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Rosie Carney: The Bends review – spirited Radiohead covers

Finding her way through a pandemic-inspired crisis, Carney’s bedroom recordings can be a little smooth, but she finds gutsiness on Sulk

Aimee Cliff

11, Dec, 2020 @8:30 AM

The xx's Romy: 'I can now write about loving a woman and not feel afraid'

Her forthcoming solo album is a love letter to formative years of queer clubbing and 00s Euro-dance, as the singer swaps black clothes and bleak moods for Technicolor euphoria

Aimee Cliff

27, Nov, 2020 @6:00 AM

Ela Minus: Acts of Rebellion review – techno-pop for dancing, thinking and resisting

Making her debut album alone on analogue machines, Minus has come up with an inspiring manifesto for 2020

Aimee Cliff

23, Oct, 2020 @8:00 AM

Glass Animals: Dreamland review – technicolour pop shaded with pain

Trauma has triggered a more inward-looking exploration of the Oxford quartet’s grandstanding, hallucinogenic sound

Aimee Cliff

07, Aug, 2020 @8:00 AM

Donna Missal: Lighter review – progressive torch singer sounds strangely retro

The second album by singer-songwriter Missal continues to explore her biggest rock/pop influences: Sheryl, Shania and Stevie

Aimee Cliff

10, Jul, 2020 @8:00 AM

Jehnny Beth: To Love Is to Live review – solo Savage defiant and intimate

Moving between vulnerability and aggression, Beth’s solo album contains multitudes, from sex to cinematic washes, ballads to thrash, released with a collection of erotic stories

Aimee Cliff

12, Jun, 2020 @7:00 AM

Pins: Hot Slick review - Manchester trio trade indie for anodyne pop

Full of girl-group vocals and earwormy melodies, Pins tread a fine line between energetic reboot and mannered synth-pop tribute

Aimee Cliff

29, May, 2020 @8:00 AM

The 100 greatest UK No 1s: No 13, Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Relax

Amid 80s homophobia and repression, this gleeful banger about banging thrust its way to the top of the charts, its success boosted by a BBC ban

Aimee Cliff

20, May, 2020 @8:00 AM

Mahalia's lockdown listening: 'Quarantine has been difficult for my confidence'

The Brit-nominated R&B singer has been dancing to Drake in her kitchen and getting lessons in self-worth from India.Arie

Interview by Aimee Cliff

01, May, 2020 @9:00 AM

JoJo: Good to Know review – mature pop from a clear-eyed star

With this long-awaited fourth album, the former teen idol has finally arrived as the kind of artist she was always meant to be

Aimee Cliff

01, May, 2020 @8:00 AM

Yaeji: What We Drew 우리가 그려왔던 review – dance music for an existential crisis

Straddling the blurry line between dream pop and DIY house, the Korean-American’s first full-length effort is a diaristic work of startling emotional clarity

Aimee Cliff

03, Apr, 2020 @8:00 AM