Danny Wright

Cut Copy - Haiku from Zero

There’s an effervescent sparkle that runs through it.

22nd September 2017, 7:50am

Justice - Woman

Six years since their last album, Justice’s maximalist disco embraces joy and new tricks.

18th November 2016, 10:00am

Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had a Dream That You Were Mine

Former The Walkmen and Vampire Weekend members capture the closeness and intimacy of a great collaboration on their first LP.

30th September 2016, 11:13am

The world still needs Pixies

Three decades to the good and despite personal turmoil, Pixies are happy to keep on carrying on. “We’re in awe that we’re still getting embraced out there, still relevant,” they tell Danny Wright.

21st September 2016, 12:00am

LCD Soundsystem exceed expectations at Lovebox 2016

A band who’ve lost none of their ability to have the crowd eating out the palm of their hand.

21st July 2016, 12:00am

Bat For Lashes: Here comes the bride

From tragedy to Tinder and everything in between - with her latest conceptual epic, Bat For Lashes is getting right to the heart of love itself.

21st July 2016, 12:00am

Yumi Zouma - Yoncalla

Crossing borders to take their first steps, Yumi Zouma have truly arrived with a debut that’s more than the sum of its parts.

27th May 2016, 9:00am

Cate Le Bon: “I thought people might think it’s a concept album about crabs!”

Letting loose with wild, surreal ideas, ‘Crab Day’ is this Welsh musician’s most bonkers record yet.

14th April 2016, 12:00am

Future of the Left - the peace & truce of future of the left

This is a band tight enough and confident enough to know they can take anything, and anybody, on.

8th April 2016, 10:00am

Tim Hecker - Love Streams

Hecker has once again shaped something that feels weighty and important, shafts of light illuminating the dark landscape.

8th April 2016, 10:00am

The KVB - Of Desire

There’s no doubting the precision of the songwriting, as each song digs its way into your brain.

11th March 2016, 10:00am

David Bowie - Blackstar

‘Blackstar’ seems to be him giving everything, allowing all of his creative impulses to flourish.

7th January 2016, 11:30am

Feature

Upbringing: Matt Berry

We grill the actor, comedian, musician, and all-round creative guy on his musical upbringing.

21st December 2015, 12:00am

El Vy: “It’s an album of guilty pleasures without the guilt”

The National’s Matt Berninger and Menomena’s Brent Knopf have joined forces for a debut album.

10th December 2015, 12:00am

One man band?: When groups lose their sense of self

Danny Wright takes a look at the bands with ever-changing line-ups and asks, at what point does a band change beyond recognition?

16th November 2015, 12:00am

Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete

He may not be in our world completely yet but you should keep making the trip to his.

13th November 2015, 10:00am

Floating Points - Elaenia

It’s this ebb and flow that makes the record so mesmerising.

6th November 2015, 10:00am

Father John Misty: “Sincerity is the secret ingredient”

Untangling the person and the artist: it’s both simple and complicated. But one thing’s for sure, with ‘I Love You, Honeybear’ Josh Tillman is opening up and baring everything.

2nd October 2015, 12:00am

Kwabs - Love + War

Much of this album feels too polite and too pedestrian.

11th September 2015, 10:00am

Public Image Ltd - What the World Needs Now…

Lydon remains part pantomime, part snarling truth sayer.

4th September 2015, 10:00am

Destroyer - Poison Season

It’s novelistic. It’s smart. Of course it is, it’s a Destroyer album.

28th August 2015, 10:00am

Perfect Moments: Beach House

Beach House discuss their new album ‘Depression Cherry’, and the magic of ideas.

24th August 2015, 12:00am

Low: “If you stand close enough you can see the differences”

Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker have been on the radar for decades, but new album ‘Ones and Sixes’ marks a big change. It’s all in the detail, they tell Danny Wright.

9th July 2015, 12:00am

Ezra Furman - Perpetual Motion People

There aren’t many musicians like Ezra Furman.

3rd July 2015, 12:00pm