The first of this week’s smashers comes from Jakko M. Jakszyk, most recently known as the vocalist and guitarist in legendary progressive rockers King Crimson, who returns with his brand-new solo album, Son of Glen. People already familiar with Jakko’s acclaimed autobiography, Who’s the Boy with the Lovely Hair?, will be aware of the intensely…
Cutthroat is Shame at their blistering best: an unapologetic album that’s souped-up and supercharged. It’s exactly where you want Shame to be, with ambitious sonic ideas and the technical chops to execute them. Stamped throughout with Shame’s trademark sense of humour, the album takes on the big issues of today and gleefully toys with…
The first of this week’s musical marvels is Benson Boone’s second album, American Heart. Benson solidified his status in 2024 with a string of hits, led by ‘Beautiful Things’ and its follow-up, ‘Slow It Down’. His show-stopping Coachella performance with Brian May marked the official reveal of American Heart, which is shaping up to cement…
Who Is the Sky?, the first new album from David Byrne since 2018’s acclaimed and award-winning American Utopia, incluldes contributions from musical friends old and new, including St. Vincent, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, The Smile drummer Tom Skinner and percussionist Mauro Refoscow. The album was produced by the Grammy-winning Kid Harpoon (Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus)…
Our super soaraway six for 13 June opens with Remembering Now, on which the legendary Van Morrison returns to the transcendent, uncategorisable rhapsodies that make him unique in music. It’s rich with hallmarks of classic Van, with dominant themes of love in spirit, some escapist romance, a smattering of self-deprecating candour and specific references to…
Saint Etienne’s new album, International, is the group’s final album-length statement after a 35-year excursion through pop. A dreamlike drift with friends and collaborators, International features cameos from the higher echelons of pop – ’80s chart heroes, electro, acid house and all points in-between, from Vince Clarke to Nick Heyward, Confidence Man to Erol…
The first of this week’s recommendations comes from Katatonia, who continue to redefine the emotional spectrum of metal. On their new album, Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State, the Stockholm-based grandeurs of melancholic heaviness shift effortlessly between haunting vulnerability and commanding artistry, once again masterfully navigating the tightrope act between nocturnal darkness and Scandinavian…
Find El Dorado is a deeply personal new album of reinterpretations by Paul Weller of songs that have long lived in the back of his mind and which are now reimagined with fresh meaning and a sense of reverence. This is less a covers album and more a map of his emotional and musical…
First out of the blocks this week is Miley Cyrus, who returns with her highly anticipated ninth new studio album, Something Beautiful. The album features 13 new tracks written and produced by Miley and executive-produced by Miley with Shawn Everett. Get Sunk is an ode to the infinite that brings brush-stroked, blurry memories to the…
The Clearing, the brand new album from Wolf Alice, was written in Seven Sisters and recorded in LA in 2024 with Grammy-winning master producer Greg Kurstin. The Clearing reveals where Wolf Alice stand sonically in 2025, delivering a supremely confident collection of songs bursting with ambition, ideas and emotion. Note: The LP is initially…