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Small Changes
Michael Kiwanuka
Although the arrangements include elements (strings, massed voices) that usually indicate epic aspirations painted on the widest possible canvas, the album utilises these ingredients sparingly. The default setting here is, well, smaller, and certainly more lowkey and intimate, than the psychedelically tinged orchestrations of 2019's masterful Kiwanuka. Throughout Small Changes, the focus remains unstintingly on the singer - and most of all the songs....
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From Zero
Linkin Park
Compact and intense, the band’s first album since the death of Chester Bennington is a powerful tribute to their legacy Oasis may have sold out stadiums, but for many music fans there's an even bigger comeback this year: Linkin Park have returned, breaking a seven-year hiatus which followed the 2017 suicide of co-frontman Chester Bennington. Their comeback single The Emptiness Machine entered the UK singles chart at Number 4 in September –...
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Come Ahead
Primal Scream
Bobby Gillespie and co’s first album in eight years offsets brittle plastic funk and syrupy ballads with meaty riffs and disco beats There's a lot to be said for consistency, especially in a genre with as fickle fans as Ye Olde Rock and Roll. Thankfully, Primal Scream have been one of the most consistent, and consistently exciting rock bands of the past 40 years. They have a couple of truly outstanding albums (Screamadelica and XTRMNTR), a handful...
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Our Girl
Soph Nathan’s second album is proof positive that The Big Moon have actually had two excellent songwriters in their ranks for some time If you’re a fan of London four-piece The Big Moon, you’ll probably already be aware of Soph Nathan, the lead guitarist of that band. But because songwriting duties in The Big Moon are taken care of by lead singer Juliette Jackson, Our Girl has been the outlet for Nathan’s own creative endeavours....
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