MUNA - I Know A Place
On the surface, this is euphoric pop. Dig a little deeper, though, and this is about belonging in the face of violence and hatred.
9th December 2016
Reviews
Run the Jewels - Legend Has It
Killer Mike and El‑P are at the top of their game, alright, piss-taking or otherwise.
9th December 2016
Bonobo - Break Apart (ft. Rhye)
A smooth customer with smart tricks up its sleeve, ‘Break Apart’ finds Simon Green added new sides to his signature.
9th December 2016
Partybaby - Hey You (Loser)
Sweeping away the distortion, it’s no less defiant for its lack of fuzz – if anything, that perfect pop core thrives.
9th December 2016
Alex Izenberg - Harlequin
3 Stars
Izenberg has a firm grasp on the strange side of things.
8th December 2016
Gabriella Cohen - Full Closure and No Details
3 Stars
Fuzzy tales of dissatisfaction, young love and boredom.
8th December 2016
Refused, Twin Atlantic and VANT rock out in the forest at 2000trees
Kagoule and Creeper also entertain the masses at the event’s 10th outing.
7th December 2016
Radiohead, Arcade Fire and Wolf Alice bring poignant highs to NOS Alive 2016
So many festivals can book the biggest bands in the world, but with Portugal in a football-related euphoria, NOS Alive picked these acts at the right place and the right time.
7th December 2016
Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love!
4 Stars
A celebration of funk and soul’s most oddball strains.
2nd December 2016
Peter Doherty - Hamburg Demonstrations
3 Stars
Trading in the playful witticisms and hazy romanticism he’s best loved for, Peter Doherty’s new album gives lost pearls a polish.
29th November 2016
Savages cap off a triumphant 2016 at Brixton Academy
The band hit just as hard, but some of their edges have softened, too.
29th November 2016
Gengahr roadtest razor-toothed new material at London show
Cuts from an upcoming second album sound more sinister than anything on last year’s ‘A Dream Outside’ debut.
29th November 2016
Laura Marling - Soothing
Time and time again, Laura Marling finds a new means of evolution. ‘Soothing’ is no different.
29th November 2016
The Weeknd - Starboy
2 Stars
Tesfaye continues to sound as if he has no idea what it is that he wants to do.
28th November 2016
Swet Shop Boys turn up the heat at breathtaking London outing
There’s so much awe in the air it borders on dizzying.
28th November 2016
Circa Waves make explosive London live return with tiny Omeara show
The quartet playfully tease the London audience with a darker Circa Waves than ever before.
28th November 2016
JAWS shine bright at packed-out Tufnell Park Dome
The packed-out crowd pogo the room into oblivion.
28th November 2016
Circa Waves - Wake Up
Caught up in the eye of a storm, Liverpool’s fastest-rising band take a big step up.
25th November 2016
Father John Misty - Holy Hell
His storyteller’s persona comes into its own here, “highly effective rhetoric” and the “perverts who get off on it” the subjects of his withering gaze.
25th November 2016
Angel Haze - Resurrection
If you thought ‘Babe Ruthless’was evidence of the rapper at her most fearsome and self-assured, prepare to think again.
25th November 2016
Family Scraps - Mistakes
Under his solo moniker, Hookworms’ MJ handles pop melodies with a deft touch
25th November 2016
Cloud Nothings - Internal World
Frustrated without giving into fury.
22nd November 2016
Justice - Woman
4 Stars
Six years since their last album, Justice’s maximalist disco embraces joy and new tricks.
18th November 2016
DIANA - Familiar Touch
4 Stars
Channelling the essence of previous decades, Toronto band DIANA still have an eye for invention on their second album.
17th November 2016
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.