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Depeche Mode: Memento Mori review – a life-affirming farewell for Fletch
Andy Fletcher’s two surviving bandmates reflect on mortality on an album of warm, weird electro-pop
Damien Morris
19, Mar, 2023 @1:00 PM
Fever Ray: Radical Romantics review – Karin Dreijer returns sunny side up
Wittily exploring desire and relationships, the identity-surfing Swedish star sounds revitalised on their first solo album in six years
Damien Morris
12, Mar, 2023 @3:00 PM
Masego: Masego review – behold a wizard at work
The multitalented Micah Davis returns with a signature blend of trap, house and jazz that is nothing short of magical
Damien Morris
05, Mar, 2023 @9:00 AM
Russ Millions: One of a Kind review – hugely enjoyable mixtape
The Lewisham drill rapper showcases his promise with swaggering if overfamiliar hymns to women and bling
Damien Morris
26, Feb, 2023 @1:00 PM
One to watch: Anna B Savage
This Dublin-based Londoner with a striking voice and lyrics to match is on a ‘journey of therapy’
Damien Morris
11, Feb, 2023 @2:00 PM
Hifi Sean & David McAlmont: Happy Ending review – a dream voice that’s lost in the mix
The producer-singer duo reunite for more dance-leaning soul that ignites only when McAlmont’s gorgeous vocals are allowed to take flight
Damien Morris
05, Feb, 2023 @3:00 PM
Gaz Coombes: Turn the Car Around review – genial English rocker’s best album in 20 years
The former Supergrass frontman’s gorgeous, heartfelt new songs are intoxicating
Damien Morris
29, Jan, 2023 @1:00 PM
The Murder Capital: Gigi’s Recovery review – superlative downbeat rock thrills
The Irish post-punk band go bigger and deeper on a second album that exudes muscular drama
Damien Morris
22, Jan, 2023 @3:00 PM
Clavish: Rap Game Awful review – beautifully delivered ambivalence
The London rapper veers between vulnerable and vicious on a mixtape that’s at once epic and pared back
Damien Morris
15, Jan, 2023 @3:00 PM
Mount Westmore: Snoop, Cube, 40, $hort review – harmless nostalgia and charmless bluster
The west coast rap supergroup’s album works reasonably well at times, but there are more misses than hits
Damien Morris
11, Dec, 2022 @1:00 PM
One to watch: Emmeline
The young Yorkshire slam poet – daughter of Simon Armitage – has teamed up with ace producer Fraser T Smith on her beguiling first EP
Damien Morris
03, Dec, 2022 @2:00 PM
One to watch: Sophie May
A lockdown TikTok sensation, the young Londoner has grown her melodic folk pop and killer couplets into an engaging live solo act
Damien Morris
19, Nov, 2022 @2:00 PM
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