Kathryn Williams - Mystery Park | A worthy addition to an already remarkable discography that also makes a fine entry point for anyone new to her work

Neko Case – Neon Grey Midnight Green | After her home was destroyed by fire, her eighth album reasserts her unshakeable authority with songs of depth, detail and ambition

Cate Le Bon - Michelangelo Dying | Heartbreak is rarely as raw or bittersweet as it is on this brave, cathartic and uplifting piece of work

Cardi B - Am I The Drama? | The American rapper finally returns with a wide-ranging but spotty LP

The Sicilian Vespers review – musical brilliance and theatrical excess collide at Royal Ballet and Opera | Joyce El-Khoury and Quinn Kelsey deliver plenty of vocal fireworks, while Speranza Scappucci drives the score with authority in a visually overstuffed revival of Verdi’s grand French opera at…

Robert Plant - Saving Grace | A testament to the joy of making music, this is a true ensemble piece where every voice and every instrument serves the songs

Geese - Getting Killed | The Brooklyn quartet's third album brings a sense of unerring chaos to a work that is exciting, creative and wondrously strange

London Symphony Orchestra review – Antonio Pappano conducts Britten and Shostakovich | Janine Jansen delivers a gripping account of Britten’s Violin Concerto, and Antonio Pappano and the LSO bring power and precision to Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10

Monteverdi Choir review – Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Bach, Schubert and Mozart | The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique join forces for an evening of exemplary music making, crowned with a superb performance of Mozart’s Requiem

Quinn Kelsey interview – Hawaiian calm, Verdian steel | Returning to the Royal Ballet and Opera as Montfort in The Sicilian Vespers, Quinn Kelsey talks craft, language, balance and the long game ahead

Cardiacs - LSD | Evidence of what can be done in the face of adversity, the importance of their first album this century is more than its music

Robin Richards – Taproots | Debut solo album by Dutch Uncles man inventively blends influences while retaining its own distinctive path forward

La locandiera review – Bampton Classical Opera makes the case for Salieri’s genius at Smith Square Hall | A welcome opportunity to hear an opera by a still underrated composer on the bicentenary of his death

BBC Proms 2025: a brief retrospective | BBC Proms excels itself for the third year running

Múm – History Of Silence | Icelandic ensemble’s first album in 12 years sees them elegantly evolve their alluring, enchanting sound

The Divine Comedy - Rainy Sunday Afternoon | Neil Hannon's best album in years sports his characteristic wit and orchestral flourishes. But its personal subject matter elevates these songs to something greater

Reissues Spotlight: The ‘90s Are Having A Music Moment | Oasis have blockbustered the summer, but -of course - there was rather more to the decade that launched them

The Frank And Walters @ 229, London review: "Uniquely special" | Beloved Irish melodicists serve up a reminder of their many strengths in front of an adoring crowd in the capital

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop | Eighth album from disco-pop queen is a collection of cool, stylish floor-fillers that is  impossible to keep still to

Suede @ Royal Festival Hall, London | Brett Anderson and co celebrate new album Antidepressants with a blistering show, all electric energy and heightened power

The Last Night of the Proms 2025 review – conductor Elim Chan reigns supreme at the Royal Albert Hall | Quality and variety in abundance in the season’s swan song

Jens Lekman - Songs For Other People's Weddings | Swedish singer songwriter's latest album looks at love in all its myriad forms, and does so quite brilliantly

Sinfonia of London review – John Wilson directs the real last night at BBC Proms | Strauss, Bernstein and Ravel in a glorious love-themed programme, with guest violinist James Ehnes

Tosca review – a bold new Tosca opens the Royal Ballet and Opera season | Jakub Hrůša begins his tenure as the RBO’s new music director with an impassionately conducted, and scrupulously played performance of Puccini’s evergreen masterpiece

Darren Hayman And His Electric Guitars - Amazing Things | Former Hefner singer explores personal grief across a set of songs that often feel vibrant, celebratory and surprisingly upbeat

Crayola Lectern - Disasternoon | Third album from Chris Anderson's current musical project is a single organic piece of music that rises and falls like a pastoral landscape

