Kacey Musgraves – star-crossed
4 Stars
Far from spinning distant, third-person tales, each track feels incredibly personal.
8th September 2021
Reviews
Deb Never - Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
4 Stars
Propelled by Deb’s magnetically cool smooth vocals throughout, it finds the LA artist in full bloom.
8th September 2021
Colleen Green - Cool
4 Stars
Colleen Green has always been cool. It’s just that she seems content now, too.
8th September 2021
Spencer. - Are U Down
4 Stars
Spencer.’s skills as a producer and songwriter have never been more evident. Period.
8th September 2021
Common - A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2
4 Stars
A sweet paean to music’s mood-boosting properties, as well as it capacity to effect meaningful change.
8th September 2021
The Vaccines - Back In Love City
4 Stars
It feels like the purest Vaccines album yet.
8th September 2021
Art School Girlfriend - Is It Light Where You Are
4 Stars
A wholly atmospheric synth-driven debut doused in heartbreak.
8th September 2021
Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort To Me
4 Stars
On the whole, this feels like Amyl and the Sniffers finding their purpose.
8th September 2021
Tommy Genesis - goldilocks x
4 Stars
A little weird, a little dark, and it’s just right.
8th September 2021
Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament
3-5 Stars
A requiem, but one that looks for sonic positivity in the thematic darkness.
8th September 2021
We Were Promised Jetpacks - Enjoy The View
3 Stars
We’re left after just a little more.
8th September 2021
Flossing - Queen of the Mall
3-5 Stars
There’s an icy new wave heart to much of Flossing that feels out of step with 2021.
8th September 2021
Lazarus Kane - Psychobabble
3-5 Stars
‘Psychobabble’ proves that Lazarus Kane never needed to don any costumes to be at their best.
8th September 2021
박혜진 Park Hye Jin - Before I Die
3 Stars
Slightly too forbidding to ever fully feel at home.
8th September 2021
Halsey - If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power
4 Stars
It’s intimate and messy at times but fiercely deliberate.
3rd September 2021
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
5 Stars
If ‘GREY Area’ saw Simz come-of-age as a rapper, ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ is Simz making her first long-lasting artistic stamp on the zeitgeist.
2nd September 2021
Priya Ragu - damnshestamil
4 Stars
A kaleidoscopic mixtape.
2nd September 2021
Baby Queen - The Yearbook
4 Stars
More than good enough to graduate to the next round.
2nd September 2021
Kanye West - DONDA
3 Stars
Predictably bloated and unnecessarily uneven.
2nd September 2021
caro♡ - Heartbeats / Heartbreaks
3-5 Stars
A mesmerising introduction into caro♡‘s world of smooth and sleek pop.
2nd September 2021
The Streets throw a rowdy champagne-popping party at South Facing
Note to future festivals: never put Mike Skinner behind a moat.
30th August 2021
Liam Gallagher, Biffy Clyro and Wolf Alice close a triumphant Reading return
Holly Humberstone and a surprise set from Pa Salieu also stand out on the festival’s final day.
30th August 2021
slowthai rules Saturday at Reading, while KennyHoopla marks himself out as a future superstar
Bob Vylan’s visceral punk has The Pit going, while Master Peace and Beabadoobee also entertain.
29th August 2021
Supergrass prove that nostalgia can still feel fresh at South Facing festival
With The Cribs in tow as special guests, the new event is aiming high.
29th August 2021
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.