Albums

Montreal singer, rapper and producer Quinton Barnes's ruminations on religion, racism, sexuality, artistry and the nature of existence demand the grandest spectacle imaginable Read more »

Nadah El Shazly’s solo return smooths out much of her electric eccentricity, but she remains capable of crackling brilliance Read more »

On their first album in almost 25 years, Pulp demonstrate that revisiting the past can yield genuinely uncompromising and organic rewards Read more »

A confessional album that owes more to belief and soul-searching rather than a sense of direction, Lotus sees Little Simz blossoming from a dark spell into new light Read more »

Having come up in the East Coast underground rap scene of the late 90s and early 2000s, Aesop Rock has a reputation to uphold with Black Hole Superette Read more »

The third studio album from Shura, I Got Too Sad For My Friends, is a lesson in melancholy, but that isn't the full story Read more »

Jacob Alon's debut record is one packed with honesty, sounding at once confident and vulnerable Read more »

On her latest album, Kathryn Joseph conjures even more delicate ways to doubt, rage and come to terms with being Read more »

Southend-on-Sea brothers These New Puritans return after six years, and they're still the rulers of their own murky hinterland Read more »