Rock en Seine Sets the Bar High for Music Festivals
The 20th edition of France’s famed Rock en Seine sees ever-growing crowds, impressive performances, and an atmosphere to rival the highest of highs.
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The 30 Best Rock Albums of 2023
As always, rock was a guitar-led extravaganza in 2023 with artists drawing from an ever-widening musical well. These are the 25 best rock albums of the year.
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Hip-Hop Matters: The Best Hip-Hop of February 2023
February’s best hip-hop projects feature angular experiments, tranquil vibes, a returning legend, and boundaries being blurred.
Young Fathers Are Back and Getting ‘Heavy Heavy’
Young Fathers declare their awareness of what’s going on but take it a step further. Heavy Heavy urges the audience to do the heavy lifting and “have fun”.
The 80 Best Albums of 2015
Travel back five years ago when the release calendar was rife with stellar albums. 2015 offered such an embarrassment of musical riches, that we selected 80 albums as best of the year.
The 70 Best Albums of 2018
From forward-looking electronic and experimental to new approaches in the ever-evolving R&B scene, from hip-hop and punk to rock and pop, 2018 bestowed an embarrassment of musical riches upon us.
The 60 Best Songs of 2018
The year in song reflected the state of the world around us. Here are the 60 songs that spoke to us this year.
Young Fathers Do It Their Way on Best Album Yet, ‘Cocoa Sugar’
Cocoa Sugar is an album that retains an enigmatic quality. Provocative when it needs to be, it steers well clear of addressing current world issues explicitly. This album will resonate for years to come.
Young Fathers Create a Powerful Ballad and Dance Track with “In My View” (Singles Going Steady)
With "In My View", trio Young Fathers performs a masterful balancing act, turning a powerful ballad into a lightly banging dance track and back again.
Young Fathers: TAPE 1 and TAPE 2 (Reissue)
The reissue of Young Fathers' TAPE 1 and TAPE 2 shows the Scottish group's early promise.
Massive Attack / Young Fathers – “Voodoo in My Blood”
"Voodoo in My Blood" is a trip-hop New Orleans funeral parade with the casket open, brimming with incantatory rhymes and death-hymn melodies.
Massive Attack: Ritual Spirit
Massive Attack primes the trip-hop pump with a compelling, bite-sized EP.