New Zealand singer-songwriter’s fourth album sees hushed intimacy sit alongside an expansion in sound and greater sophistication ...

Until recently Olly Alexander has been the frontman of Years & Years, which started life as a distinctive synth-pop outfit ...

But beyond the whispers of nepotism, the real issue with Inhaler is far simpler: the music, despite their Number 1 album placing for 2021’s debut effort It Won’t Always Be Like This, is plain average.

A testament to artistic ambition, the five-piece’s experimental third effort reveals more of itself with each enchanting ...

You can see why he might be ready to retire The Weeknd moniker altogether. If this is The Weeknd’s last album, it’s a shame.

This sequel of sorts is the most expressive music you could hope to hear in a club in 2025, proudly and frankly proclaiming ...

The new year’s sparkle has often run flat, like a drink left on the windowsill and discovered weeks later – with many ideas ...

A great deal has happened since we last heard from Frànçois Marry and his, er, merry men in 2017. Having ventured out on his own (as Frànçois Atlas, with Fleurs du Mal in 2018), he relocated from ...

A companion piece to Close, 37 years on, this family affair is a blend of youth and experience that showcases a voice that has never sounded better When Kim Wilde released her sixth album, Close, in ...