LAURAN HIBBERD is a true GARAGEBAND SUPERSTAR on high-voltage debut
There’s something irrepressibly fun about Lauran Hibberd’s debut album, Garageband Superstar - full of headphone-blasting bangers that will catch fire when performed live.
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MUSE’s experimental new sound is more monster than marvel
As before, Muse raises political themes: uncertainty and societal instability, weighty topics with a polished presentation.
BLUE LUMINAIRE: a dark aural escape on debut album TERROIR
Fragile and moving, Blue Luminaire's debut album Terroir offers an authentic aural escape route from the dark night of the soul.
PANDA BEAR & SONIC BOOM blast into the future on ambitious concept album
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom's Reset is machine music capturing the essence of nostalgia, and blasting it into a heavenly future.
Hyperactive synths and acid 808s: the return of US electro duo SYLVAN ESSO
No Rules Sandy, the fourth long-player from US electronic nova-pop duo Sylvan Esso, is well worth staying out for, like a night out with Robyn and Rozi Plain.
DANNY ELFMAN is BIGGER. MESSIER and queasier than ever on remix album
Known for a wide compositional career, this new remix of Danny Elfman’s previous album Big Mess continues the diverse taste in his ever-increasing palette.
OASIS fans treated to 25th-anniversary remaster of the iconic BE HERE NOW
Ahead of the silver anniversary of Oasis’ iconic Be Here Now album, collectors’ editions of the album are being released, all with remastered audio.
PALE WAVES cement nostalgia-baiting pop-punk sound with UNWANTED
The nostalgia of pop-punk is always hard to resist, and while Pale Waves' third album Unwanted doesn't reinvent the wheel, it's a valiant effort to keep it spinning.
DANGER MOUSE & BLACK THOUGHT: hip-hop heavyweights make effortlessly cool collab
After years of speculation, two prolific musical heavyweights have teamed up to release this collaborative effort.
Swedish metal titans ARCH ENEMY don’t let up on triumphant 11th album
As melodic death metal goes, Deceivers ticks all the boxes: classical undertones, fast guitars, obligatory solos, heavy basslines and demonic vocals.
KASABIAN’s first album post-Meighan plunders new and familiar territory
Kasabian’s seventh studio album - The Alchemist's Euphoria - is also their first since the sacking of frontman Tom Meighan for domestic assault.
Almost 20 albums on, ERASURE are as thrillingly inventive as ever
Futuristic sci-fi cinematic soundscapes and heart-and-soul-fuelled pop cleverness: not many artists can sound this inventive 19 albums in.