Justin Bieber: Justice (EMI) Rating: Verdict: Ballads and bangers First Aid Kit: Who By Fire (Columbia) Rating: Verdict: Heartfelt Leonard Cohen tribute Ben Howard: Collections From The Whiteout (Island) Rating: Verdict: Enigmatic story-songs His sixth album, Justice, is prefaced with a statement about how the former teen idol wants to make music that will bring comfort … Read more
LANA DEL REY: Chemtrails Over The Country Club (Polydor) Rating: Verdict: Soaring skywards HAYLEY WILLIAMS: Flowers For Vases / Descansos (Atlantic) Rating: Verdict: Solo splendour NICK JONAS: Spaceman (Island) Rating: Verdict: Fails to lift off Lana Del Rey is often accused of sticking to a tried and trusted formula. There’s undoubtedly something compelling about her … Read more
‘Just trying to fit in’: Celeste Barber thrills fans as she mocks a model’s daring underboob swimsuit – after revealing desperate celebrities contact her begging to be parodied By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:40 GMT, 16 March 2021 | Updated: 21:40 GMT, 16 March 2021 Australian Instagram sensation Celeste Barber has built … Read more
TOM GRENNAN: Evering Road (Insanity) Verdict: On the right track Rating: LAKE STREET DIVE: Obviously (Nonesuch) Verdict: America’s best kept secret Rating: GILLIAN WELCH AND DAVID RAWLINGS: All The Good Times (Acony) Verdict: Grammy-worthy lockdown tunes Rating: There’s no better vehicle for a budding blue-eyed soul singer than a break-up record, and Tom Grennan ticks … Read more
ALICE COOPER: Detroit Stories (Earmusic) Rating: Verdict: Hometown glory WILLIE NELSON: That’s Life (Legacy) Rating: Verdict: Touching tribute to Ol’ Blue Eyes JULIEN BAKER: Little Oblivions (Matador) Rating: Verdict: Classy confessional pop He became famous for a stage show that features live snakes and guillotines dripping with fake blood. But underneath the theatrical horror, Alice … Read more
DAVID GRAY: Skellig (Laugh A Minute) Rating: Verdict: Windswept and dramatic SG LEWIS: Times (PMR) Rating: Verdict: Kitchen dance party EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS: Hunter And The Dog Star (Thirty Tigers) Rating: Verdict: Pop with bark and bite When David Gray topped the charts with his fourth album White Ladder two decades ago, he was … Read more
THE WEATHER STATION: Ignorance (Fat Possum) Verdict: Dispels the clouds Rating: BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD: For The First Time (Ninja Tune) Verdict: Roller-coaster debut Rating: THE BAND: Stage Fright (Capitol) Verdict: Rock standard revisited Rating: Tamara Lindeman was a promising actress before she turned seriously to music 12 years ago. Using the stage name Tamara Hope, … Read more
‘You’re the double of each other!’ Nicole Kidman’s sister Antonia thrills fans as she poses alongside lookalike daughter Lucia, 23, while gushing about her bond with her firstborn By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:12 GMT, 5 February 2021 | Updated: 04:22 GMT, 5 February 2021 Nicole Kidman’s sister Antonia is the proud … Read more
Foo Fighters: Medicine at Midnight (Roswell) Verdict: Just the tonic Rating: The Staves: Good Woman (Atlantic) Verdict: Striking sibling harmonies Rating: Joan as Police Woman: Live (Sweet Police) Verdict: Dreamy Brooklyn Soul Rating: Some artists have used the past year to try something different. Barry Gibb went country and Taylor Swift surprised her fans, and … Read more
Celeste: Not Your Muse (Polydor) Rating: Verdict: Rich and soulful Weezer: OK Human (Atlantic) Rating: Verdict: Homespun pop symphonies Arlo Parks: Collapsed In Sunbeams (Transgressive) Rating: Verdict: Dazzling debut This time last year Celeste Waite was on the brink of stardom. The singer from Saltdean, near Brighton, had just won the BRITs Rising Star award, … Read more