• Dave: The Boy Who Played the Harp review – ​it’s clearer than ever what a stunningly skilled rapper he is
    Friday, October 24, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    Returning with his first album in four years, the arena-filling UK rapper is still such a smart, sharp lyricist as he explores a series of existential crises Continue reading...
  • Mohinder Kaur Bhamra: Punjabi Disco review – rediscovery of an 80s trailblazer
    Friday, October 24, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (Naya Beat) Punjabi folk vocals backed by hammering electronic percussion, disco basslines and fizzing synth melody: a key predecessor to the Asian dance music explosion Continue reading...
  • Jennifer Walton: Daughters review – a stylish and painful debut
    Friday, October 24, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (Local Action) Fiction, folk and a devastating diagnosis feature in the producer and DJ’s literary penmanship, her gentle, gothic vocals thick with morbid, magical thinking Continue reading...
  • Lily Allen: West End Girl – a gobsmacking autopsy of marital betrayal
    Friday, October 24, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (BMG) Allen’s first album in seven years traces the fallout from an open relationship, but as well as being cathartic and candid, these stylistically varied songs have melodies that sparkle Continue reading...
  • Gli Incogniti/Beyer: Bach from Italy album review – fascinating collection sizzles and shines
    Friday, October 24, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (Harmonia Mundi) Violinist Amandine Beyer and the musicians of Gli Incogniti juxtapose original works by Vivaldi and the Marcello brothers with the Bach compositions they inspired and influenced Continue reading...
  • Iberia album review – Hindoyan and the RLPO turn the heat up with Spanish colours and sunshine
    Thursday, October 23, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (Onyx) There’s addictive Latin rhythms and perfectly judged musical adrenaline in Domingo Hindoyan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s recording of these six French works with a Spanish theme Continue reading...
  • Tame Impala: Deadbeat review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (Columbia) Australian indie’s breakout star takes a dancefloor diversion, but amid the four-four fun are fears about fame’s effect on his domestic life Continue reading...
  • BBC Phil/Seal: Bliss, Miracle in the Gorbals/Metamorphic Variations album review – much to enjoy
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (Chandos) This is a fascinating chance to hear two contrasting pieces by the former master of the Queen’s music; the BBC Philharmonic unfurl the beauties of each work Continue reading...
  • Sebastian Rochford: Finding Ways review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (Edition) Rochford showcases his signature alchemic touch, featuring seven electric guitarists in a fusion of improv, reggae and romantic pop Continue reading...
  • The Last Dinner Party: From the Pyre review – baroque’n’roll band’s speedily released second album is overheated
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (Island Records) The London five-piece throw the kitchen sink at these dizzyingly dense songs, often crushing their melodic pleasures in the process Continue reading...
  • Hugh Cutting: Refound album review – an idiosyncratic and profoundly satisfying collection
    Thursday, October 16, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (Linn) The Kathleen Ferrier award-winning countertenor’s debut recital album showcases his warm tone and effortless musical line – and his originality Continue reading...
  • Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition review – fabled album falls short of expectations
    Monday, October 13, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (Sony Music) Rumours of the existence of E Street versions of Springsteen’s masterpiece have swirled for decades, but the reality doesn’t live up to the hype Continue reading...
  • Širom: In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper review | Jude Rogers' folk album of the month
    Friday, October 10, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (tak:til/Glitterbeat) The Slovenian trio conjure strange beauty from a vast arsenal of global instruments in an album that hums, drones and dances with intense power Continue reading...
  • Hannah Frances: Nested in Tangles review – ramshackle arrangements power restless revelations
    Friday, October 10, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (Fire Talk) Wayward tempos and snapping drums break fresh ground in this unruly release from the Vermont musician Continue reading...
  • Beethoven 5 Vol 4: Salvatore di Sciarrino album review – classical weight, contemporary subtlety
    Friday, October 10, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    Jonathan Biss/Swedish Radio SO/Omer Meir Wellber (Orchid Classics) Biss pairs Beethoven’s fourth concerto with Sciarrino’s 21st-century miniature, creating a programme that is thoughtful and vividly expressive Continue reading...
