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Charli XCX
Music, Fashion, Film
In just two years, Charli XCX has moved on from Brat to make an album that delivers exactly what its title promises: Music, Fashion, Film. The only question is whether everyone else is ready to move on with her
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Robyn Hitchcock
The Confuser
The songs deliver flashes of Lennonesque pop power alongside Hitchcock’s ever-present, ebullient whimsy. Across the album, he draws on his well-honed gifts as a songwriter while still showing a willingness to move outside his usual orbit
XS Noize
Robyn Hitchcock
The Confuser
For longtime fans, it should feel like a welcome reaffirmation; for newcomers, it’s a vivid introduction to a songwriter whose oddball vision remains, thankfully, very much alive
God Is In The TV
Robyn Hitchcock
The Confuser
This is the work of a legitimately great vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter who hasn't fallen into a rut or lost the plot, and he and The Confuser are a joy to behold
All Music
Robyn Hitchcock
The Confuser
Hitchcock is still at the peak of his powers, nearly sixty years on from The Soft Boys. ‘The Confuser’ is a testament to that, with each song bemusing and mystifying in their own unique way
Clash
Robyn Hitchcock
The Confuser
If The Confuser's Fab-Macca-goes-pub-rock thing will irk some, true believers will delight at its resolutely sunny take on death and decline. Print edition only
Mojo
Robyn Hitchcock
The Confuser
It's excellent, full of psychedelic songs that spiral off into kaleidoscopic directions, courtesy of full-band arrangements and some very special guests. Print edition only
Record Collector
Robyn Hitchcock
The Confuser
A preppy blast of garage-pop that could have followed 1980's Underwater Moonlight. Print edition only
Uncut
The Strokes
Reality Awaits
Though Is This It and The New Abnormal were frequently worlds apart musically, they both had a spirit that, sadly, isn't always present here. At once overdone and undercooked, Reality Awaits often embodies its feelings of frustration and dissatisfaction all too well
All Music
Genesis Owusu
Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge
Over three distinctive releases, Owusu has proven he can play in almost any arena, and Redstar Wu is his finest hour yet
All Music
The Strokes
Reality Awaits
Allying the crackpot strangeness of Julian Casablancas’ side projects with his band’s gift for pop minimalism, the New Yorkers are on playful, joyous form
The Guardian
Charli XCX
Music, Fashion, Film
What must it be like to be Charli XCX in a post-Brat universe? The singer tells you all about it on this engaging, spirited LP
The Irish Times
Shania Twain
Little Miss Twain
With guests including Tanya Tucker, T Bone Burnett, and Josh Homme, the country star’s seventh album trades the pop sheen of recent releases for rootsy, candidly autobiographical songwriting
Pitchfork
The Strokes
Reality Awaits
New York outfit's seventh album sums up the band themselves - sometimes brilliant, often frustrating, but always worth listening to
musicOMH
Charli XCX
Music, Fashion, Film
‘Music, Fashion, Film’ isn’t about to inspire a No One Lasts Forever Autumn: its unsettling brilliance is there to be savoured in quiet privacy, not under the bright lights of a club. All the same, it really is brilliant, and it deserves a very different kind of attention from its artist’s previous output
Clash
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