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Low review – human warmth fills music of social collapse
Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker unleash a charged cacophony on the reverent crowd but the couple’s connection provides an underlying sweetness
Katie Goh
26, Apr, 2022 @10:23 AM
The 50 best albums of 2021
And finally – a deserving winner, whose second solo album is a truly relatable, pin-sharp pop classic. We reveal our No 1 album of 2021
Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes
17, Dec, 2021 @6:52 AM
Low: Hey What review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
The veteran group continue the scorched digital manipulations of 2018 masterpiece Double Negative, but their vocals are left pristine and beautiful
Alexis Petridis
09, Sep, 2021 @10:30 AM
10 of the best Christmas songs (that aren’t by Mariah Carey)
The classics are back in the charts even earlier than usual – alongside the perennial row about the Pogues. So why not discover these lesser-known festive bangers?
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
19, Nov, 2020 @3:00 PM
The 50 greatest Christmas songs – ranked!
From John Fahey, the Sonics and the Waitresses to Slade, Wizzard and Mariah Carey, we count down the best festive numbers
Michael Hann
05, Dec, 2019 @12:00 PM
Beirut, Michael Kiwanuka, Spiritualized and Metronomy to headline End of the Road festival
Courtney Barnett and Jarvis Cocker also join lineup for eclectic West Country summer gathering
Kate Nicholson
31, Jan, 2019 @8:00 AM
Low review – a hotline to paranoia, discomfort and sorrow
The Minnesotan trio blend their recent electronic experimentation into their brutally beautiful aesthetic, offsetting despair with sweetness
Malcolm Jack
30, Jan, 2019 @1:16 PM
Pop, punk and protest songs: the hottest music on the horizon in 2019
With the uproarious Idles hitting the road, Kamasi Washington play a mind-expanding UK show, and new albums from the Specials, Weezer and AJ Tracey, here are the sounds the new year will be shaking to
Alexis Petridis
01, Jan, 2019 @3:00 PM
The 50 best albums of 2018, No 9: Low – Double Negative
The best album of the Duluth band’s career sounds familiarly glacial and hymn-like – but recorded all wrong. It’s the sound of the world collapsing
Alexis Petridis
11, Dec, 2018 @6:00 AM
Low: ‘We want to punch new holes in the possibilities of music’
Never afraid to sit still, even after a dozen albums, the Minnesota band look back at the tracks that define their evolving sound: ‘Just say what you feel strongly about now’
Jessica Hopper
21, Sep, 2018 @10:00 AM
Low: Double Negative review – the sound of the world unravelling
Shuddering blooms of static and an incantatory tone make this document of social collapse one of 2018’s most important albums
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
14, Sep, 2018 @8:00 AM
50 great tracks for July from Drake, Ebony Bones, Low and more
From Nicki Minaj’s sex chat to Blawan’s masterful minimal techno, here are 50 great new tracks from across the musical spectrum. Read about our favourite 10 and subscribe to the playlist
Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes
10, Jul, 2018 @9:58 AM
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