Review: Adrianne Lenker’s ‘songs / instrumentals’
Big Thief’s album covers — hazy, warm-eyed snapshots of earthy nostalgia — are a fitting prelude to their deeply intimate folk music gnarled among...
Review: Future Islands’ ‘As Long As You Are’
Originating from Baltimore, Future Islands were three albums into their acclaimed discography when they hit the mainstream in 2014 with their iconic Letterman performance...
Cherwell’s end of year music recommendations
It's been a testing year, but the music hasn't stopped. From impressive debuts to lockdown albums from well-established favourites, 2020 has seen its fair...
Review: Bring Me the Horizon’s ‘Post Humans: Survival Horror’ EP
In November 2019, frontman of Bring Me The Horizon, Oli Sykes, boldly claimed that the band were “not going to do an album again,...
Review: Kali Uchis’ ‘Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞’
As any even casual listener of Kali Uchis (born Karly-Marina Loaiza) will know, she has simply never dropped a bad song. And I’m not...
Review: Gorillaz’ ‘Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez’
2020 sees the release of the third Gorillaz album in four years. With previous efforts Humanz and The Now Now being somewhat lacklustre affairs,...
Review: Sufjan Stevens’ ‘The Ascension’
With access only to a drum machine and a computer, the rest of his instruments being in storage after moving, Sufjan Stevens’ September album...
Review: Idles’ ‘Ultra Mono’
Being a huge fan of Idles for the past few years, I was
dumfounded by the criticism that they have faced since the release of...
Review: Lil Peep’s ‘Hellboy’
TW: mental health and suicide
In 2016, Lil Peep’s Hellboy mixtape dropped on Soundcloud. In 2017, Lil Peep died of a drug overdose. The...
Six of the best: live albums
With the absence of ordinary gigs from our venues seeming certain to continue, our focus this week is on finding other ways to get...
Review: Mach-Hommy’s ‘Mach’s Hard Lemonade’
Mach’s music can be compared to stocks, which you invest in for a return on them.
Arcade Fire’s ‘Funeral’: an underappreciated album built for times like these
It is a fact of the universe that, in difficult times, people turn to music. It often seems somewhat counterintuitive that in states of...
Review: MIKE’s ‘Weight of the World’
A phenomenal work of abstract hip-hop; WOTW is sure to appear near the top of my year-end list.
Review: The Chicks’ ‘Gaslighter’
Fourteen years since their last album, and 17 since they were effectively shut out from the country music industry, The Chicks (formerly known as...
