Music
Sam Amidon: Salt River review – an eclectic if erratic affair
The US musician leads an accomplished yet slightly bland living room session spanning traditional numbers and songs by Lou Reed, Yoko Ono and more
Neil Spencer
25, Jan, 2025 @4:00 PM
On my radar: Alison Goldfrapp’s cultural highlights
The electropop star on her favourite quirky bookshop, Marmite and cheese pastries and the second series of Severance
Killian Fox
25, Jan, 2025 @3:00 PM
Floating Points review – an unclassifiable triumph
On the first of a three-night London residency, British dance producer Sam Shepherd conjures up a transcendent set that’s equal parts body-jacking rave and harp-laced, retina-melting art show
Kitty Empire
25, Jan, 2025 @2:00 PM
Le Piano Symphonique festival review – high drama with Argerich and friends
Evgeny Kissin, Beatrice Rana, Yunchan Lim and more dazzled at this flourishing young festival, but the week belonged to the great Martha Argerich
Stephen Pritchard
25, Jan, 2025 @1:00 PM
One to watch: Heartworms
British singer Jojo Orme, support act for St Vincent and more, may have cornered the market in gothic noir informed by a keen interest in the first world war
Lisa Wright
25, Jan, 2025 @12:30 PM
‘Everything I wanted was offered to me. But I felt nothing’: singer Self Esteem on stardom, self-doubt, and making it in a man’s world
Her dreams came true when she went from indie land to lauded pop star. But Self Esteem – aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor – only ended up feeling ‘miserable, depressed and crazy’. Now she’s back with a new look and her best album yet
Rebecca Nicholson
25, Jan, 2025 @7:00 AM
A$AP Rocky trial kicks off with rapper accused of firing gun at former friend
Prosecutors had offered seven-year sentence, three years probation and 180 days in jail in exchange for guilty plea
Abené Clayton in Los Angeles
24, Jan, 2025 @6:04 PM
Jacob Collier/Chris Thile/Britten Sinfonia review – Bach to Beatles and mass harmonies as virtuosic pair delight
An enjoyably varied programme took in Piazzolla, Samuel Barber and Queen with Suzie Collier conducting the Britten Sinfonia, but the musical fireworks were all courtesy of her son Jacob and mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile
John Lewis
24, Jan, 2025 @3:17 PM
Mogwai: The Bad Fire review – a flame that still burns bright
Conceived in troubled circumstances, the Glasgow band’s follow-up to their 2021 chart-topper As the Love Continues is compelling balm
Phil Mongredien
24, Jan, 2025 @12:00 PM
Central Cee: Can’t Rush Greatness review – a tantalising debut of hits and misses
The British rapper gathers his bangers and chart-toppers together with less impactful work on this 17-track record
Ammar Kalia
24, Jan, 2025 @11:30 AM
FKA twigs: Eusexua review – a hymn to the healing power of the dancefloor
Coining a word to describe a particular state of euphoria, twigs effortlessly juggles left-field digitals and club pop tunes on album No 3
Kitty Empire
24, Jan, 2025 @11:00 AM
Davis Galvin: Prism review – shape-shifting soundscapes for the horticulturally minded
The Pittsburgh composer moves between soporific light and dissonant shade on this plant-inspired meditative journey
Safi Bugel
24, Jan, 2025 @10:00 AM
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