Albums

The Montreal producer stands tall alone on his fourth album, showing he can hold the groove alone with sci-fi synths, R&B flips and carefully calibrated rhythms Kaytranada has always been a groove master, knowing exactly how far to push into something cerebral and spiritual, owning the space…

On her third album, Amaarae dives into love, lust and digital excess – and it’s a wild, hypnotic ride Amaarae has always been that girl: unbothered by rules, genre lines or whether her voice was ever ‘conventionally’ suited to the spotlight. Her 2020 debut album ‘The Angel You Don’t Know’…

The SHINee star fuses glossy production and experimental electronics to create the best album of his solo career As a soloist, Key has always been synonymous with the kitschy, the sensual and the epic. The SHINee star’s 2020s EPs and albums – ‘Bad Love’, ‘Gasoline’, ‘Good & Great’ and ‘Pleasure…

Hayden Anhedönia closes the ‘Ethel Cain’ chapter of her artistic journey with a bleak yet beautiful record When your debut album ends with the protagonist – and your artistic namesake – murdered and singing from the afterlife, where do you go from there? Since 2022’s ‘Preacher’s Daughter’,…

On her first EP in four years, the South Londoner returns with a rich, honey-voiced collection with sapphic desire, Motown soul and the bite of contemporary UK R&B Sasha Keable has long been propped up as the future of R&B. At first, she was seen as a dance-floor powerhouse – her breakthrough…

The former Loona member tunnels deeper into a world of glitchy electronic-pop on an intriguing and infectious EP When former Loona member Yves announced the start of her solo journey, her choice of path surprised many: she signed with Paix Per Mil, the label founded by producer Millic, who is highly…

The Dublin poet-producer combines clear-eyed spoken-word with stylish beatmaking in an astonishing album about home “Where’s the pride in this city? I won’t survive in this city,” For Those I Love – aka David Balfe – spits despondently in ‘This Is Not The Place I Belong’. Throughout the Dublin…

With album four, the Kawaii-metal group bring in the big names and push their sound further than ever, but sometimes at the expense of their signature charm For 15 years, BABYMETAL have carved out a unique space in metal, injecting a scarcely seen playfulness and providing blistering instrumentals…