Sorcha Richardson — Smiling Like An Idiot
3-5 Stars
It takes as much from the healing powers of time and reflection as it does from the starry-eyed heat of the moment.
23rd September 2022
3-5 Stars
It takes as much from the healing powers of time and reflection as it does from the starry-eyed heat of the moment.
23rd September 2022
3-5 Stars
A heft of new ammo for pint-flinging, moshpitting chaos on the dancefloor.
23rd September 2022

4 Stars
An album that encapsulates his weird and beautiful world.
23rd September 2022
4 Stars
A thematically poignant, lyrically sharp and sonically surprising statement piece.
23rd September 2022
Check out the title track now.
22nd September 2022

Nine albums in and, on “God Save The Animals’, Alex G is still treading his own path. This time however, he’s letting a few more people in on the journey too.
22nd September 2022
The singer’s newest song gets taken from her forthcoming album ‘Suckerpunch’.
20th September 2022
Ahead of her set at Reeperbahn Festival this weekend, we catch up with the East London avant-punk artist.
20th September 2022
Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard contemplates the pandemic fuelled existentialism in the band’s tenth album, ‘Asphalt Meadows’.
17th September 2022
The LA duo will return to our side of the Atlantic for a run of shows this November.
16th September 2022
4 Stars
It’s long been clear that the artist has the musical chops to match his acting prowess and here it’s no different.
16th September 2022
We spoke to the New Jersey pop sensation on the eve of her debut album’s release.
16th September 2022

Make time for the biggest and best new songs released this week.
16th September 2022
4-5 Stars
Like watching a wound open, flowers growing out of it.
16th September 2022
4 Stars
A record that finds its voice in emerging into musical freedoms found in separation.
16th September 2022
3 Stars
‘(self-titled)’ is Vegemite: the same, but different.
16th September 2022
4 Stars
An undeniable rush to your systems, and a deliciously futuristic one at that.
16th September 2022
5 Stars
An eclectic palette of bombastic, heart-on-sleeve euphoric pop and angsty dancefloor fillers.
16th September 2022
3 Stars
As an album, ‘She Said’ is fine. Still, what’s rock‘n’roll about making music that doesn’t frequently get beyond fine?
16th September 2022
3 Stars
A jarring change: not one from that familiar warmth to icy cold, but only halfway, a sort of uncomfortable mild chill.
16th September 2022
4 Stars
‘Cub’ sounds more the work of a wizened troubadour than a twenty-something’s debut album.
16th September 2022
‘I Love You Jennifer B’ is an album of weirdness and whimsy, of technical prowess and nostalgic escapism. At its core sit Jockstrap: two musicians tinkering around in their own curious playground.
15th September 2022
EP ‘Something To Do With Love’ is out today.
14th September 2022
Simultaneously packed with nostalgia and a modern dream cast of collaborators, “demon time’ finds Mura Masa concocting a time-spanning party for the ages.
14th September 2022
After the combustion of his teenage band Dead Pretties, Jacob Slater did some much-needed reevaluating. From it came Wunderhorse, and a debut album — “Cub’ — that stares into a far brighter future.
13th September 2022
This month’s solo debut “Hideous Bastard’ finds The xx’s Oliver Sim opening up and letting the world in on his most personal truths.
13th September 2022

The Goa Express and STONE will also be joining us down at Hamburg’s Molotow on Wednesday night.
12th September 2022
On her fifth album, pop’s ray of sunshine Carly Rae Jepsen found herself dappled by shadows. Out of the introspection came “The Loneliest Time’: a record that finds power in curiosity and self-belief.
12th September 2022
4-5 Stars
A record creaking and groaning under the weight of its ideas.
9th September 2022
The biggest and best new songs from the week that was.
9th September 2022
The Dorset festival finally welcomes long-booked international headliners, but young, hungry acts from Britain steal the show.
9th September 2022
3-5 Stars
A solid collection of songs that wear their heart on their sleeve and capture the zeitgeist too.
9th September 2022
3-5 Stars
An unashamedly brash and confident record, but much more subtle and realistic.
9th September 2022
3-5 Stars
Not so much reigniting the spark that drew so many to her sound first time around, but a decent job of drawing a line from old to new and updating it.
9th September 2022
4 Stars
Sounds from Zamrock and kalindula woven seamlessly alongside those of contemporary Western hip hop and soul.
9th September 2022
3-5 Stars
It takes a while for Preoccupations to find their new groove.
9th September 2022
5 Stars
Oliver takes on both past and present realities with a candour that surprises even him.
9th September 2022
4 Stars
Sometimes it’s about baring your soul over a 130BPM kick-snare beat. Sometimes it’s just about making something with a real groove.
7th September 2022
Celeste, Laura Mvula and Black Country, New Road also made the shortlist.
6th September 2022
It’s the first single taken from her forthcoming new album, ‘Fossora’.
6th September 2022
Wolf Alice and Glass Animals make their cases for future headliner status across a wonderfully chaotic weekend of live music.
6th September 2022

