Alex Macpherson
Pistol Annies: Annie Up - review
Somewhere between a supergroup and a side project, Pistol Annies provide the country trio of Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley a space for straight talking, wise cracking and convention busting.
'Everything Is Choreography': The Knife Interviewed
The Knife's new live show has baffled, irritated and delighted audiences in equal measure.
Charli XCX - review
For most new young artists, carving out a niche tends to involve paring one's sound or persona down to its essence. For 20-year-old Charli XCX , though, the process of finding her voice seems to have involved piling ever more sounds and references into tCharli XCX - review
For most new young artists, carving out a niche tends to involve paring one's sound or persona down to its essence. For 20-year-old Charli XCX , though, the process of finding her voice seems to have involved piling ever more sounds and references into t
Kavey Musgraves: Same Trailer Different Park - review
(Mercury) Twenty-four-year-old Texan Kacey Musgraves has been hailed as part of a new wave of forthright female country singers; not since the emergence of Taylor Swift has there been as much buzz in the genre about a young artist's crossover potential.Coma: In Technicolor - review
(Kompakt) Cologne's Kompakt label has been bringing out the big guns in 2013 to celebrate its 20th anniversary, easily restaking its rare case for continued relevancy at what, in dance terms, is a virtually senescent age. The debut album from Marius Buba
Lil' Wayne: I Am Not a Human Being II - review
(Universal/Island) The title derives from Lil' Wayne's habit of describing himself as an alien in order to emphasise his separation from other rappers. Now that his skills have lain dormant for longer than his mid-00s imperial phase lasted - a time when
