In a week when we’ve lost an all-time iconic London musician, Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, it feels right to talk about a band steeped in London’s musical legacy. Of course, Chubby and the Gang – formed in west...
At their best, Chvrches make their beloved eighties synth-pop influences (Depeche Mode, to name the obvious one – they even borrow that stylised ‘E’) sound futuristic rather than nostalgic. At their worst, the Scottish band fall into Imagine Dragons...
Kacey Musgraves – Star-Crossed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah4r5XjBNRo
“Let me set the scene...” croons Kacey Musgraves gently in the title track of her newly announced fourth studio album. “Two lovers ripped right at the seams,” she continues, as the lyrics go on to recount...
What released you from the malaise of the pandemic? For Lorde, it was the vibrancy of summer days, of dancing on the sand and the healing power of bright, exuberant sunshine.
Like a Pagan festival of hope, sunbeams are the...
Over the course of six studio albums, Las Vegas’ finest The Killers have done what all artists hope to do – refine a sound so distinctly that their songs are instantly recognisable. Theirs is a style that is glitzy and...
Zoom out from the title of Billie Eilish’s second album ‘Happier Than Ever’ – a sarky jab at those who called her too gloomy – and it’s dark business as usual: “When I’m away from you / I’m happier...
Imagine you have fallen in love, and you are taking your lover back to your hometown, the place where you are from. You might cycle around the streets of your past. You might show them your old house, school,...
“We’re all in this together,” said another, very different Dave about ten years ago. David Cameron, pink-cheeked Tory prime-minister of coalition Britain, repeated his party’s slogan everywhere, while a young David Omoregie – aka UK rapper Dave – was...
Lorde – 'Stoned at the Nail Salon'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycH3P8EiVv0
As opening lines go, “Got a wishbone drying on the windowsill in my kitchen / Just in case I wake up and realise I've chosen wrong” might already be a Lorde Hall of...
You’d be forgiven for accusing Willow Smith of slipping into the zeitgeist pop-punk genre as easily as a garment. Her previous three solo albums cut a smooth path through alt-R&B and neo-soul with nary a guitar riff in sight....