He’s heading out on the road early next year.
5th September 2022
2022 Mercury Prize with FREE NOW
Ahead of the 2022 Mercury Prize with FREE NOW, we’ve taken a brief look at some of the shortlisted albums.
5th September 2022
Ahead of the 2022 Mercury Prize with FREE NOW, we spoke to the jazz musician about his rurally-inspired latest record.
4th September 2022
Their new album ‘Asphalt Meadows’ arrives later this month.
2nd September 2022
Ahead of the 2022 Mercury Prize with Free Now Awards Show tonight, we’re diving into this year’s albums.
2nd September 2022
Ahead of the 2022 Mercury Prize with FREE NOW, we caught up with the rock duo to chat changing the game.
2nd September 2022
The alternative K‑pop group are back with a banger.
1st September 2022
And we sent Murdoc and 2D some questions to find out more…
31st August 2022
Pussy Riot and Animal Collective also top the bill.
30th August 2022
Ahead of the 2022 Mercury Prize with FREE NOW, we spoke to the multi-hyphenate to reflect on his career-defining album.
28th August 2022
It follows singles ‘Dandelion’ and ‘Meteorite’.
26th August 2022
2-5 Stars
A smorgasbord of dystopian-flavoured cringe.
26th August 2022
Having recently closed her world tour in support of her debut, we spoke to the singer about being shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize with FREE NOW.
26th August 2022

4 Stars
When they embrace the full flood of their influences, they shine.
26th August 2022
4 Stars
A debut that embraces optimism and nihilism in equal measures.
26th August 2022
4 Stars
Hers is a world where solace and solidarity are steeped into every brick.
26th August 2022
3 Stars
A little mixed.
26th August 2022
We chat to Sam Fryer and Adam Brown ahead of the release of their debut LP ‘Take Hold Of Your Promise!’
25th August 2022
“If you don’t have these places to play, you’re just not going to get the same grade of talent that the UK has been lucky to have for the last several years,” says frontman J. Willgoose Esq.
25th August 2022
“Nice little existential crisis this one.”
23rd August 2022
4 Stars
Fun without feeling frivolous, packing relatable substance into its genuinely jovial sound.
19th August 2022
3 Stars
It’s a little surprising how much of ‘Freakout / Release’ sounds quite this forced.
19th August 2022
4 Stars
A genuine evolution for the band.
19th August 2022
4-5 Stars
As bold as the personality that runs through it.
19th August 2022

4 Stars
They’re pushing the accelerator right to the floor, and there’s no sign of them hitting the brakes any time soon.
19th August 2022
Gorillaz, Burna Boy and Fred again.. provide standout moments as the Finnish festival opens its gates once again.
19th August 2022
Lifted from their upcoming new album ‘Most Normal’.
18th August 2022
It’s their first new material since 2020.
18th August 2022
Their latest was penned “in no more than 25 minutes during rehearsals for a tour in January”.
18th August 2022
The new programme celebrates a new wave of artists.
18th August 2022
Lifted from his upcoming new album, ‘People In Motion’.
18th August 2022
The festival takes place next week!
18th August 2022
Taken from their upcoming second EP ‘Florida’.
17th August 2022
It follows the release of June single ‘Puffer’.
17th August 2022
Forced to sack their vocalist of the past two decades, the road to Kasabian’s seventh album was one of big changes and risks. Now Serge Pizzorno is harnessing the reins and stepping back into battle.
16th August 2022
Check out first single ‘Fruity’ now.
16th August 2022
4 Stars
Soul-slugging, shoegaze-lite romps about Big Apple adolescence.
12th August 2022
3-5 Stars
As warm a listen as Sonic Boom’s near-forgotten records must’ve been in lockdown Lisbon.
12th August 2022
4 Stars
The album is a defiant expression of darker emotions.
12th August 2022
4 Stars
The band wear their influences well, flitting between the melancholic indie-pop of The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and the gleeful abandon of Jonathan Richman.
12th August 2022
4 Stars
The most authentic this band have sounded in a long time.
12th August 2022
4 Stars
This long-awaited album arrives as a tribute to a whole scene rather than just two artists.
12th August 2022
Lifted from their upcoming projects ‘CYBERKISS*’.
11th August 2022
The track gets taken from their forthcoming album ‘Asphalt Meadows’ which is due out next month.
11th August 2022
It’s the second preview of upcoming album ‘Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet’.
11th August 2022
The band have shared their newest track ahead of their performances at Reading and Leeds later this month.
11th August 2022
DIY’s essential, weekly (ish) guide to the best new music.
11th August 2022
The fan favourite gets its official outing.
10th August 2022
Our new issue — which also features Phoebe Green, Easy Life, Lauran Hibberd and loads more — is out now.
10th August 2022
Yaya Bey and M Field are also among the new additions.
10th August 2022
Emerging as the star of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Bimini is a multi-hyphenate creative powerhouse, breaking down boundaries at every turn. Now, they’re ready to smash the music industry stereotypes too.
9th August 2022
Her new album, ‘All Of Us Flames’, is out later this month.
9th August 2022
She’ll be performing across the US later this year.
9th August 2022
Her new album ‘The Loneliest Time’ is out in October.
5th August 2022
3-5 Stars
He’s cohesively summarised what it is that makes him tick.
5th August 2022
3-5 Stars
Lauv’s second certainly provides an array of sweet pop highs.
5th August 2022
The track featured on their debut EP, ‘Motorbike’.
4th August 2022
It’s out next month!
4th August 2022
Despite the drizzle, it was still a tremendous weekend for music at the North Yorkshire fest.
4th August 2022