Album Reviews

Kacey Musgraves – ‘Middle Of Nowhere’ review: a country heroine’s journey back to her roots

Stepping away from the stargazing and glitz of her last few records, Musgraves makes a gritty, grounded return to cowboy country

Lip Critic – ‘Theft World’ review: a flurry of chaos, paranoia and corrosive desire

The New York band’s second album is a violently unhinged examination of identity theft and conspiracy

Kneecap – ‘Fenian’ review: headline-grabbing trio reach power and maturity

The Belfast rappers blast through all the noise with the energy of The Prodigy, Massive Attack and Burial on Dan Carey-produced second album to cement their place and reclaim their identity

Foo Fighters – ‘Your Favorite Toy’ review: back to brawny basics

For album 12, Dave Grohl leads the Foos – including new drummer Ilan Rubin – in a return to the nervy, no-frills punk of their earliest days

Kehlani – ‘Kehlani’ review: drawing from every era of her past to emerge fully formed

On her self-titled fifth album, the unshakeable R&B titan ushers in a new era and finds security in her own skin

Friko – ‘Something Worth Waiting For’ review: wrestling with the life they worked so hard for

The Chicago band’s second record is a dynamic musical accomplishment laced with an inescapable feeling of heavy melancholy in the face of their breakout success

Look Outside Your Window – ‘Look Outside Your Window’ review: Slipknot members harness a different type of fear on their long-lost album

Released exclusively on vinyl for Record Store Day, Slipknot’s long-awaited spin-off from 2008 is eerie, unsettling and operates on its own fascinating metal-adjacent wavelength