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Greatest hits: album reviews

Plus, recent releases from Scottish indie darlings Franz Ferdinand and Simple Minds

Rock group Marmozets’ new album is a riotous triumph

Plus, recent releases from Scottish indie darlings Franz Ferdinand and Simple Minds

14 Feb 2018

Younger Now by Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus delivers generic sixth album devoid of personality

5 Oct 2017

V by The Horrors

The Horrors’ fifth album continues to confound the doubters

27 Sep 2017

Ununiform by Tricky

Tricky tussles with happiness on 13th album, Ununiform

28 Sep 2017

Morningside by Fazerdaze

Morningside by Fazerdaze, an intimate, dreamy debut album

29 Sep 2017

album - Vianney

Vianney to bring his honey-soaked tones to Hong Kong

25 Sep 2017

Dialogues by Motorama

Motorama expand coldwave sounds on fourth album Dialogues

15 Sep 2017

Villains by Queens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age team up with Mark Ronson for seventh album

1 Sep 2017

Diiv Is the Is Are

Indie rockers Diiv delve deep into addiction for Is the Is are

2 Sep 2017

The many-splendoured thing inspires the debut disc by the princes of West Coast R&B, a slick and dreamy affair that will divide as much as it unites

LANY, on their way to Hong Kong, plough the love song furrow

4 Aug 2017

Ahead of their Kwun Tong gig next weekend, the mainland rappers show off their fresh and contemporary take on hip-hop.

Chengdu rap crew Higher Brothers show off their rhymes

2 Feb 2018

The London duo, who play Kitec on Friday, have broadened their jubilant sound with a dash of hip-hop.

Alt-pop outfit Oh Wonder’s second album is full of hooks

28 Jul 2017

The Tracy Lords are welcome addition to hardcore scene

21 Jul 2017

Electric Asia Vol 1 is heavily under Hong Kong’s influence

13 Jul 2017

Hong Kong ska-punk band Bulletproof deliver politically charged debut album

30 Jun 2017

Hong Kong metal outfit Dagger get straight to the point

22 Jun 2017

Review: Lorde’s Melodrama sounds like the future of music

16 Jun 2017

Korean indie darlings Hyukoh reveal maturity on debut LP

19 Jun 2017

Review: new Katy Perry album Witness takes a stand, doesn’t deliver

9 Jun 2017

Born of Osiris, older and wiser, revisit their first release

9 Jun 2017

Former One Direction puppet’s attempt to go legit is not a complete failure. Who knew?

Harry Styles gives credibility a stab with self-titled album

2 Jun 2017

The Argentinian folktronic composer uses her expressive vocals to super spooky effect

Juana Molina’s seventh album her darkest and most beautiful

5 Jun 2017

Former Lemonheads frontman is bringing his jangly pop antics to Hong Kong

Evan Dando Baby I’m Bored reissue: heartfelt country rock

1 Jun 2017

The incendiary post-hardcore outfit from Texas still bludgeon the senses, mixing venomous vocals and razor-sharp guitar

At the Drive-In still burn on first studio album in 17 years

25 May 2017

Feist’s stripped-back sound highlights her soulfulness

25 May 2017

Sting returns to rock roots, but boredom is inescapable

26 May 2017

British Sea Power walk the line between cult act and stardom

18 May 2017

Gorillaz soundtrack the party at the end of the world

19 May 2017

US trio Low will wow Hong Kong – if they’re allowed to perform

19 May 2017