gold Rush Kid is, there don't seem to be any further bangers with summer mega-repeat potential from George Ezra here.
Metal “scumdogs” GWAR usher in THE NEW DARK AGE on genre-mashing concept album
GWAR frontman The Berserker Blóthar tells us: “This is the greatest rock record of all time. These are the songs for a new age, a New Dark Age, when men live by the dimming light of technology destined to betray them.”
Louisiana legend URAL THOMAS crafts a soul masterclass on DANCING DIMENSIONS
Ural Thomas has graced the same stages as James Brown and Otis Redding, and on Dancing Dimensions, still has a voice to match those two icons.
HORSEGIRL pays homage to the sound of the underground on atmospheric debut
Horsegirl have managed to encapsulate their overlapping, likeminded styles and friendship into a carefully crafted postpunk debut, Versions of Modern Performance.
10 years on, POLIÇA still sound unlike any other on MADNESS
The tone of Poliça hasn’t changed in the 10 years since their debut album but the band’s sound remains unlike any other on sixth album, Madness.
NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS produce an instant classic with latest film score
Cave and Ellis' La Panthère Des Neiges soundtrack deserves to resonate for many years to come, the same way as Ry Cooder’s music for Paris, Texas or even Vangelis’ Blade Runner.