Better than being a masterpiece, Ought have made 'Room Inside The World' tantalisingly imperfectreviews12 Feb 2018
It's not the fact that Nick J. D. Hodgson used to be in Kaiser Chiefs that holds back his debut solo albumreviews25 Jan 2018
For all its pop sensibilities, The Go! Team's 'Semicircle' is an acquired taste - because it's so zanyreviews16 Jan 2018
The time Stuart Murdoch embraced the Pet Shop Boys’ philosophy of ‘let’s make lots of money’short11 Dec 2017
Last night was the UK live debut of James Holden’s latest mutation – his Animal Spirits projectshort7 Dec 2017
Multiple levels, readings and flute solos - Björk’s (at times brilliant) 'Utopia' takes some unravelingreviews22 Nov 2017
Turns out Mavis Staples' phase of wilful joy was a short-lived - she's back to her righteous best on her new LPreviews15 Nov 2017
Most of Karl Blau's new album, ‘Out Her Space’, seems surprised by its own presencereviews15 Nov 2017
Omar Souleyman's 503rd (ish) album is a love letter to Syria that's not as bleak as that soundsreviews30 Oct 2017
James Holden's third album goes way beyond any kind of single-take knockabout jam-band funreviews30 Oct 2017
How Mogwai’s ‘Young Team’ set them on an uncompromising path to become one of the great modern rock bandsshort27 Oct 2017
Baffling and ludicrous, but kidding itself of artistic heft – St. Vincent’s new not-live live showshort18 Oct 2017
Don't worry, St Vincent is still an alluringly enigmatic presence even if her new LP is more confessionalreviews9 Oct 2017
You might think Nick Cave’s current performances would be cold and distant – it’s the complete oppositeshort2 Oct 2017
What the hell do The Verve’s ‘Urban Hymns’ and Robbie Williams’ ‘Life Thru A Lens’ have in common? A lot it turns outshort29 Sep 2017
Unlike his previous releases you won't need to set aside a whole evening to enjoy Kamasi Washington's new EPreviews26 Sep 2017
How Stereolab’s ‘Dots And Loops’ arrived at a turning point both for the band and British music in generalshort22 Sep 2017
‘Homogenic’ reinvented Björk – it’s still the template for so many other artistic transformationsshort22 Sep 2017
‘Luciferian Towers’ won't wrong-foot anyone, but it's certainly not Godspeed-by-numbersreviews21 Sep 2017
Marc Almond's interpretation of '60s orchestral torch songs lack a bit of his trademark subversionreviews21 Sep 2017
