New album: The Portishead singer’s first solo LP, 10 years in the making, is an exquisite release of genre-spanning folk, sometimes with eastern inflections, her haunting voice touching on mutability, motherhood, menopause, bereavement, health and heartbreak
Read moreKendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
New album: The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s first album for five years is a double LP magnus opus of mind-bogglingly rapid, candid wordplay, an assortment of jazz, rock, classical and more, with so much to unpack, but further cements his place as hip hop’s leading innovator
Read moreNew albums: Edwyn Collins, Billie Eilish, White Denim, Beth Gibbons, Unkle, Ohtis, Gerry Cinnamon, Show Me The Body, The Matthew Herbert Big Band
This week’s selection spans the full range from the quirky pop of Billie Eilish to the triumphant return of Edwyn Collins, masterful prog from White Denim to Beth Gibbons doing Henryk Górecki with a Polish orchestra
Read more