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Pulp: More review – anthems and rage for the next life stage
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/02/pulp-more-review-anthems-and-rage-for-the-next-life-stage
Published: June 2, 2025 07:27
(Rough Trade)Jarvis Cocker and the band’s first album in 24 years delivers a refreshing take on middle age, with all the the skewed observation and joyful melodic flourishes of old Continue reading...
Mary Halvorson: About Ghosts review – restless beauty from jazz’s shape-shifting guitarist
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/30/mary-halvorson-about-ghosts-review
Published: May 30, 2025 08:00
(Nonesuch)The Brooklyn boundary-pusher’s expanded ensemble returns with a kaleidoscopic blend of angular rhythms, intricate melodies and thrilling improvisations Continue reading...
Jacob Alon: In Limerence review – dreamy story songs of myth and melancholy
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/30/jacob-alon-in-limerence-review
Published: May 30, 2025 07:30
(Island)The Scottish songwriter delivers a confident, well-expressed debut even if their songs sometimes stray into overfamiliar indie-folk territory Continue reading...
Béla Bartók: Complete Piano Concertos album review – Tomáš Vrána rises to the challenge
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/29/bela-bartok-complete-piano-concertos-album-review-tomas-vrana
Published: May 29, 2025 14:31
Vrána/Janáček PO Ostrava/Káli(Supraphon)The young Czech pianist tackles Bartók’s formidable concertos with confidence and technical accomplishment, although tempi can feel a little sluggish Continue reading...
My Days: Orlando Gibbons and Nico Muhly album review – a luminous tribute
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/29/my-days-orlando-gibbons-and-nico-muhly-album-review
Published: May 29, 2025 14:01
Davies/Boden/Hymas/Holliday/Fretwork(Signum)The English composer died 400 years ago; this new collection commemorates the enduring power of his music; Muhly’s My Days, a ritualised memory piece about Gibbons, contrasts perfectly. Continue reading...
Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful review – solid pop that’s about as ‘psychedelic’ as a baked potato
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/29/miley-cyrus-something-beautiful-review
Published: May 29, 2025 11:00
(Columbia)The singer’s ninth album has grand ambitions but – despite some sparkling songcraft – falls short of its mind-altering promises and the hits that made her a star Continue reading...
Quinie: Forefowk, Mind Me review – collecting songs on horseback, this Scottish musician is alive with ideas
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/23/quinie-forefowk-mind-me-review-collecting-songs-on-horseback-this-scottish-musician-is-alive-with-ideas
Published: May 23, 2025 08:00
(Upset the Rhythm)With folk songs gathered from a gallop across Argyll, Josie Vallely’s album is a resonant tribute to her ancestral land Continue reading...
Skunk Anansie: The Painful Truth review – a raw triumph of reinvention and resilience
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/23/skunk-anansie-the-painful-truth-review-a-raw-triumph-of-reinvention-and-resilience
Published: May 23, 2025 07:30
(FLG)On their first LP in almost a decade, made as two members were treated for cancer, the rockers shrug off their 90s heyday with an experimental mindset Continue reading...
Pierre Boulez: Éclat/Multiples album review – two of his most significant works are played with fabulous precision
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/22/pierre-boulez-eclatmultiples-album-review-two-of-his-most-significant-works-are-played-with-fabulous-precision
Published: May 22, 2025 15:31
Collegium Novum Zurich/Ensemble Contretemps/Wenderburg(Bastille Musique)In the composer’s centenary year, this disc showcases two of his most substantial works Continue reading...
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 album review – hear the performance that made Yunchan Lim a star
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/22/rachmaninov-piano-concerto-no-3-album-review-hear-the-performance-that-made-yunchan-lim-a-star
Published: May 22, 2025 13:19
Yunchan Lim/Fort Worth SO/Alsop(Decca)The prodigious South Korean talent won 2022’s Van Cliburn piano competition with this performance; his version deserves a place alongside Argerich and Rachmaninov himself Continue reading...