Category: Music

(Epic/Syco)You might say love is a smidge overdone as a pop trope, yet somehow evergreen. The second Camila Cabello album, Romance, is giddy and frisky, but not to the point of nausea – thanks, mostly, to the Cuban-American superstar’s charisma and the…

A phenomenally successful singer-songwriter and social justice campaigner, or a preachy virtue-signaller? Ryan Bradley meets John LegendJohn Legend springs up from his mahogany grand piano in the high-ceilinged, light-drenched living room of his Hollyw…

(Impulse)Arriving just nine months after the London trio’s mould-breaking Trust in the Life Force, and recorded at the same time, there were fears this “companion piece” would prove a mere add-on. In reality The Afterlife has its own, distinct mood, of…

His American Idol audition went viral, Katy Perry wants to be his roadie, and now he’s touring his acclaimed debut albumPerforming an original track during your American Idol audition is a risky move, but things could not have gone better for Alejandro…

Electric Ballroom, LondonThe young US singer’s introspective tunes inspire devotion from fans, but her unshowy style is not best suited to the role of indie-rock frontwomanBedroom-pop star Clairo is a study in shy charm. On the second of two gigs in Lo…

A new series of Slow Burn re-examines the deaths of two of music’s biggest stars. ‘We still haven’t had closure,’ says its hostOn the night of 29 November 1994, Tupac Shakur arrived at a recording studio in New York. Having risen to stardom via his deb…

The artist appeared among Florida’s monied art fiends with a pristine alternate-reality trip – and a gloriously flawed DJ setThe art world has descended on Miami for Art Basel, the annual fair dedicated to proving that old idiom about a fool and his mo…

O2 Arena, LondonThis UK duo prove the best revenge is living well in a flawless gig that begins with a flash and ends with heart and soul‘I feel like everything has led up to this moment.” These are the solemn words of UK rapper Krept (real name: Casyo…

With his new pop project, Wolverhampton native Tom Aspaul is redefining what it means to be a Black Country artistThe Black Country, AKA the area of the West Midlands that incorporates the four boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton, d…

This week we’ve got swaggering sad-trap, an acoustic chart-rave cover, and some momentous Norwegian metal Continue reading…