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

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

You can see why he might be ready to retire The Weeknd moniker altogether. If this is The Weeknd’s last album, it’s a shame.

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

A companion piece to Close, 37 years on, this family affair is a blend of youth and experience that showcases a voice that ...

In the summer of 2022, during UK drill’s halcyon days, Central Cee was fighting to keep the spotlight – he’d had a hit single ...

The new year’s sparkle has often run flat, like a drink left on the windowsill and discovered weeks later – with many ideas ...

A winning combination of performers in an evening of luscious music as part of the Earth Unwrapped series at Kings Place ...

In this context it’s lucky that Rose Gray’s debut album is such a great listen, with catchy, thoughtful songwriting and ...

Landfill is a curious title for Young Knives‘ sixth album. The duo came to prominence in that strange time in the early 2000s, just before Arctic Monkeys arrived on the scene, and was later denigrated ...

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.

Nothing if not cathartic, Jojo Orme has crafted something that is oppressive, expressive, yet wildly catchy ...