(HAEKALU) With doom-laden growls and falsetto screams, the Kenyan metaller’s indefatigable vocals cut through a thunderous onslaught of headbanging sound Over the past decade vocalist Martin ...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/19/lord-spikeheart-the-adept-review-duma-metal
(REPUBLIC) Subtly detailed album splits the difference between 1989’s glossy pop-rock and Midnights’ understatement – and lets her ex Matty Healy have it in no uncertain terms Breakups, fan...
What are the big takeaways from Swift’s new album? She’s refining her sound, confronting elements of her fanbase and done with romantic idealisation • Read Alexis Petridis’s four-star r...
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer who wrote the band’s biggest hit, Ramblin’ Man, dies at home in Florida ‘surrounded by his whole family’ Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman ...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/18/dickey-betts-dies-allman-brothers-band
Influenced by Korn and moving beyond their native Ireland, the band are ready to be one of the biggest in the world. They explain how panic attacks and parenthood came to bear on a bold new LP ...
The Latin music legend – back, at 66, with her first salsa album – answers your questions on her star collaborations, screen chemistry, and what she and Stevie Wonder still can’t agree on ...
Set designers Katie Spencer and Sarah Greenwood went from Barbie to the darker world of the Amy Winehouse biopic. They explain how even a Smeg fridge evokes the singer’s dreams Imagine someon...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/18/amy-winehouse-set-designers-back-to-black
After slogging through poverty, indifference and Hannah Montana impersonations, the US singer is an award-winning sensation and selling out a UK tour. She explains why her genre is going mainstre...
Following acclaim for her affecting sound collages, the Texan’s new album flips her old ‘emo ambient’ to ‘ambient emo’, inspired by Young Thug and Sparklehorse – and an unexpected sho...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/16/claire-rousay-album-sentiment-depression-jeff-tweedy
‘In the 70s and 80s, you’d regularly see images of women in bikinis draped over car bonnets. I wanted to flip that – and see how a male photographer would feel if he had to lie over a car i...
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/apr/15/babybird-youre-gorgeous-bikinis-thong
(Anti-) The American multi-instrumentalist combines a wide range of Black musical traditions on her beautifully crafted fifth solo album Multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla was exploring the B...
(Chrysalis) The New York indie-rockers retool early work into an eclectic set of musings on porn, Tarkovsky and filthy lucre Indie quintet Bodega ’s third album is sort of their first. It res...
(Impulse!) British jazz star Shabaka Hutchings drops the sax for reeds and flutes on an album exploring fear, courage and the power of breathwork Typical: you wait ages for a flute album from a...
The muscian, 76, on life in Barbados, spending time in the studio and why he has never drunk or smoked SUNDAY FUNDAY? I’m quite a boring person on Sundays. I invariably spend most of my time ...
ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON Showcasing her debut solo album, last year’s Mid Air, the xx frontwoman escapes the elegant restraint of her band with a set full of euphoric rhythms and unambiguous hymns to...
The Leeds band fuse dreampop, psychedelia and emo-rock with smart, fresh songwriting and tender moments Are you paying attention at the back? Whenever a music scene erupts – and it rarely doe...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/13/one-to-watch-english-teacher-leeds-this-could-be-texas
With expansive, experimental instrumentation, the Melbourne musician’s fourth album records our contemporary chaos – and finds a glimmer of hope Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email ...
(Bison) Powered by Jessica Hickie-Kallenbach’s astonishing singing, the British trio explore Dilla-time funkiness and math-rock detail From the album title onwards, unstoppably ardent feeling...
(ACT) Harmonica star Maret and pianist/composer Collin pay homage to Ennio Morricone with drifting church-echo and trancelike sounds Ornette Coleman once told the BBC’s Jazz on 3 that when hi...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/12/gregoire-maretromain-collin-ennio-album-review
(Columbia) Fresh from a support slot on Taylor Swift’s Era tour, the Norwegian singer-songwriter pivots from lo-fi indie to full-blown widescreen pop Girl in Red often seems fearless. From he...
(HIJINXX/ISLAND) The Bradford producer confidently tethers her breakbeats to a pounding four-to-the-floor kick drum – which would have been unheard of in the 90s – on a pop-facing, innovative...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/11/nia-archives-silence-is-loud-album-review
MARBLE FACTORY, BRISTOL Ferreira’s attitude towards fame is conflicted, but her anger and relatable brittleness only add to the cravings for her long-awaited next album Sky Ferreira reaches ...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/02/sky-ferreira-review-bristol-marble-factory
RESORTS WORLD ARENA, BIRMINGHAM Kennedy’s powerhouse vocals are a perfect match for Slash’s devil-may-care riffs – and it’s mesmerising to watch the legendary guitarist in full flow A 2...
OUTERNET, LONDON The British rapper showcases his fourth album with a bravura display of old-school brio and and late-career earnestness If there’s one thing that did not seem likely during g...
The enigmatic masked trio from Melbourne hypnotise with a psychedelic fusion of Aussie surf rock and traditional Indian music Creating a sense of mystery is one of the oldest tricks in the musi...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/30/one-to-watch-glass-beams-melbourne-mahal
O2 ACADEMY LEEDS The Southampton newcomer uses her superpowers of candour and comedy to full effect Of all the words to describe Caity Baser, shy would not be high on the list. On the opening n...
A tight unit with a riotous party spirit, K-pop collective are bringing their culture to the masses Balming Tiger are a many-headed beast. Formed in 2018, this 11-strong K-pop collective boast...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/23/one-to-watch-balming-tiger
Keir Starmer is on a personal mission to promote music to the under-11s. From rock’n’roll to Jonathan Richman, our writers suggest songs for an alternative schooling • Charlotte Higgins: ...
Singer-songwriter, while not quite managing to elbow David Bowie aside, produced well-crafted hits topped by Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel frontman, dies aged 73 ...
The World Party frontman, who has died aged 66, was not the 60s revivalist some critics dismissed him as – his work was extraordinary in its breadth and political bite Songs were Karl Walling...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/12/karl-wallinger-died-world-party
Raspberries frontman, who had several big solo hits in the 70s and 80s, died in his sleep on the weekend Eric Carmen, the frontman of the powerpop band Raspberries and singer of solo hits inclu...
Children pay tribute to musician, who went from folk clubs to Woodstock festival and mainstream success, as ‘one of the most talented, strong and passionate women of the era’ Melanie Safka,...
She quit social media, embraced the feral and grieved for her beloved dog. Now rejuvenated, Lorde is back with a nature-inspired new album – though she tells our writer there’s a sinister sid...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jun/25/lorde-im-only-just-scratching-the-surface-of-my-powers