Stephen Ong

Track Review: Alphabet City and Space Invader // The National Just four months after their latest full-length LP, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, The National have […]

On the long-awaited follow up to 2017’s CTRL, SZA continues to explore herself as a multifaceted character, embodying what it means to be a woman today.

CTRL remains a cultural touchstone for an entire g […]

The circumstances ahead of Arcade Fire’s night at the O2 could not have been darker, with allegations of sexual misconduct on the band’s lead singer, Win Butler, and news of the Queen’s death filtering in befor […]

“I know you’re back” are the opening words of Alvvays’ first song since 2017’s Antisocialites, before a roar of guitar noise buries singer Molly Rankin’s vocals. With their new album Blue Rev slated for an Octo […]

Buried under the lovelorn sheen of Harry Styles’ music runs a central crisis: identity. From his “long hair don’t care” boyband days to the “do you know who you are?” tagline accompanying Fine Line’s lead […]

“It’s a little bit magic,” sings lead singer Adrianne Lenker on the title track of their brand-new album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You. The glistening folk music of the title track, complete with […]

On Tuesday, Pavement announced a reissue of their final album, Terror Twilight, which would remaster the original record and include a further 28 unreleased songs. As a preview, Pavement shared the unreleased […]

Two years after releasing their comeback single ‘Tokyo Drifting’, Glass Animals played a triumphant tour of their home country in promotion of Dreamland, their most successful album yet. At London’s Alexa […]

Beach House’s Once Twice Melody: Chapter One is their first release since 2018, marking the first chapter of their latest album. In the three years since their last record 7, Beach House have gone from indie d […]

While 1966 is best remembered for England’s World Cup victory, it was the year music began to take an introspective turn. Though overshadowed by the music of the Summer of Love the year after, it was in ’66 tha […]

Pressure Machine is the sequel to The Killers’ return-to-form, Imploding the Mirage, bookending a year in the pandemic. However, Pressure Machine feels more like a sister album than anything, filling in the g […]