Reviews
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HorsegiirL – ‘Nature Is Healing’ review: divine equine dance bangers that balance humour with heart
The half-human, half-horse disc jockey drops a barnstorming debut album

Midrift – ‘Silhouette’ review: a promising debut building on big influences
The San Francisco trio’s debut doesn’t always escape its post-hardcore influences, but its emotional immediacy suggests a band already outgrowing their peers

‘Cape Fear’ review: psych-thriller reimagining sticks closer to book than Scorsese’s classic
Can Javier Bardem and Amy Adams stay afloat amid the choppy seas of fan expectation?

aespa – ‘Lemonade’ review: harder and faster, but not always better or stronger
Five years deep and undeniably massive, aespa's second studio album proves their biggest competition remains themselves

‘007 First Light’ review: no video game has done Bond better
This original origin story is a thrilling addition to the secret agent's already-impressive legacy

‘Erupcja’ review: Charli XCX’s indie summer getaway
It’s off with the chains of love in Pete Ohs’ romantic drama

Static Dress – ‘Injury Episode’ review: beautifully brutal post-hardcore from defiant art punks
The Leeds quartet’s second album is a deliberately more intense listening experience than their breakout debut

Paul McCartney – ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’ review: a guided tour of the long and winding road
With a little help from Ringo, pop’s twinkly eyed granddad gets nostalgic on an album that also finds him pushing forward musically

‘Backrooms’ review: meme-based horror runs on unsettling vibes and creepy visuals
YouTuber Kane Parsons’ viral web series leaps onto the big screen

JPEGMAFIA – ‘Experimental Rap’ review: hip-hop’s biggest provocateur is in ferocious but formulaic form
Six albums in, the self-proclaimed king of experimental hip-hop comes out swinging but not always connecting

‘Spider-Noir’ review: Nicolas Cage’s big, campy swing for the superhero crowd
Detective Webhead's on the case in this TV spin-off

‘Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight’ review: superhero-sized block-buster
Smash through Gotham brick by brick in this vast and highly entertaining comic book world