Reviews
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Aldous Harding – ‘Train On The Island’ review: enigmatic singer-songwriter delivers mercurial masterwork
On album five, Harding subtly rewrites her own playbook by bringing together the playfulness of ‘Warm Chris’ and the experimental bent of records past

Lykke Li – ‘The Afterparty’ review: a brief but heady last round from the Swedish alt-pop icon
Threatening to be her last, this sixth album from the ‘I Follow Rivers’ star captures the fear and heartache of the end of the night with strings, beats and love

‘Legends’ review: sprawling crime drama spotlights Britain’s unsung drug-busters
Steve Coogan and Tom Burke lead a convoluted thriller about unlikely undercover agents

Isaiah Rashad – ‘It’s Been Awful’ review: woozy, wounded and bruisingly honest
On album three, the Chattanooga rapper shows that even when life gets in the way, his talents still shine through

‘Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition’ review: shock and roll with metal’s new wave pioneers
From East End upstarts to stadium-filling rock giants

Rosalía live in London: a breathtakingly brilliant work of art
The O2, May 5, 2026: the Spanish star brings her ambitious album ‘Lux’ to life with a performance that turns the arena into a living museum

Zara Larsson – ‘Midnight Sun: Girls Trip’ review: reinvigorated pop queen drives us into a red-hot Eurosummer
The Swedish popstar relishes her new lease on life amid cultural renaissance with undimmed effervescence on this shining deluxe album

MUNA – ‘Dancing On The Wall’ review: euphoric pop bangers with a shadowy side
On their fourth album, the Los Angeles trio balance lightness and lust with a creeping sense of dread

Kacey Musgraves – ‘Middle Of Nowhere’ review: a country heroine’s journey back to her roots
Stepping away from the stargazing and glitz of her last few records, Musgraves makes a gritty, grounded return to cowboy country

‘Hokum’ review: for good and ill, this haunted hotel chiller earns its title
Adam Scott stars as a misanthropic American author in spooky rural Ireland

Lip Critic – ‘Theft World’ review: a flurry of chaos, paranoia and corrosive desire
The New York band’s second album is a violently unhinged examination of identity theft and conspiracy

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ review: smart, stylish sequels will never go out of fashion
Twenty years after the original cult classic, Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep reunite to try and save print media