Albums

On their exceptional new album, the US band double down on the vibrant eccentricity of 2021’s ‘Glow On’ Formed in Baltimore’s hardcore scene in 2010, Turnstile’s interest in colouring outside the genre’s lines paid off when 2021’s ‘Glow On’ – featuring a go-go breakdown and a R&B track with Blood…

Assisted by James Ford, Jarvis Cocker and co return with their first album in 24 years and a mature but vital response to the second summer of Britpop “I was born to perform, it’s a calling,” vows Jarvis Cocker on Pulp‘s comeback single and first new material in 12 years, ‘Spike Island’.…

The rapper strips back the polish for her most vulnerable, soul-searching project yet – one that hits hard, even when it drifts Although lotuses symbolise rebirth, Little Simz isn’t being “born again” on her sixth album. Instead, she’s peeling back layers, exposing the bruised psyche of an artist in…

The musical shapeshifter’s ninth LP might not be her most hit-packed album, but it does feel like a fully realised artistic statement It’s become de rigueur to call Miley Cyrus a “shapeshifter” or “musical chameleon”, and with good reason. Over the course of eight albums, she’s pivoted from…

Ditching the pastoral slowcore of their debut, the south London octet go beyond the analogue playbook to produce their most dazzling record to date When south London’s Caroline released their self-titled debut in 2022, their quieter, slow-burning songs were often contrasted with the city’s brasher,…

With their eighth album, Shirley Manson’s gang channel a more optimistic outlook, and display some of their most profound songwriting to date “We’re looking for shards of life and humanity,” Garbage‘s Shirley Manson told us last spring, teasing the follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2021…

On their fifth studio record, the K-pop boyband celebrate their 10th anniversary as they look to expand their horizons SEVENTEEN making it to their 10th anniversary is certainly an impressive feat worth celebrating – it’s hard for pop groups to come this far, especially with their entire line-up…

The London indie cult heroes swap the mosh pit for old school pop and country-tinged rock on a typically satirical third album When they burst onto the UK scene with their ‘Winter Nets’ (2018) and ‘Keep Walking!’ (2019) EPs – and stayed there – Sports Team proved that you can still bulldoze your way…