Music
Contemporary
Modern recordings for modern audiophiles (Part One)
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

Music Interview: Alex Lipinski
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

Music Interview: Steven Price
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

Music Interview: Graham Day
Sean Hannam speaks to Graham Day, one of the founding fathers of British Garage rock, with a true cult following.
- Sean Hannam
- Dec 2022

Music Interview: Paul Draper
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

Interview: The Boo Radleys
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

Music Interview: Matt Berry
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

Music Interview: Bernard Butler
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

Album Review: Cavalcade by black midi
The second full-length album from London-based hard-to-categorise band black midi
- Shaun Marin
- Mar 2022

Music Interview: Stephen Duffy
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

Interview: Gary Numan
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

The Killing of Eugene Peeps by Bastian Keb
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