A faster, less liberal mutation of reggae, dancehall was born out of the Kingston ghettos in ’70s Jamaica. But the revelation of homophobic violence in many of the rappers’ lyrics two...
Common and Nas name-dropped him, Jay-Z held fundraisers for him and Big Boi released a video appearing to show himself beavering away on the campaign trail: hip hop has fallen head over heels for...
The grisly spectre of ‘… Amarillo’ – in all its chart-conquering, conga line-friendly crassness – will surely haunt Mr Anthony Fitzgerald until his dying day. But...
‘X-Factor’-y girl pop spends so much time focusing on affairs of the heart that it’s in danger of becoming the aural form of ‘Dear Deirdre’. It’s not often,...
There aren’t many 60-year-old women who could flash their bits at a festival crowd and stay the right side of the line separating supercharged Warholian dominatrix from deranged bag-lady. But...
Johnny Borrell’s influences – America (the band, not his own song) to Arcade Fire, Simon and Garfunkel to Phil Collins – are all present on this third album. It’s Dylan,...
Kicking off with what sounds like the beat-up spiritual of an angelic chain-gang, the second album from Indianapolis native David ‘Moose’ Adamson, aka the sweetly named Grampall...
The spiralling melodies and error code blips of album opener ‘Satellites’ set up the glitchy anxiety that fizzes and crackles throughout Dan Friel’s dystopian vision. Though it is...
A gifted young pianist, this Brooklyn-based player extends the lineage of Brad Mehldau and EST’s beautiful melancholia on his solo debut. Parks effectively recasts the traditional piano-trio...
Without the sight of Tom Jenkinson nimbly riffing on a six-string bass, a good deal of Squarepusher’s terrific albums will sound less like virtuosic works of art and more like chaotic...
