Albums

The pop star’s surprise-released seventh album finds sanctuary in faith and love, with the help of a diverse group of collaborators “It’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business, is it?” says an exasperated Justin Bieber towards the end of his seventh album ‘Swag’. A repurposing…

A whiplashing alt-pop debut that rarely strays from its goal of being really good fun, a little bit weird and undeniably camp Jessica Winter, Portsmouth’s underground queer pop auteur, opens her first album as if she’s starring in a ghoulish David Bowie western – but all quickly ascends into a fit of…

Reunited after 16 years, the Virginia duo are missing the killer punches that first made them icons of hip-hop For the last 16 years, Clipse have been in self-imposed exile. Shortly after the duo’s 2009 album ‘Til The Casket Drops’ was released, No Malice quietly quit the group, suffering from the…

After the whirlwind of their debut album, the Isle Of Wight band could have capitulated to the pressure. Instead, they return smarter, sexier and altogether stronger “Would you still love me if I was a worm?” asks a popular meme. For Wet Leg on their second album ‘Moisturizer’, this question isn’t…

Spectacular serves sit alongside catharsis and contemplation on the pop star’s first release on her own label, Kesha Records In late 2023, after almost a decade of litigation with her former collaborator and alleged abuser Dr. Luke and months after reaching a settlement with the producer, Kesha…

The award-winning poet and rapper's fifth studio album is a beefy, self-assured celebration of newfound identity Since the release of his 2014 debut album ‘Everybody Down’, Kae Tempest has consistently provided some of the UK’s most incisive, sharp-tongued social commentary. Until now, though, the…

The New Zealand pop star chips away to reveal her purest self on her fourth album When Lorde worked it out on the remix with Charli XCX last year, she gobsmacked us all by sharing a big, raw confession. “For the last couple years / I’ve been at war in my body,” she shared frankly on her first new…

Channelling chaos and clarity, the Atlanta alt-rap disruptor aims for transcendence on what feels like her first real album There’s a specific pocket in rap where the sonically restless build worlds of their own. Atlanta’s Bktherula has been running hers with a dystopian grip, cultivating a chaotic,…