Music

Nottingham-based quartet Divorce appeared in 2021 and Drive to Goldenhammer is their first album after their wry Heady Metal EP. Shaun Marin checks out this distinctly peculiar British indie newcomer.

• Shaun Marin
• Nov 2025

What We Do In The Shadows star Matt Berry is more than just an actor; he’s also a master of wry synth-based psychedelic rock. Sean Hannam checks out Heard Noises.

• Sean Hannam
• Nov 2025

Paris is Nils Frahm’s first album recorded at a single concert and the first to be released on his own Leiter record label. Jason Kennedy listens in… and is impressed!

• Jason Kennedy
• Nov 2025

Legendary producer Patrick Leonard teams up with a dream team of musicians, producers, engineers (and Michael Fremer) to deliver a contemporary, progressive rock album with a sound to die for!

• Alan Sircom
• Oct 2025

With hundreds of versions of ‘The New World’ symphony, what makes the 50-year-old Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Rafael Kubelik, such a classic? Jimmy Hughes reviews the new LP pressing.

• Jimmy Hughes
• Sep 2025

If there is such a thing as a Canadian jazz ‘supergroup’, it’s Scions. Blending jazz, choral, orchestral music, and more, this is an exceptionally creative album, according to Shaun Marin.

• Shaun Marin
• Sep 2025

The king of Scandinavian minimalist jazz, Tord Gustavsen teams up with old band members and new, playing a reflective blend of classical and modern religious pieces. Jason Kennedy is impressed.

• Jason Kennedy
• Sep 2025

Named after the bumbling detectives in the Tintin novels, Thompson Twins were a powerful force in the mid-‘80s synth-pop scene. Sean Hannam talks about their seminal Into The Gap album.

• Sean Hannam
• Sep 2025

Take two members of Radiohead, mix in the percussionist from British jazz combo Sons of Kemet, and you have something far more than Thom Yorke’s side hustle, argues Michael Vámos.

• Michael Vámos
• Aug 2025

Roxy Music guitar legend, record producer and musical collaborator, Phil Manzanera, marked his 50-year solo career last year with an extensive new CD box set. Sean Hannam asks the questions.

• Sean Hannam
• Aug 2025

Is MJ Lenderman set to be the Lo-Fi indie, alt-country answer to Neil Young? According to Shaun Marin, based on Manning Fireworks, he holds some Sparklehorse and Silver Jews-level sophistication.

• Shaun Marin
• Aug 2025

Released on the Autumn equinox in 2024, Erland Cooper’s buried-and-found art-music project is a mix of classical, electronica and a poetic reflection of his native Orkney, according to Shaun Marin.

• Shaun Marin
• Jul 2025