Album Reviews

Kesha – ‘Period’ review: a classic combo of sass, sex and spirituality

Spectacular serves sit alongside catharsis and contemplation on the pop star’s first release on her own label, Kesha Records

Kae Tempest – ‘Self Titled’ review: an inspiring reflection on identity and self-discovery

The award-winning poet and rapper's fifth studio album is a beefy, self-assured celebration of newfound identity

Isabella Lovestory – ‘Vanity’ review: neo-perreo’s freakiest sweetheart goes pop princess

The Honduran star dials up the glitz on her second album, flirting with fashion, fantasy and femininity

Bktherula – ‘Lucy’ review: a beam of light splicing through hyperactive synth chaos

Channelling chaos and clarity, the Atlanta alt-rap disruptor aims for transcendence on what feels like her first real album

Lorde – ‘Virgin’ review: the inquisitive artist strips herself bare

The New Zealand pop star chips away to reveal her purest self on her fourth album

Benson Boone – ‘American Heart’ review: a front flip to the middle of the road

The boy wonder’s second album is more distinctive than its predecessor, but still overly familiar and blocked up by gooey ballads

Loyle Carner – ‘Hopefully!’ review: a masterful balance of melancholy and perseverance

On album four, the British-Guyanese rapper broadens his horizons, captures the complexities of adulthood, and enters an enlightened new chapter

Haim – ‘I Quit’ review: quieter but no less revelatory

The sisters’ fourth album is set at a crossroads in the grieving process. But it never dwells on despair

ILLIT – ‘Bomb’ EP review: building upon a tried and true formula

A year on from their breakout debut, the K-pop girl group are doubling down on the blueprint that’s worked for them so far – but with a few new twists

OneFour – ‘Look At Me Now’ review: more than a drill album

The Aussie quartet’s debut is both a celebration and a defiant statement that ensures you can’t write them out of drill’s global story