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Kathryn Reilly |

While the Gallagher brothers scrabble around in the dirt for their rich pickings, an altogether more dignified experience is on offer from Sheffield. More is Pulp’s first album for 24 years, which is a sobering fact for those of us who still remember the first time. Thankfully, this isn’t a reprisal of past glories but a vibrant and moving work of some significance.

Ibi Keita |

Turnstile’s NEVER ENOUGH is a vibrant, shape-shifting album that proves the Baltimore-based band is fully committed to evolution. Since their formation in 2010, Turnstile have been known for injecting a fresh, genre-blurring energy into hardcore punk. With each release, they’ve pushed further into new territory, and NEVER ENOUGH might be their most fearless leap yet.

joe.muggs
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Thomas H. Green
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away called the late 1990s, there was a scene known as “big beat”. It consisted of club culture sorts making…
John Carvill
What constitutes a “lost classic”? I guess we can’t say it’s an oxymoron, since we readily accept the concept of “instant classic”? Either way, the “…

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Thomas H. Green
Fourth album from unique singer-songwriter is patchy but contains gold
joe.muggs
Psychedelic soft rock of staggering ambition that so, so nearly hits the brief
Kieron Tyler
Dance music-inspired Swedish pop which lacks the necessary vital spark
graham.rickson
Eye-popping Cold War sci-fi epics from East Germany, superbly remastered and annotated
Sebastian Scotney
Broad repertoire and a strong concept
Thomas H. Green
More of the same from the trip hop perennials but delivered with tunes and ease
mark.kidel
Tunisian country roots meet urban tech
Thomas H. Green
Genial guitar pop that leans into poshness, boasts smart lyrics, but lacks musical bite
joe.muggs
Picking up their never-ending, archly peculiar groove, after 15 years
Kieron Tyler
The former Go-Betweens linchpin celebrates life’s quirks and temptations
Ibi Keita
From chaos to control, Rico Nasty trades bite for balance
Guy Oddy
East Midlands post-punker tries on some yacht rock
Thomas H. Green
Scandinavian singer injects a dash of outsider melancholy into her fizzing electro-pop
Tim Cumming
One of the great rock movies gets a 50th anniversary revival
Tim Cumming
Doherty returns with his first solo album in almost a decade
Tom Carr
The anonymous UK metallers' fourth album is breathlessly inventive and emotive
joe.muggs
A toning-down leads to an opening up of new possibilities in a fertile collaboration
Thomas H. Green
Hot rising pop star's new mixtape lacks tunes and dynamism
graham.rickson
Ten more early shorts, handsomely restored and annotated
Thomas H. Green
Seventh from Canadian stadium-slayers contains enough juice to convince
Ellie Roberts
A compelling balance between absurdity and sincerity
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A diverse album that's still uniquely Vega
Kieron Tyler
Arresting art pop with a touch of creepiness
mark.kidel
A rock opera too scholarly?

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