Challenging, confrontational, and impossible to ignore, this is a record that is as much a piece of Steve Albini’s legacy as ...

Until recently Olly Alexander has been the frontman of Years & Years, which started life as a distinctive synth-pop outfit ...

A testament to artistic ambition, the five-piece’s experimental third effort reveals more of itself with each enchanting ...

When Heartworms first appeared, Jojo Orme was being described as decidedly “post-punk”. Looking back at those recordings, and ...

New Zealand singer-songwriter’s fourth album sees hushed intimacy sit alongside an expansion in sound and greater sophistication ...

But beyond the whispers of nepotism, the real issue with Inhaler is far simpler: the music, despite their Number 1 album placing for 2021’s debut effort It Won’t Always Be Like This, is plain average.

Is this the end of The Weeknd? Probably not, but if Hurry Up Tomorrow is indeed Abel Tesfaye’s swansong, it’s an underwhelming conclusion to a career that has redefined contemporary pop. The third ...

This sequel of sorts is the most expressive music you could hope to hear in a club in 2025, proudly and frankly proclaiming its desires Already one of 2025’s best albums, at a time when trans people’s ...