  • The Hermes Experiment: Tree album review – vivid voices and bold textures from inventive ensemble
    Thursday, October 9, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (Delphian) An exhilarating album of new and reimagined works by Errollyn Wallen, Laura Moody and others reaffirms this group’s reputation for fearless musical curiosity Continue reading...
  • Blawan: Sick Elixir review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week
    Thursday, October 9, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (XL Recordings) Jamie Roberts’ unsettling take on bass music is crammed with glitchy rhythms and jolting sounds. It’s as disorienting as it is immersive Continue reading...
  • Agriculture: The Spiritual Sound review – unabashedly gorgeous noise from ‘ecstatic black metal’ band
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (The Flenser) The LA group’s second album pairs all the power and euphoria of heavy music with imaginative detailing and poignant lyrics – it will have you levitating with joy Continue reading...
  • Dania: Listless review – intimate underground pop inspired by hospital night shifts
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (Somewhere Press) Reflecting her nocturnal work as an emergency doctor, the Baghdad-born musician’s latest blends trip-hop, shoegaze and ambient into sometimes eerie, sometimes blissful tracks Continue reading...
  • Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl review – dull razzle-dazzle from a star who seems frazzled
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from Music + Album reviews | The Guardian
    (Republic) Far from the Max Martin-assisted pop juggernaut fans expected, this soft-rock paean to domestic bliss is slight on tunes and still seethes with grievance. And the less said about her fiance’s ‘magic wand’, the better Continue...
  • The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
    Thursday, March 28, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    The Swedes’ fourth LP is something else, but something profoundly exhilarating.
  • OutKast - Stankonia
    Wednesday, March 27, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    The greatest hip hop album of the 21st century.
  • Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
    Wednesday, March 27, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    So high you can’t still get over it.
  • Wiley - The Ascent
    Monday, March 25, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    An incoherent album from the grime godfather, but one full of loveable eccentricities.
  • Kvelertak - Meir
    Monday, March 25, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    Eleven tracks of heavy metal excellence from the celebrated Norwegian sextet.
  • Vondelpark - Seabed
    Friday, March 22, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    Meticulous and soulful, this is exemplary electronic RnB.
  • Steve Coleman and Five Elements - Functional Arrhythmias
    Friday, March 22, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    The most exciting and substantial Coleman release of the last few years.
  • Edwyn Collins - Understated
    Friday, March 22, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    Knockout stuff that suggests Collins’ knack for melody remains intact.
  • Bonobo - The North Borders
    Thursday, March 21, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    Impressive fifth album from producer Simon Green, building on previous triumphs.
  • Bring Me the Horizon - Sempiternal
    Thursday, March 21, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    A fourth album of successful progression from metallers with grander designs than most.
  • Gwen Guthrie - Portrait
    Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    A superior selection of dub-infused disco from one of soul’s most underrated talents.
  • Marnie Stern - The Chronicles of Marnia
    Tuesday, March 19, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    Playful, dizzying, cloud-busting and, perhaps more so than ever before, serious.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonatas (violin: Leonidas Kavakos, piano: Enrico Pace)
    Monday, March 18, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best.
  • Kyle Eastwood - The View From Here
    Monday, March 18, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    Eastwood’s finest album to date, with a timeless quality.
  • Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
    Friday, March 15, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    Timberlake’s third solo album is all mood and no tension, exclusively foreplay fare.
  • Peace - In Love
    Friday, March 15, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    Peace take the past and swish it about with a bit swagger, and the results are just dandy.
  • Conquering Animal Sound - On Floating Bodies
    Thursday, March 14, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    Second set from Glaswegian electro duo, successfully expanding their debut’s palette.
  • Mudhoney - Vanishing Point
    Thursday, March 14, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    Grunge originators show zero signs of mellowing.
  • The Strokes - Comedown Machine
    Wednesday, March 13, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    Brilliant pop songs – and sometimes that’s all that really matters.
  • Steve Mason - Monkey Minds in the Devil’s Time
    Wednesday, March 13, 2013 from Latest Reviews
    A sprawling, beautiful, brain-belch of an album from a never-dull artist.
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