Eddie Chacon: Sundown review | Alexis… It was hard not to notice a tone of amazement about the glowing reviews of Eddie Chacon’s debut solo album,…
U2 Songs of Surrender review | Alexis… U2 have always dealt in grand gestures. No other rock artists from the world of post-punk chased megastardom with…
Jpegmafia x Danny Brown: Scaring the Hoes review… There are umpteen ways to promote your forthcoming album, but the route taken by Danny Brown feels unique. This…
Slowthai: Ugly review | Alexis Petridis’s… As follow-ups to chart-topping albums go, Ugly begins in pretty uncompromising style. True, opener Yum commences…
Skrillex: Quest for Fire review | Alexis… It is nine years since Sonny Moore – AKA Skrillex – last released an album. His 2014 debut, Recess, opened with a…
Raye: My 21st Century Blues review | Alexis… Raye’s debut album begins in a nightclub, with a compere announcing the 25-year-old singer as the star attraction.…
Måneskin: Rush! review | Alexis Petridis’s… Has there been a more improbable pop phenomenon in recent years than the rise of Rome-based quartet Måneskin?…
Sam Smith: Gloria review | Alexis… A mainstream artist making noises about their forthcoming release being “the album I always wanted to make” is the…
Clavish: Rap Game Awful review | Alexis… There have been a variety of theories posited about the steady but inexorable rise of 23-year-old Cian Wright, from…
SZA: SOS review | Alexis Petridis’s album… Last week, SZA released the cover of her second album, SOS. A photo of her perched on a long diving board in the…