Music Reviews

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Kate Molleson: The 'spotless' Mozart of King’s College Cambridge

"The Choir of King’s College Cambridge sample some of the best interpretations of Mozart’s original sketches"

Vampire Weekend

Malcolm Jack: Vampire Weekend's latest is bloody good

"Vampire Weekend’s songwriting is up there among the most agile at the commercial end of US indie"

Brandt Brauer Frick

Chris Cottingham takes a trip down the electronica highway

"On Brandt Brauer Frick's Miami, the classical instruments provide a counterpoint to the muscular synths and squelchy sound effects"

Laura Mvula

Malcolm Jack: The inspiring world of Laura Mvula

Malcolm Jack

"Laura Mvula utilises the modern studio’s full potential to craft Brian Wilson-esque roaming orchestral arrangements"

Tegan and Sara

Chris Cottingham gets swept away by some 1980s nostalgia

"Tegan and Sara Quin are so insanely upbeat it borders on deranged, but the feel-good vibe is irresistible"

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Malcolm Jack: Nick Cave's 21st century blues

"Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' 15th album feels raw, yet has an intimate, dramatic potency"

Foals

Malcolm Jack says: Cheer up! Indie is still vital

"Foals and Frightened Rabbit are floppy-haired young men skirting the mainstream with their own cultivated, dynamic takes on guitar music"

Biffy Clyro

Malcolm Jack on Biffy Clyro and I Am Kloot: Recognition due!

"I Am Kloot's latest is an understated joy to behold... whilst being one of Britain's biggest rock bands comes naturally to Biffy Clyro"

Solange

Malcolm Jack: Solange the hipster sister

"Solange is traversing into the realm of sensuous and very cool electro-pop - with help from Devonté Hynes"

Mark Bell aka LFO

LFO, XOYO, London EC2

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"LFO's live set was a strangely disjointed event - fierce but forgettable, intense but unfulfilling"

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