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March, 2022
Once upon a time in Helsinki: Richard Dawson & Circle’s ‘Henki’
The Geordie singer-songwriter joins forces with Finnish experimental rock band Circle and invents “flora-themed hypno-folk-metal”
December, 2021
New kid on the block: The Kid Laroi
How Australia has overlooked its biggest global music star, an Indigenous hip-hop prodigy
June, 2021
More than a feeling: ‘New Long Leg’
The deadpan spoken-word vocals of British post-punk band Dry Cleaning are the mesmeric expression of online consciousness
May, 2021
Legendary saxophonist Pharoah Sanders joins electronic musician Floating Points and the London Symphony Orchestra for a compositionally minimalist album
April, 2021
Girls don’t cry: Arlo Parks and Phoebe Bridgers
Two young musicians spark the old double standard of judging female artists who demonstrate their pain
March, 2021
The composition of emotion: Rose Riebl
The pianist and contemporary classical composer bringing a virtuosic touch to minimalism
February, 2021
Stopped back in time: Kylie Minogue’s ‘Disco’
The showbiz trouper delivers another album of spare, efficient pleasure
December, 2020
The passing of its figureheads underscores pop music’s waning influence on personal identity
November, 2020
The last days of disco: ‘Róisín Machine’
Róisín Murphy’s latest album is unusually mature pop driven by restlessness