Jessie Ware – Superbloom
Building on the sumptuous disco stylings of her last two albums, this time the mirrorball - and the horniness - giddy right up
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Royal Ballet and Opera 2026/27 Season preview – Wagner takes centre stage in a richly cast new season
A new Parsifal and the conclusion of Kosky’s Ring anchor a richly cast season that places Wagner firmly at its heart, alongside a strong mix of new productions and revivals
Pictish Trail – Life Slime
As well as Johnny Lynch's usual mix of pastoral folk and glitchy electronica, there's real emotional heft to this work born of upheaval - and goo
Dean Murphy interview – Deutsche Oper Berlin, Figaro, and life beyond the ensemble
Dean Murphy, one of today’s most exciting young baritones, reflects on seven seasons at Deutsche Oper Berlin as he prepares to embark on a freelance career
Holly Humberstone – Cruel World
Flirting with polished pop sheen while remaining grounded in bedroom pop roots, this strikingly immediate album feels like a natural follow-up to her debut
Louise Alder / Huw Montague Rendall review – a triumphant opening to Leeds Song 2026
Soprano Louise Alder, baritone Huw Montague Rendall and pianist Joseph Middleton delight with Purcell, Britten, Schumann, Strauss, Mozart and others at the Howard Assembly Room in Leeds
Salome review – Regents Opera delivers an intimate Strauss at York Hall
Mark Ravenhill directs Eleanor Dennis in an in-the-round, 24-instrument orchestral reduction conducted by Ben Woodward, set in 1990s London
Melvins with Napalm Death – Savage Imperial Death March
The masters of the sludge-encrusted riff team up with the grindcore exponents. It's clear that everyone involved had a blast
London Soundtrack Festival review – David Arnold leads a dazzling British film music celebration | Ben Foster conducts the hand-picked London Soundtrack Festival Orchestra through three hours of British screen music, with soprano Kirsty McLean and saxophonist Martin Robertson among the stellar…
deary – Birding
The dreampop trio's ornithologically minded debut sports a clear aesthetic and sense of control, with echoes of shoegaze's storied soft-focus progenitors
Preview – Garsington Opera 2026: La traviata and Der Rosenkavalier lead summer season | Verdi’s masterpiece and a celebrated Der Rosenkavalier revival anchor the festival at Wormsley, alongside a new Monteverdi production from John Caird and Gerald Barry’s Wilde-inspired comedy, with soprano…
Vox Luminis review – Sebastiani and Steffani rarities at Wigmore Hall | The Belgian ensemble’s scrupulous musicianship, led by Jacob Lawrence’s rich Evangelist, brought high-Baroque zest to Steffani’s Stabat Mater, though Sebastiani’s liturgical Matthew Passion felt a touch dry in a concert setting
Arlo Parks – Ambiguous Desire
This blissfully atmospheric album opts for the polished beauty of the chillout room, where it makes a fine soundtrack to dancing away heartache
Thundercat - Distracted | The American musician serves up some audio comfort food with some stylistic progression
Sunn O))) – Sunn O)))
Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson's vast primordial compositions all but dissolve structure, leaving the evocation of feeling to celebrate a communion of man and the natural world
Reissues Roundup: Everything But The Girl, Scritti Politti, Paul Weller
This month's crate dig also features a 20th anniversary for a-ha, plus Tom Waits, The Charlatans, Natrus, Bill Withers and Smokey Robinson
Q&A: Michael Chance – Grange Festival director on opera, funding and tradition | The world-renowned countertenor discusses building The Grange Festival from scratch, balancing adventurous programming with audience expectations and why opera must engage emotionally to remain relevant in a changing…
Lauren Auder – Whole World As Vigil
This second album is a big step forward for one of the most exciting voices in contemporary experimental pop music
Tamerlano review - an innovative staging just a stone’s throw from Old Street | Excellent music making in the penultimate event in the 2026 London Handel Festival
The Turn of the Screw review – Britten’s ghost story grips at the Royal Opera House | Atmosphere and ambiguity are tightly controlled in the RBO’s new production of The Turn of the Screw, led by a standout central performance and playing of exceptional precision and vitality
Mogwai @ Royal Albert Hall | Scottish post-rock outfit offer another rampaging journey from sparseness to sonic annihilation as part of Robert Smith’s series of Teenage Cancer Trust shows
Rumours are true. Sometimes.
Raye - This Music May Contain Hope | A certain contender for end of the year lists, this is an album of rare scale and energy, one that's been designed to come back to time and time again
Robyn - Sexistential | The cherry on the cake on her first album in eight years is beats, riffs and production that don’t just usher you towards the dancefloor, they demand you meet them there
Flea - Honora | A fascinating, if sometimes flawed, labour of love from the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist
The New Pornographers - The Former Site Of | A welcome return from AC Newman's power-poppers, a band who deserve to be at the forefront of any Canadian indie music revival
The Passion of Mary Magdalene review – a whiff of the 1970s at the Barbican | Dunedin Consort are joined by soprano Anna Dennis and baritone Marcus Farnsworth for a world première of Tansy Davies’ latest work
