The Invisible: Patience review – complex and brilliantly original pop
Following their 2012 album inspired by grief, Dave Okumu and band now deliver one steeped in joy, and full of ingenious details that only reveal themselves with multiple listens
Let’s Eat Grandma review – a singular, genre-blurring vision
Norwich’s otherworldly teenage friends veer between breathtakingly original… and too infantile for their own good
Let’s Eat Grandma review – frighteningly inventive duo rip up girl-group cliches
Best friends Jenny Hollingworth and Rosa Walton amp up the weird factor with their synth-laden glimpses into the darker sides of teenage life
Beth Orton review – husky murmurs and scuffed mementos
Orton may seem as reticent as ever, but her songs about motherhood show her voice maturing with arresting results
Olga Bell: Tempo review – spry melodies and restless rhythms
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Beth Orton: Kidsticks review – sunny side up with a shard of ice
Twenty years ago, Beth Orton’s breakthrough Trailer Park correctgently dripped tasteful electronics over folky confessionals. Her latest collection, created in California, dives fearlessly into deeper waters. Although dependent on repetition of small riffs, syllables and phrases, these 10 songs are … Continue reading
Flume: Skin review – guest-heavy dance with broad horizons
“Oh, great! Just what the world has been waiting for,” runs the cynical first response to this collaboration-heavy Australian dance package, “Disclosure from Down Under”. But while the multimillion Vevo views of F word-garnished electro power ballad Never Be Like … Continue reading
Gold Panda: Good Luck and Do Your Best review – warmly immersive electronica
It would be unfair compare Gold Panda to Caribou on the basis that they both make immersive, tender electronica, have at one point or another been signed to City Slang, and are named after cute mammals. But if the latter’s … Continue reading
Boys Noize: Mayday review – retro rave plays into the jaws of the EDM market
In 2007, Alex Ridha’s debut album as Boys Noize, Oi Oi Oi, encapsulated clubbing’s Ed Banger era of shouty beats and pedantic energy, bridging electro and techno with maximalist mortar and a tearaway spirit. Since then, Ridha hasn’t crossed over … Continue reading
Pantha du Prince: The Triad review – elevating and intricate
The German minimalist producer and stickler for a conceptual framework recently explained his ambition to “cut through the digital dust that surrounds us” with his new album, The Triad. Panther du Prince’s aim is to celebrate human interaction, jamming, even, … Continue reading
Anohni review – avant garde unveiling of a new incarnation
The singer has a tough new electronic sound and a lyrical ferocity aimed at the evils of the world – and revealed both in a show unafraid to challenge its audience
Jessy Lanza: Oh No review – wonky pop, peak danceability
When Canada’s Jessy Lanza debuted with 2013’s Pull My Hair Back, she was pigeonholed as one of the “future R&B” artists mixing up 90s sounds with new electronics. Understandably, she and co-producer/partner Jeremy Greenspan have made a run for it … Continue reading
Kygo: Cloud Nine review – tropical house by committee
Norwegian producer Kygo has accrued more than a billion streams on Spotify ahead of his debut LP, partly via irresistible banger Firestone – the urtext for tropical house. This success has secured a lobotomised brains trust of neo-MOR singers, weaving … Continue reading
Anohni: Hopelessness review – a radical album for a time of crisis
The singer formerly known as Antony Hegarty’s debut as Anohni exploits muscular electronica to tackle the tragedies of our age
James Blake: The Colour in Anything review – bleakly mesmerising
Related: James Blake: ‘I’m the opposite of punk. I’ve subdued a generation’ Stealth-released two weeks after his pivotal guest spot on Beyoncé’s Lemonade, The Colour in Anything finds James Blake consolidating an international reputation as digital music’s premier little boy … Continue reading