Taylor Swift: Folklore (EMI) Verdict: Taylor springs a surprise Rating: Alanis Morissette: Such Pretty Forks In The Road (RCA) Verdict: Polished return Rating: This should have been a summer spent on the road for Taylor Swift. She had intended to take her Lover Fest show around the world, headlining Glastonbury and London’s Hyde Park and … Read more
ELLIE GOULDING: Brightest Blue (Polydor) Verdict: Confident comeback Rating: THE CHICKS: Gaslighter (Columbia) Verdict: Sparks fly Rating: JARV IS: Beyond The Pale (Rough Trade) Verdict: Lacklustre sidestep Rating: When she was crowned Critics’ Choice winner at the Brits ten years ago, Ellie Goulding had a clear idea of herself. She was the girl next door … Read more
PAUL WELLER: On Sunset (Polydor) Rating: Even a musician as restless as Paul Weller sometimes feels the urge to return to the sounds that first inspired him. Since taking a leap into the unknown on 2008’s 22 Dreams, The Modfather has regularly wheeled away from the mainstream with detours into tango, free-form jazz and abstract … Read more
Guess who! An Australian Hollywood star thrills fans as she shares a throwback picture of herself from high school… so can YOU recognise who it is? By Alisha Buaya and Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:17 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 08:18 BST, 23 May 2020 She’s an Australian actress who has … Read more
Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud (Merge) Verdict: Candid pop from a rising star Rating: EOB Earth: (Polydor) Verdict: Sideman steps up in style Rating: Kati Crutchfield isn’t exactly a newcomer. The singer-songwriter — who performs under the alias Waxahatchee — has been building a cult following since releasing her debut album, American Weekend, eight years ago. But … Read more
THE STROKES: The New Abnormal (Columbia) Verdict: Back in the New York groove Rating: LAURA MARLING: Song For Our Daughter (Chrysalis) Verdict: Brilliantly crafted folk-pop Rating: When The Strokes thundered their way out of New York City’s indie clubs in the late 1990s, they blazed a trail for a new generation of guitar groups, kicking the … Read more
What do you do after a lavish dinner of deer tartar, steaming pork knuckle and dumplings, topped off with apple strudel, washed down with Austrian red wine and a parting shot of mountain firewater? Why, you wobble out into the darkness of the Austrian Alps, don a crash helmet, say ‘Danke’ to a grizzled man … Read more