2015
Albums of 2015: Ruf Dug – IslandThursday, 24 December 2015
2015 was a phenomenal year for new music. As such, choosing just one album seems an arduous if not impossible task. But Christmas is, as we know, a time where arduous tasks are very much the order of the day, as we inconvenience ourselves routinely... Read more... |
Albums of 2015: Keith Richards - Crosseyed HeartWednesday, 23 December 2015
The year has seen great albums from the fringes – in English folk, Leveret’s beautiful instrumental debut New Anything, or Stick in the Wheel’s visceral, political, London stew of an album, From Here, and Sam Lee’s assured, exploratory second album... Read more... |
Albums of 2015: Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To LoveSunday, 20 December 2015
There's a line of argument – and a fairly convincing one – that this is the decade that pop culture lost its imagination. Right now the cinemas are booked out with the latest sequel to a 38-year-old movie franchise, my Twitter feed is... Read more... |
Albums of 2015: Jamie xx - In ColourSaturday, 19 December 2015
Bar-debating recently, I argued that Jamie xx wasn’t a full crossover success, more a fringe thing. The next day I heard his gorgeous tune “Loud Places” playing as incidental music on the Strictly Come Dancing spin-off programme It Takes Two. So I... Read more... |
Albums of 2015: Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A ButterflyThursday, 17 December 2015
You don’t have to take it from me. “How Much a Dollar Cost” is Barack Obama’s favourite song of this year. The album also has 11 Grammy nominations, more than any other. But the unanimous praise for Kendrick Lamar’s third studio album and its... Read more... |
CD: KRTS - Close Eyes to ExitMonday, 07 December 2015
This has been a truly glorious year for electronica albums. Records by the likes of Arca, Kode9, Jlin, James Place and Rabit showed digital music could still feel like it was writing the future, while others like Altered Natives, The Orb, Syracuse... Read more... |
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