Music reviews, interviews and features from musicOMH's team of music writers

Album reviews, from musicOMH's team of music writers

Mar 12, 2025 · Instantly likeable songs that touch on communication issues, growing old and lessons of life, to be promoted by the Orange Juice lynchpin’s final UK tour As obvious as it may sound, a brush with death changes you. It makes you reassess things, and inevitably, informs your future movements. Which ...

2 days ago · Suspicion, resentment, flickers of hope, waves of disappointment: life for Playboi Carti fans has been tough since Whole Lotta Red propelled the Atlanta rapper to a kind of superstardom some four years ago. Rumours have abounded about his creative process, including alleged use of AI (which he denies) and various leaks of questionable provenance, as the Ye co-produced single 2024 gave the ...

6 days ago · Another reliably compelling missive from the rare talent that is Kristin Hersh. Kristin Hersh has been one of the most prolific, idiosyncratic voices in alternative rock for the last 40 years – and also one of the most influential, being a prime name in the East Coast scene in the mid-’80s that produced Pixies, amongst others.Whether it be …

Mar 11, 2025 · If all you knew about Courting were that they were four lads from Liverpool whose debut album was simply entitled Guitar Music, you may think you know what to expect. Straightforward rock music, possibly lauded by Noel Gallagher?Meat and potatoes guitar music with no frills and no surprises? If that’s the case, park your expectations by the door before you play Courting’s third album, Lust ...

Feb 14, 2025 · The last time we heard from Richard Dawson was 2022’s The Ruby Cord, a immersive, complex album set in a virtual reality future which concluded a trilogy that explored a range of social attitudes told from various individual perspectives over a period of thousands of years.The first track alone lasted for 40 minutes and the album as a whole was, in turns, abrasive, noodling and often heart ...

Mar 5, 2025 · The Walkmen may have reformed, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to be bereft of any of lead singer Hamilton Leithauser‘s solo material. For when the Brooklyn band went on an ‘extended hiatus’ back in 2013, it gave Leithauser the space to create four solo albums that were very different from his band, but equally rewarding.

Mar 7, 2025 · It’s official: Lady Gaga is back, and she’s brought the chaos with her. After a lacklustre detour through power ballads, jazz standards, and the mega-flop Joker sequel, her latest album is a reminder of the Gaga of old, while still fitting into today’s messy post-Brat pop climate.Mayhem is an awesome return to form, and to the sound that made her a star.

Already one of 2025’s best albums, at a time when trans people’s rights have never seemed more in danger, it’s one of its most important too Another of the trio’s explorations into ambient music, this immersive work conjures images of a city just before dawn rises, with the faint sound of ...