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.
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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.
700 BLISS: musically & politically radical – and beyond everyone’s comfort zones
With Nothing To Declare, 700 Bliss have made something musically and politically radical, and some fine craic to boot.
MELLOW MOON: a promising indie-pop debut from ALFIE TEMPLEMAN
Mellow Moon is an effervescent, promising debut from Alfie Templeman, cementing his reputation for making breezy indie-pop songs.
SUBJECTIVE: electronica duo GOLDIE & DAVIDSON travel through genres and time on second collab
Production duo Subjective, made up of Goldie and James Davidson, weaves in various soulful musicians on their second collaborative album.
MALICIOUS INTENT continues Sheffield metallers MALEVOLENCE’s upward swing
Malicious Intent is a giant of an album and represents a massive step on the upward curve that Malevolence find themselves on.
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE mix humour & heavenly inspiration on DANCE FEVER
Florence + The Machine have done well to lambast themselves without losing any of their apparently genuine uniqueness on Dance Fever.
EVERYTHING EVERYTHING revolutionise modern pop with experimental sixth album
How does one revolutionise modern pop music? This was something Everything Everything wanted to combat on Raw Data Feel, their sixth studio album, after 2020’s songwriting-focused Re-Animator.
ALISON COTTON entrances & unsettles on THE PORTRAIT YOU PAINTED OF ME
Alison Cotton's fourth solo album The Portrait You Painted Of Me is a strange, foreboding record, entrancing and unsettling in equal measure.
VAN MORRISON takes cynical aim at society (and himself) on WHAT’S IT GONNA TAKE?
After the fantastic opener Dangerous, which pokes fun at Morrison’s status as the pot-stirring, sneering cynic, the rest of the new album is obsessed with lying politicians and a brainwashed nation.