Gruff Rhys - Dim Probs | Former Super Furry Animals man celebrates the Welsh language while taking in rich influences and instrumentation from countries far and wide

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra review – Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov at BBC Proms | BBCSSO and Delyana Lazarova are joined by cellist Anastasia Kobekina for a Russian programme with a hint of France

JADE - That's Showbiz Baby! | Debut solo album by Little Mix singer is packed with incident and a multitude of musical styles

David Byrne - Who Is The Sky? | Elder statesman of alternative music returns with an invigorating and often joyous addition to his discography

Arthur Bliss’ The Beatitudes – a post-war rarity at the BBC Proms | The BBC Singers, Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Chorus on top form at the Royal Albert Hall

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra review – Respighi, Milhaud and Vaughan Williams at BBC Proms | RPO and Vasily Petrenko are joined by violinist Arabella Steinbacher for visits to Rome, Rio (via Paris) and London

Chineke! and Jonathon Heyward at BBC Proms review – Coleridge-Taylor, Coleman, Lee and Shostakovich | Chineke! orchestra, under the baton of Jonathon Heyward present a mixed, but entirely successful programme with an international flavour

Blood Orange - Essex Honey | Dev Hynes translates themes of loss and grief into a compelling and ultimately uplifting musical whole

Classic Thriller Soundtracks review – suspense and swagger from BBC Concert Orchestra at BBC Proms | From Hitchcock classics and film noir to 1960s and 70s cop shows: BBC Concert Orchestra under Edwin Outwater are joined by vocalists Lance Ellington and Ashton Jones, siffleur Jona Pap, and cellist…

Faithless - Champion Sound | Most ambitious release yet from acclaimed dance outfit is an album of highs and lows, versatility and emotion, movement and stillness

Suede - Antidepressants | Brett Anderson and co go for broke on tenth album, unleashing eleven songs of resilience and rebellion that refuse to accept the status quo

Saint Etienne - International | Beloved trio sign off with a final album of impeccable pop sensibilities that leave the contrasting emotions of a lump in the throat and a smile on the face

SG Lewis - Anemoia | British producer revels in the past on his third studio album, all tasteful chords and structures

Saint Etienne interview - "I think our legacy is intact and that means more to me than anything" | Sarah Cracknell talks about Saint Etienne's final album and collaborations with pop music royalty past and present while reflecting on the band's history

Shame - Cutthroat | More eclectic than before and outgrowing easy categorisation, this is the sound of a band performing at the peak of their powers

Alexander’s Feast review – the Irish Baroque Orchestra and Chorus at the BBC Proms Enchanting vocal performances in the Royal Albert Hall.   There may be reasons why Handel’s Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75 does not enjoy as many outings as some of the composer’s other oratorios, but, given the obvious…

Jehnny Beth - You Heartbreaker, You | Ex-Savages singer's second solo album is coal black in tone and delivery and extends the legacy of her former band

Freddie De Tommaso interview – charting a meteoric rise through Puccini and Verdi | Ahead of his return to Covent Garden as Cavaradossi in Oliver Mears’ new Tosca, Freddie De Tommaso reflects on rapid success, repertoire choices and doing it his way

The Maccabees @ All Points East, London | Noughties icons and fresh talent combine to deliver the summer’s final curtain call at a dry and dusty Victoria Park

Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy @ Garage, London | The 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s Fables Of The Reconstruction is celebrated by an ensemble headed up by Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon

Le nozze di Figaro review – Glyndebourne brings its new production to the BBC Proms | Sublime singing and acting at the Royal Albert Hall

Guedra Guedra - MUTANT | Moroccan producer brings his exhilarating fusion of African sounds and intricate beats to a larger audience

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra review – Pärt, Dvořák and Sibelius at BBC Proms | Andris Nelsons directs the world’s longest established symphony orchestra for a tribute to Benjamin Britten, a much loved symphony, and a violin concerto with soloist Isabelle Faust

The Hives - The Hives Forever Forever The Hives | With humour, imagination, and an impeccable musicianship that few can rival, the Swedes remain riotously irrepressible