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Yard Act  You're Gonna Need A Little Music

At its peak, the album is great, their best work, but at its weaker spots it still sounds lost. Print edition only Uncut

Yard Act  You're Gonna Need A Little Music

The results show in the record's textured details and fizzing chemistry, the sound of a band thrilled to be playing together. Print edition only Record Collector

Yard Act  You're Gonna Need A Little Music

Sure, ‘Cherophobe Rock’ slaps, and ‘Thrill Of The Chase’ is a belter, and ‘Janey Said’ is Yard Act at its sarky, solipsistic best. But all too often here, the band loses sight of what makes them special. The Act is wearing thin Clash

Yard Act  You're Gonna Need A Little Music

The Leeds four-piece go gnarly-abrasive on an album where you're never sure what's round the corner. And they haven't forgotten how to write pop hooks musicOMH

Jack White  Frozen Charlotte

Combines high-quality rock and roll songwriting with contemplative, in places borderline ominous lyrics, creating a febrile atmosphere throughout thirteen tracks that are rewarded by repeat listens; a fine entry to the canon of one of analogue music’s flag bearers No Ripcord

Kelela  new avatar

Weaving psych rock and shoegaze textures into her mellifluous R&B ethos, Kelela’s new album turns to guitars at a moment fraught with social and emotional tension Pitchfork

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom  ? of When

The duo’s latest collaborative album is spacious and open-hearted and surprising: a set of patiently constructed terrariums you have to walk around in to fully experience Rolling Stone

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom  ? of When

What feels missing from Panda Bear’s new LP is a greater willingness to let carefully chosen timbres lead to equally adventurous harmonic or structural destinations PopMatters

The Rolling Stones  Foreign Tongues

Foreign Tongues may please some Rolling Stones fans, as the individual members share inspired moments. One can hear their earnestness and desire to please PopMatters

Madonna  Confessions II

In creating a sequel to a revival album, Madonna’s Confessions II reinforces the notion that the best we can hope for from our pop matriarchs is nostalgia PopMatters

Beth Orton  The Ground Above

Making The Ground Above may have been therapeutic for the folktronica artist, but it is not redemptive, and Beth Orton knows it PopMatters

Jack White  Frozen Charlotte

White’s eighth solo album documents perpetual disorder, challenged connections, and idealism under siege. It’s also a kickass rock record Rolling Stone

The Rolling Stones  Foreign Tongues

The legends of rock'n'roll balance politics and playfulness on their best record in decades The Skinny

The Rolling Stones  Foreign Tongues

Along with their last album, 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, it’s proof that the Stones intend to keep rocking until the end. Reportedly, they’re still working on new music and planning live dates…we shall see God Is In The TV

Kelela  new avatar

Kelela shifts her focus to the emotional labour of exhausting romantic relationships Hot Press