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Tamikrest’s ‘Assikel’ is a woozy call to resistance

Guy Oddy |

Tamikrest are one of the swaths of Tuareg bands that were born out of the violent oppression of their people at the hands of the Malian Army, Kremlin-controlled paramilitaries and radical Islamists but who came to prominence in the wake of Tinariwen’s breakthrough in the early years of this century.

On 'So Happy Today', Jeff Parker embodies Chicago deep in conversation with itself

Joe Muggs |

There’s a whole wide open area of leftfield music that belongs entirely to Chicago.

The All-American Rejects return to roots with 'Sandbox'

Ellie Roberts
The All-American Rejects are back with their first album in 14 years, and their first ever independent release. At the height of their success in the…

Blu-ray: Long Live the Republic!

graham.rickson
Though set in a Czech village during the last months of World War Two, armed conflict is peripheral in Karel Kachyňa’s Long Live the Republic! (Ať…

Well-honed gems in Teddy Thompson's latest collection 'Never Be The Same'

Mark Kidel
Well beyond the muscle-flexing of the manosphere, there are men who wear their hearts on their sleeves, and show much deeper courage than the macho…

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Black metal originators Venom storm ‘Into Oblivion’

Guy Oddy
Cronos and his crew are as gloriously heavy, evil and catchy as ever

Anastasia Kristensen taps into a sweaty continuum on 'Bestiarium Sombre'

Joe Muggs
A long history of bleeps, clonks and funkiness is channelled into this Danish techno

Post-hardcore rockers Basement are more optimistic with 'WIRED'

Tom Carr
Fifth album from Basement is more fleet-footed and breezy, but still rocking and hefty.

'Wild at Heart' finds Neil Diamond at peace with himself and back in the studio

Liz Thomson
The Rick Rubin trilogy reaches completion

Blu-ray: Red Beard

johncarvill
Top-tier Kurosawa melds visual beauty with moral clarity

American Football replace raw with rehearsed on 'LP4'

Ibi Keita
Not quite the team they were in college

London outfit David Cronenberg's Wife continue their compelling journey into abjection and loss on 'Department of Biology'

Thomas H. Green
Fifth album by queasy indie-folk sorts finds poetry in dark corners

Melanie C surprises again with 'Sweat'

Kathryn Reilly
The most palatable Spice invites us all to dance with joy

Kacey Musgraves knocks it out of the trailer park with 'Middle of Nowhere'

Tim Cumming
A post break-up album, packed with real life, real good times, and real hurt

Singer-songwriter Jesca Hoop’s ‘Long Wave Home’ takes an aural road trip through a distinctive psyche

Kieron Tyler
Salvation Army band dynamics, a country music lilt and more

Kneecap kick the doors down again with ‘Fenian’

Guy Oddy
Belfast hip-hoppers explicitly refuse to tone things down

NCT WISH deliver polystylistic pop perfection with ‘Ode to Love’

peter.quinn
This debut album is a genre-hopping feast for the ears

A 'Long, Long Road' has led Ringo Starr back to his roots

Joe Muggs
At 85, Ringo has found a voice a world away from his cartoon persona

Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell's 'The Trouble with the Shovell' is heavy, very heavy

Kieron Tyler
Grot-permeated hard rock with a debt to the early Seventies

Foo Fighters put on a carefree, playful tone with 'Your Favorite Toy'

Tom Carr
Energetic and carefree, but ultimately it flatters to deceive

Blu-ray: The Devil's Hand

graham.rickson
Quirky and gripping French horror film, produced under Nazi occupation

Zayn expands his range on fifth album 'Konnakol'

Mark Kidel
One Direction alumnus draws on many sources of inspiration, not least his Asian heritage

Judie Tzuke's 'Now or Never' sees the singer in great voice

Tim Cumming
A fine new set from the 'Stay with me Til Dawn' singer

The Milk Carton Kids, full-cream nourishing folk-from-the-heart

Liz Thomson
A seventh album from the Angelino folk duo

Ten years after his last album, Tiga is still living the 'Hotlife'

Guy Oddy
Canadian DJ, producer, remixer and label head returns with an order to dance

Norway's Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns take a wild ride with 'Bitches Blues'

Kieron Tyler
From the pacific to the pulverising, jazz-adjacent trio carve-out their own musical character

On 'Superbloom' the singer and podcast star Jessie Ware successfully nails a third disco extravaganza

Thomas H. Green
A 13-track set that channels raunchy 1970s excess with aplomb

A Chemical Brother and a Norwegian singer are ear-bogglingly exciting as Tomora on duo’s debut 'Come Closer'

Thomas H. Green
A stunning set, rife with wild vocals and explosive electronics

Rising British pop star Holly Humberstone's second, 'Cruel World', showcases lush, hook-filled songs of angst and longing

Thomas H. Green
Lyrically chewy, youthful, indie-tinted, and mostly likeable

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