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Mdou Moctar  Funeral For Justice

The innovation it attempts, most of the time, falls flat on its face Spill Magazine

Dua Lipa  Radical Optimism

The British superstar has said her new album is influenced by Britpop, rave culture and Primal Scream, but you could go mad trying to find the evidence The Guardian

Dua Lipa  Radical Optimism

Unlike many of her pop peers, Dua Lipa doesn’t offer any diaristic glimpses into her private life The Independent

Dua Lipa  Radical Optimism

The disco style of ‘Future Nostalgia’ is resuscitated on the singer’s third record The FT

Kamasi Washington  Fearless Movement

The tenor saxophonist continues his musical exploration with an array of guests The FT

Dua Lipa  Radical Optimism

As Beyoncé ventures into country and Taylor Swift wallows in another break-up album, Lipa’s the star we need right now The Irish Times

Kamasi Washington  Fearless Movement

For his first album in six years, the most influential jazz musician of the 21st century offers an immense, multilayered work that could be described as the aural equivalent of Los Angeles The Irish Times

Mdou Moctar  Funeral For Justice

Repeated riffs, hand-clap percussion, explosive guitars and call-and-response vocals all combine to build an irresistible set The Arts Desk

Mdou Moctar  Funeral For Justice

Only relenting for the odd Tinariwen-esque chill moment (Takoba; Imajughen), this one's an amps-on-11 polemical masterpiece that warrants worldwide respect. Print edition only Mojo

Mdou Moctar  Funeral For Justice

Despite remarkable playing and energy that charges through much of this record, it’s also contemplative, varied and tender at times, with the gentle sway of tracks like “Takoba” hitting as hard as the noise and fury of “Sousoume Tamachek”. Print edition only Uncut

Mdou Moctar  Funeral For Justice

Moctar has refashioned a piece of my own musical history, now shiny and chrome. The grandeur is all-enveloping here; a minor epic built from a surfeit of dissident spirit and Van Halen fanaticism Exclaim

Mdou Moctar  Funeral For Justice

Funeral for Justice is the band’s most forceful album yet, tailor-made to melt minds at massive festivals Rolling Stone

The Lemon Twigs  A Dream Is All We Know

The singing is as smooth as the top of a kitten's head The Arts Desk

The Lemon Twigs  A Dream Is All We Know

The brotherly duo’s ambitious fifth studio album sees them perfect their rock’n’roll pastiche, with a hint at an even brighter future NME

The Lemon Twigs  A Dream Is All We Know

Flows seamlessly, with no snags disrupting its mellow mood-tapestry, right up until final track Rock On (Over And Over) throws us a curveball by actually glamming out, Bolan-style, as if to say, “Here’s what you thought we were about”. Superb Record Collector