Pillars of Influence: Five essentials that inspire Big Long Sun
The things that make the Brighton band tick.
New Music Archives: 04/2026
Friko – ‘Something Worth Waiting For’ album review: A step forward, sideways and backwards
Lacking that killer punch.
Big Long Sun – ‘love songs and spiritual recollections’ album review: Another rapid-fire expansion of a promising repertoire
A band that can seemingly do it all.
Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize – ‘Nine Inch Noize’ album review: A slice of Coachella merch and little more
Maybe you had to be there?
Fast Money Music – ‘Fast Money Music’ album review: Can copying the greats make you great?
A speed run of references.
Jessie Ware – ‘Superbloom’ album review: The victory lap for Ware’s disco era
Ware is still a tour de force.
Sofia Isella – ‘Something Is a Shell’ EP review: Stare straight at the ugly evil of the world
As intense and outright as it needs to be.
Introducing Güner Künier: Berlin’s synthpunk pugilist doing things her way
“My everyday fight that I have to fight…”
