Album Reviews
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Foo Fighters – ‘Your Favorite Toy’ review: back to brawny basics
For album 12, Dave Grohl leads the Foos – including new drummer Ilan Rubin – in a return to the nervy, no-frills punk of their earliest days
Kehlani – ‘Kehlani’ review: drawing from every era of her past to emerge fully formed
On her self-titled fifth album, the unshakeable R&B titan ushers in a new era and finds security in her own skin
Friko – ‘Something Worth Waiting For’ review: wrestling with the life they worked so hard for
The Chicago band’s second record is a dynamic musical accomplishment laced with an inescapable feeling of heavy melancholy in the face of their breakout success
Look Outside Your Window – ‘Look Outside Your Window’ review: Slipknot members harness a different type of fear on their long-lost album
Released exclusively on vinyl for Record Store Day, Slipknot’s long-awaited spin-off from 2008 is eerie, unsettling and operates on its own fascinating metal-adjacent wavelength
Tomora – ‘Come Closer’ review: a Chemical Brother and Scandi pop wizardess’ euphoric collision
Dance don Tom Rowlands and Norwegian phenomenon Aurora take us on an otherworldly rave as an "exceptional" supergroup
Ella Langley – ‘Dandelion’ review: infectious, irresistible country pop for those who dare to dream bigger
The Alabama native rides the genre’s international momentum as her free-spirited sophomore album cements her status as a bankable star
Lime Garden – ‘Maybe Not Tonight’ review: a brilliantly reckless soundtrack to your twenties
A breakup album that wears its messiness on its sleeve, Lime Garden’s second is figuring life out, track by track
My New Band Believe – ‘My New Band Believe’ review: a staggering, sprawling masterpiece from the mind of Cameron Picton
At the helm of an enormous, constantly shifting collective, the former Black Midi man swings for the fences
The Itch – ‘It’s The Hope That Kills You’ review: decadent, freewheeling party underpinned by genuine humanity
On their debut album, the Luton duo push back against everyday rage, disillusionment and frustration with party-starting electro-punk
Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE and Surf Gang – ‘Pompeii // Utility’ review: a sprawling, two-headed opus from rap’s most restless minds
Across 33 tracks, two kindred voices split destruction and reconstruction, fusing hazy soul with cold, industrial edge
Charley Crockett – ‘Age Of The Ram’ review: a bold, ambitious victory for the innovative country star
The songwriter shares the third and final instalment of his ‘Sagebrush Trilogy’, and strikes a captivating balance between tradition and experimentation
Flea – ‘Honora’ review: the Chili Pepper’s jazzy, comforting debut leans back hard
After more than 40 years with the freak-rock aristocrats, the West Coast multi-instrumentalist has put out his first solo album