Album Reviews

Rich The Kid and YoungBoy Never Broke Again – ‘Nobody Safe’ review: basic raps and dated trap

This unexpected record's biggest surprise is its mediocrity

PVA – ‘Toner’ EP review: no-nonsense beats and imperious ambition from the dancefloors of south London

Despite a derailed year, PVA push forward with a debut EP custom-built for sweaty raves in some of the capital's darkest rooms

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – ‘K.G.’ review: psych-rockers start to repeat themselves

They've never made the same record twice... until now

Phoebe Bridgers – ‘Copycat Killer’ EP review: glorious strings send ‘Punisher’ songs skyward

Choice cuts from one of the best albums of 2020 are given a stunning makeover

Kali Uchis – ‘Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞’ review: a divine, boundary busting second album

On her second album – and first Spanish release – the Colombian-American star reinforces the fact pop doesn't have to be in English to be worth your time

2 Chainz – ‘So Help Me God!’ review: countless killer punchlines, but not quite a K-O

The rapper sounds, as ever, like he's having a blast here – though he loses steam midway through

The Cribs – ‘Night Network’ review: indie heroes return with their best album in a decade

The Wakefield brothers have emerged through times reinvigorated and back at their strongest

The HeavyTrackerz – ‘TRKRZ FM’ review: a concentrated capsule of Black British excellence

The London duo veer away from their grime roots to take the temperature of UK rap

Marika Hackman – ‘Covers’ review: soothing familiarity with the excitement of the new

A lockdown exercise offers intimate and inventive new takes on some familiar favourites

Paris Jackson – ‘Wilted’ review: enthralling, inconsistent and, at times, excellent

Just as Taylor Swift enlisted indie heroes for 'Folklore', the pop progeny roped in Manchester Orchestra for her debut