Andy Price
Architects – ‘The Classic Symptoms Of A Broken Spirit’ review: hulking riffs and killer hooks
Architects prove they still are metalcore overlords with their tenth album, 'The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit'
The Mars Volta – ‘The Mars Volta’ review: reformed prog-punks’ astounding masterpiece
Thank God they made it
Muse – ‘Will Of The People’ review: modern anxieties, and their best music in years
The band ditch trend-chasing to focus on politicised, guitar-oriented brutality
Pale Waves – ‘Unwanted’ review: pop-punk-indebted rock that pushes the boundaries
The four-piece delve into the past to forge boldly ahead
Black Midi – ‘Hellfire’ review: intense first-person narratives fuel a genre-gnarling thrill ride
Building on the dynamic intensity of 2021's ‘Cavalcade’, the UK trio's third album further expands their intrepid musical universe
Jessica Curry on soundtracking ‘Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture’’s poignant exploration of loss
The woman behind one of gaming’s most evocative scores, Jessica Curry reflects on conjuring the melancholy magic of 'Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture'’s BAFTA-winning soundtrack
How the David Bowie-starring ‘The Nomad Soul’ imagined the idea of an open world
Bowie's contributions to 'The Nomad Soul' would later turn up on 'Hours'
How ‘Thief: The Dark Project’ sidelined action in favour of shadow-clinging tension
Eliciting genuine fear and unprecedented immersion, Thief: The Dark Project established a stealthier take on the FPS mould, while also spinning an engrossing gaslamp fantasy
‘Grim Fandango’’s imaginative afterlife anticipated a colourful future for the medium
Buenos Dias
The Avalanches – ‘We Will Always Love You’ review: frontier psychiatrists get back in the saddle
The production duo narrow the gap between releases on their third album in two decades
The Libertines live: The likely lads ascend once again at a riotous Bristol gig
An unwavering and unapologetic performance
Suede and The Pretenders live in London: A night of fire, passion and exhilaration
London, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, November 20 2019