Reviews

Perhaps sat on a Portuguese beach, sipping on caipirinhas, II would begin to get a whole lot more appealing, but right now it seems a tad underwhelming

So while some of the wistful vulnerability from that debut is lost, they make up for it in exploring the catchy pop hook.

Sprained Ankle is chock full of gorgeous, crisp gems

All The Must Be isn’t by any means a classic; it's a huge step in what was already the right direction.

"There’s a reverent hush in the arena, for this is pure theatre."

It lacks conviction and melody. God Damn are good players, but they need to do some serious woodshedding as songwriters.

Anderson .Paak was the consummate showman at Alexandra Palace last Friday, wowing a sold out crowd of 10,000 with a stunning performance.

Here, the London duo retain pop sensibilities à la Lauryn Hill and TLC but launch them firmly into 2018.

one more deliberate and gradual step forward for one of contemporary music’s most assured and consistently remarkable artists.

an hour and a half of spiky attitude-filled, non-stop pop hits. And tonight there’s no let up: it’s a perfect showcase for Charli’s perfect pop.

We listened to Aphex Twin's long awaited Collapse EP

dressed sleekly in all black – they have evolved into a genre-spanning pop band with soulful sensibilities.

Fourth album Dark Days & Canapés continues the live band sonics of its predecessor Shedding Skin while sounding like a more realised work.

If you regard second-wave emo as a genre that set the (music) world on fire, then LP3 seems to acutely trace the path of its fading embers with serene, stylistic beauty.

Memphis Industries - 5th August The Weeknd and Frank Ocean have a lot to answer for. By making confessional R&B cool, they’ve liberated potentially hundreds...

When it comes to marrying heartache with delicately restrained Scandi-balladry, and the occasional pop juggernaut , Lykke's the best around

It's nothing short of euphoric to witness Peggy Gou’s reinforcement of her position as one of the dancefloor’s greatest interpreters in 2018 and beyond.

An exasperating listen, but it opens the door for Parquet Courts to literally go anywhere they want to next. Slackers with a plan... who knew eh?

The musician has proven that he is indisputably a genuine country-rock icon, worthy of going down in history along with rock’s greatest legends.

For the most part though, Vile Child shows that there’s one thing Milk Teeth love more than anything: making a hell of a lot of noise.

Half a decade since their last release, 22, A Million proves that few can push the boundaries and blend genre with such comfort as Bon Iver