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Yazmin Lacey confirms her place in a vital soul movement with 'Teal Dreams'

Joe Muggs

We are in – it needs to be shouted from the rooftops every day – a golden age of British soul and jazz. It isn’t just about a few quality artists, either, but a movement. Londoner Yazmin Lacey is key within that: in the past year, she’s featured on stupendous albums by both Ezra Collective and that band’s keyboard wizard Joe Armon-Jones.

Blu-ray: Le Quai des Brumes

Miriam Figueras

From its opening scene, Le Quai des Brumes (Port of Shadows,1938) feels like a reverie, a period of sustained waiting, during which the characters stand at a threshold knowing that a tragedy will occur if they cross it.

The Lemonheads' 'Love Chant' is a...

Guy Oddy

The Lemonheads were one of the original punk-pop outfits and have been an on-off going concern for 40 years. However, singer, guitarist, bandleader...

'Deadbeat': Tame Impala's downbeat...

Tom Carr

Anxiety and self-doubt have been constant themes for Kevin Parker, the Australian musician who now finds himself among the highest echelons of modern...

Heartbreak and soaring beauty on Chrissie Hynde...

Joe Muggs

A key part of Chrissie Hynde’s brilliance and longevity has always been her ability to keep multiple musical personas going at once. She’s the...

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The Last Dinner Party's 'From the Pyre' is as enjoyable as it is over-the-top

Thomas H Green

Musically sophisticated five-piece ramp up the excesses but remain contagiously pop

Moroccan Gnawa comes to Manhattan with 'Saha Gnawa'

Tim Cumming

Trance and tradition meet Afrofuturism in Manhattan

Blu-ray: The Man in the White Suit

Graham Rickson

Ealing Studios' prescient black comedy, as sharp as ever

Soulwax’s 'All Systems Are Lying' lays down some tasty yet gritty electro-pop

Guy Oddy

Belgian dancefloor veterans return to the fray with a dark, pop-orientated sound

Album: Mobb Deep - Infinite

Ibi Keita

A solid tribute to a legendary history

Album: Boz Scaggs - Detour

Mark Kidel

Smooth and soulful standards from an old pro

Emily A. Sprague realises a Japanese dream on 'Cloud Time'

Joe Muggs

A set of live improvisations that drift in and out of real beauty

Hollie Cook's 'Shy Girl' isn't heavyweight but has a summery reggae lilt

Thomas H Green

Tropical-tinted downtempo pop that's likeable if uneventful

Pop Will Eat Itself's 'Delete Everything' is noisy but patchy

Thomas H Green

Despite unlovely production, the Eighties/Nineties unit retain rowdy ebullience

Odd times and clunking lines in 'The Life of a Showgirl' for Taylor Swift

Joe Muggs

A record this weird should be more interesting, surely

Waylon Jennings' 'Songbird' raises this country great from the grave

Tim Cumming

The first of a trove of posthumous recordings from the 1970s and early 1980s

Slovenian avant-folk outfit Širom’s 'In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper' opens the door to inner space

Kieron Tyler

Unconventional folk-based music which sounds like nothing else

'The Art of Loving': Olivia Dean's vulnerable and intimate second album

Tom Carr

Neo soul Londoner's new release outgrows her debut

Doja Cat's 'Vie' starts well but soon tails off

Thomas H Green

While it contains a few goodies, much of the US star's latest album lacks oomph

Mariah Carey is still 'Here for It All' after an eight-year break

Joe Muggs

Schmaltz aplenty but also stunning musicianship from the enduring diva

Album: Solar Eyes - Live Freaky! Die Freaky!

Guy Oddy

Psychedelic indie dance music with a twinkle in its eye

Album: Night Tapes - portals//polarities

Kieron Tyler

Estonian-voiced, London-based electro-popsters' debut album marks them as one to watch for

Album: Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Plays Mulatu

Sebastian Scotney

An album full of life, coinciding with a 'farewell tour'

Album: Robert Plant - Saving Grace

Mark Kidel

Mellow delight from former Zep lead

Album: Biffy Clyro - Futique

Tom Carr

Scottish alternative rock trio return with elegant, balanced 10th album

Album: NewDad - Altar

Graham Fuller

The hard-gigging trio yearns for old Ireland – and blasts music biz exploitation

Album: The Divine Comedy - Rainy Sunday Afternoon

Guy Oddy

Neil Hannon takes stock, and the result will certainly keep his existing crowd happy

Blu-ray: The Sons of Great Bear

Graham Rickson

DEFA's first 'Red Western': a revisionist take on colonial expansion

Album: Twenty One Pilots - Breach

Tom Carr

Ohio mainstream superstar duo wrap up their 10 year narrative

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