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Taylor Swift unleashes her most savage lyrics yet — but there’s more to this new album

Music October 3, 2025 By Danni Scott

Sabrina Carpenter kneeling on all fours on Man's Best Friend cover

Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend is a near perfect post-breakup album

Music August 29, 2025 By Danni Scott

Kings of Leon Perform At The O2 Arena

00s rockstar band are officially back after 10 years of mediocrity

Music May 16, 2024 By Kitty Chrisp

Ed Sheeran: Autumn Variations review – and the 5 songs that will be huge hits

Music September 29, 2023 By Emma Harrison

Review: Blur’s first album in nearly a decade is experimental yet intimate surprise

Music July 21, 2023 By Emma Harrison

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 14: Lewis Capaldi performs onstage during the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises at The Royal Festival Hall on May 14, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)

Lewis Capaldi’s Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent rivals the best of him

Music May 19, 2023 By Lucy Norris

Ed Sheeran’s Subtract a masterclass in gut-wrenching word painting

Music May 5, 2023 By Lucy Norris

Slowthai Performs In Milan

Slowthai - Ugly review: The grime artist's most gripping record of his career to date

Music March 9, 2023 By David Bennun

Kali Uchis - Red Moon In Venus review: Erotic without veering into the sleazy

Music March 9, 2023 By David Bennun

Paramore: This Is Why album review

Music February 12, 2023 By Caroline Sullivan

Gloria by Sam Smith review: The entire album feels slipshod and confused

Music January 27, 2023 By Emma Madden

404 Guild band free pic

404 Guild review: Stunningly mystical debut album released following tragedy

Music December 9, 2022 By David Bennun

Stormzy Performs At The O2 Arena

This Is What I Mean by Stormzy review: A soul laid on the line with triumphant results

Music November 25, 2022 By David Bennun

Singer Taylor Swift arrives to speak at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 9, 2022. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Midnights by Taylor Swift review: She's back - and boy does she deliver

Entertainment October 21, 2022 By David Bennun

Cool It Down album review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs send a wake-up call to the planet

Music October 3, 2022 By Keith Watson

Musical group The Arctic Monkeys arrive at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 8, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - TAGS: ENTERTAINMENT) (GRAMMYS-ARRIVALS)/File Photo

Arctic Monkeys prepare for new album The Car with lush, romantic new single Body Paint

Music September 30, 2022 By Robert Oliver

Marcus Mumford's (self-titled) is remarkable account of childhood trauma

Music September 15, 2022 By Michael Hann

Ozzy Osbourne still battily fun after all these years with Patient Number 9

Music September 8, 2022 By David Bennun

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The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead! album review: The Megadeath of a band

Music September 2, 2022 By David Bennun

Beyoncé's Renaissance track-by-track review: Dancefloor liberation at its most spectacular

Music July 29, 2022 By Shaun Kitchener