Lahai review | Sampha soars from a bird’s-eye-view
★★★★★ Sampha's Lahai is another work of art, a hand-built universe of clocks, birds and spaceships, as Sampha seeks out the meaning of life.
★★★★★ Sampha's Lahai is another work of art, a hand-built universe of clocks, birds and spaceships, as Sampha seeks out the meaning of life.
★★★☆☆
Lana Del Rey certainly made her return to Worthy Farm last night with a spectacle. Nine years on from her first Glastonbury performance in 2014 and with her UK shows scarce, the singer, born Lizzy Grant, delivered an intense and confusing hour-long set, writes Millie O’Brien.
★★★★☆
Pop sensation and all-round powerhouse Amaarae has returned with her second studio album Fountain Baby. With the title alone signalling fluidity, the neatly-packaged fourteen tracks refuse boundaries, fusing the singer’s Ghanaian and American nomadic roots to create a genre-blending pop masterpiece.
★★★★☆
Summer Walker offers the second part of her Clear project with Clear 2: Soft Life – an emotionally weighty nine-track project that enlists the work of J. Cole and Childish Gambino.
With fast-rising RnB trio FLO currently amid their North American tour, we speak to Amy Bowerman, the creative director for the tour, which kicked-off with a sold-out, smash-hit of a show at HERE at Outernet.
★★★☆☆
Neo-soul pioneer Daniel Caesar has returned after a four year hiatus with his highly-anticipated third studio album Never Enough. Whilst there are many undoubted Caesar classics, the project as a whole lacks consistency. Read our review.
★★★★☆ Electric Brixton welcomed Biig Piig with open arms last night, as the biiggest piiglets filled up the sold-out, 1500-capacity venue.
★★★★☆
Yves Tumor is back with their fifth studio album Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds). As a polished second part to 2020’s critically acclaimed Heaven To A Tortured Mind, these 12 tracks indulge in the zeitgeist of experimental, gothic grunge and pure punk, further defining the Yves Tumor trademark.
Endearing indie-folk sensation Billie Marten is back with her harmonious fourth studio album Drop Cherries next month, with the track’s latest single ‘I Can’t Get My Head Around You’ out today.
★★★★☆
Kali Uchis is officially back with her glossy third studio album, Red Moon In Venus. The project sees the Columbian-American powerhouse effortlessly soaring through her signature colourful soul, RnB, and funk-heavy sounds explored on her previous two experimental albums, Isolation and Sin Miedo.
S Club 7 aren’t the only noughties act to recently announce a comeback, but follow in the footsteps of Sugababes, N-Dubz and more. Millie O’Brien explores the proliferation of these recent reunions and how they’re riding the wave of a Y2K revival.
It’s awards season, and we all know what that means: speechmaking blunders and much-maligned moments onstage. Millie O’Brien explores a recent history of music awards acceptance speeches.