Reviews

Over the past 60 years many artists have tried to capture the sound of the future, with varying degrees of success. Never forget that for every Kraftwerk there is a Babylon Zoo. Arca though has spent pretty much the...
At the age of 29, Teyana Taylor has now spent more of her life in the public eye than out of it. A precocious talent, the Harlem-raised artist choreographed for Beyoncé while barely out of eighth grade, and was...
Poetically translated to “golden joinery”, Kintsugi is the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery. The result is a second life, of beautiful seams of gold that seem to take what was broken and elevate it to something even greater...
The Killers – 'My Own Soul’s Warning' Don’t let the eerie synth opener fool you, as the latest single from soon to be released ‘Imploding the Mirage,’ is as satisfyingly anthemic as they come. After a gentle intro featuring ethereal...
To be human is to be complicated – a fact that, despite all of us being intrinsically aware of it, can get overlooked when we’re thinking about our favourite music. We often expect our songwriters to inhabit one emotion, one...
For almost 60 years, since his self-titled debut album was released in 1962, Bob Dylan has stridently been marching to the beat of his own drum. He took the protest song into the pop charts, pissed off the folkies...
Pillow Queens - ‘Handsome Wife’ A powerhouse of indie rock, this Irish four-piece plough onwards with their gritty new single ‘Handsome Wife’. Trailing in with gentle harmonies and a backdrop of a whining guitar chords, this single wins you over...
Throughout lockdown, Jehnny Beth has made a name for herself – not as a post-punk band ringleader this time, but as a sordid storyteller. Each week, the French singer hosts readings from her forthcoming erotic book C.A.L.M: Crimes Against...
When Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket took off from Earth for its first flight into space at the beginning of June, it was hard not to feel a little envious. Out there in the great, wide galaxy, you don’t have...
It’s been an interesting 12 months for Wiley. Viral feuds with Stormzy that saw both artists release a number of diss tracks, Wiley with the chart-topping ‘Boasty’, and his now abandoned ‘Full Circle’ project, a record which was said...