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Will Cowie

A titanic record for all the wrong reasons

Will Cowie finds Gorillaz's Humanz to be soulless and robotic

Chuck Berry – “One of the greats”

Will Cowie pays tribute to the late Chuck Berry

Spotlight: DFO

Will Cowie on those three magic letters

Spotlight: Emily the Snake

Emily the Snake are a funky outfit full of potential, says Will Cowie

Coldplay: ‘Something Just Like Piss’

Will Cowie carefully pulls apart the new Coldplay single

Underground and boxed inside

Will Cowie on Boxed In’s concert at Village Underground

Spotlight: Bad Sounds

Will Cowie on new band of the week, Bad Sounds

Spotlight: Boxed In

Will Cowie finds a promising spark in Oli Bayston's melancholic melodies

Single of the week: Arcade Fire’s ‘I Give You Power’

Will Cowie remains unmoved by Arcade Fire's impassive anti-Trump release

Single of the week: Ed Sheeran’s ‘Castle on the Hill’

Will Cowie predicts big things for Ed Sheeran in 2017

The connoisseur’s guide to 2017 in music

Will Cowie looks ahead to what’s shaping up to be a year of unlikely pop music comebacks

Have faith! Why the church isn’t all bad

Will Cowie sheds light on the faith-inspired social justice groups that are keeping Christianity as relevant as ever