Music

Looking to build your music collection? This collection of recordings from the recent past is great musically but also of good enough quality to allow us audiophiles guilt-free listening.

• Shaun Marin
• Mar 2023

West Country means a very different thing depending on where you live. Originally from Somerset in the UK, this singer-songwriter has the talent to go all the way, says Sean Hannam.

• Sean Hannam
• Feb 2023

Sean Hannam and hi-fi+ caught up with Academy Award-winning British film composer, Steven Price in Soho, at the legendary Groucho Club, where he was working with Bowers & Wilkins to promote the Panorama 3 Dolby Atmos soundbar.

• Sean Hannam
• Jan 2023

Sean Hannam speaks to Graham Day, one of the founding fathers of British Garage rock, with a true cult following.

• Sean Hannam
• Dec 2022

Sean Hannam speaks to the former frontman of ‘90s indie‑art-rockers Mansun and his wry take on self-help manuals with his latest album, Cult Leader Tactics.

• Sean Hannam
• Oct 2022

Sean Hannam speaks to alternative rockers The Boo Radleys. Often pigeonholed as 'shoegazing' or 'Britpop', the band were the darlings of the 1990s, took a well-earned 22 year rest, and reformed last year.

• Sean Hannam
• Oct 2022

Sean Hannam speaks to Acid Jazz artist (and occasional gothic British vampire) Matt Berry about his recent five-LP retrospective, Gather Up.

• Sean Hannam
• May 2022

Guitar legend with Suede, McAlmont and Butler and so many more, Bernard Butler speaks to hi-fi+ about his latest project, on re-recording a classic, and what he listens to at home and in the studio.

• Sean Hannam
• Apr 2022

The second full-length album from London-based hard-to-categorise band black midi

• Shaun Marin
• Mar 2022

An original member of Duran Duran, one-time pop sensation and The Lilac Time frontman talks about loss... and The Hawks

• Sean Hannam
• Mar 2022

Gary Numan was never going to be a one-hit-wonder, but a life in music (and sometimes the pilot seat of an aircraft) has seen some ups and downs. Sean Hannam spoke with the New Wave Synth Pop pioneer during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.

• Sean Hannam
• Jan 2022

Album Review: The Killing of Eugene Peeps by Bastian Keb is the soundtrack to a film noir movie that doesn't exist

• Jason Kennedy
• Oct 2021