New album: The Bury-formed band of Guy Garvey, Craig Potter and co return with their 10th LP, one particularly marked by experimental styles, thunderous rhythms and adventurous sounds, sometimes reminiscent of Peter Gabriel
Read moreElbow: Flying Dream 1
New album: Variously written by members isolated during lockdown, the Manchester band’s ninth LP is a study in gentle, minimalism, filled with beautiful lyrical images and tender moments after 2019’s angrier, edgier, proggy Giants of All Sizes
Read moreNew albums: Elbow, Richard Dawson, Big Thief, Kim Gordon, Blackwater Holylight, Bodega, Maz O'Connor, Stephen Mallinder
Another roundup of releases includes angry work – raw emotions from Elbow, wonderful perspectives of British pathos from Richard Dawson, and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon sneering superbly in her first solo album
Read moreDrunk, dark and humorous: favourite albums of 2017 – part 1
Father John Misty to Randy Newman, Thundercat to Sleaford Mods, Richard Dawson to DUDS, Björk to Lorde – who is on the first part of this week's reader-voted list, and what is the running theme?
Read moreNew album releases for the week beginning 30 January 2017
This week's pick of the pops includes Elbow's new album, alongside Moon Duo, Eliza Carthy, Fufanu and YouTube big hitters Cigarettes After Sex
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