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Tame Impala's third studio album, Currents, turns ten on 17th July. Hugely influential to this day, it is an album that demonstrates Kevin Parker's songwriting and production brilliance: musicmusingsandsuch.com/musicmusingsan…

In this Spotlight: Revisited is Joy Crookes. Someone that I spotlighted in 2020, she has a new album, Juniper, out on 26th September. I return to this South London treasure whose debut album, Skin (2021), is still on my mind: musicmusingsandsuch.com/musicmusingsan…

In this new episode of our Kate Bush Fan Podcast, Darrell chats again with Paul Simmons of the design company Timorous Beasties about working with Kate creating designs for Before the Dawn and her recent illustrated vinyl editions! Listen here: katebushnews.com/2025/07/11/new…

This The Weekend Mix features new tracks from Olivia Dean, sigrid, Tyla, Wet Leg, Hot Chip, Sugababes, Jessica Winter and many more: open.spotify.com/playlist/3g2LU…

In the first of a twenty-feature run celebrating Kate Bush's Hounds of Love ahead of its fortieth anniversary on 16th September, I look inside John Carder Bush's mesmerising cover shot. In the photo are Bush's Weimaraners, Bonnie and Clyde: musicmusingsandsuch.com/musicmusingsan…

This Modern-Day Queens is focused on the brilliant Ela Minus. Her new album, DÍA, is one that everyone needs to hear. The New York-based artist is an essential and sensational voice in Electro-Pop: musicmusingsandsuch.com/musicmusingsan…

Having read a great recent piece by Andy Miller about Kate Bush, where he discusses the initials 'J.B.' etched into the run-out groove of Sat in Your Lap, it got me thinking about symbols, mysteries and minor characters in her work: musicmusingsandsuch.com/musicmusingsan…

Following the release of Cry Baby, there has been fresh focus the way of the incredible Freya Beer. An artist I have been following for years, I spotlight a major talent you need to know more about: musicmusingsandsuch.com/musicmusingsan…

Updating a feature I ran back in March, I predict the twelve albums that could compete for this year's Mercury Prize. The shortlist will be announced 10th September, ahead of the ceremony taking place on 26th October: musicmusingsandsuch.com/musicmusingsan… open.spotify.com/playlist/5WYya…

I was moved and affected after recently seeing Sophie Gilbert speak with Pandora Sykes for The Trouble Club about Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves. I write why it is among this year's most essential books: musicmusingsandsuch.com/musicmusingsan…

There are some great albums out next month that you need to pre-order (ft. cmat, Sabrina Carpenter, JEHNNY BETH, Reneé Rapp, Good Charlotte, Ethel Cain, Ciara, Nova Twins, The Beaches, Wolf Alice and more): musicmusingsandsuch.com/musicmusingsan…