Insomnia 2018: Experimental electronic music in the Arctic Circle
Reviews
There’s no I in Brockhampton, the rap boy band whose collective chemistry fizzes on Saturation II
Berlin-era Bowie looms large over LCD Soundsystem’s spectacular American Dream
Arca review: Björk’s electronic architect finds his voice with an immaculate collection of grisly love songs
Drake More Life review: A welcome return to form for the yacht rap superstar
Migos are this generation’s Beatles, and C U L T U R E is their Revolver
T2 Trainspotting: A flawed nostalgia trip with a modern heartbeat
William Basinski’s A Shadow In Time is the tribute David Bowie deserves
We Got It From Here: The defiant, timely triumph of A Tribe Called Quest’s final album
Steve Hauschildt dreams of vintage IDM and ‘90s chill-out rooms on the exceptional Strands
Danny Brown hits a vicious new high on his psychedelic cocaine saga Atrocity Exhibition
Jenny Hval’s Blood Bitch review: An astounding avant-pop unravelling of menstruation myths
Nick Cave’s One More Time With Feeling is a heartbreaking portrait of unimaginable grief
Zomby’s Ultra deconstructs UK club history but never loses sight of the dancefloor
MJ Guider’s glacial Precious Systems is one of the year’s best albums
YG steps up his rap game and steps out of the shadow of DJ Mustard on the ferocious Still Brazy
We played Lil Wayne’s mobile skateboard game and learned that birds are your enemy
Lone’s Levitate brings rave nostalgia to a tipping point – is the comedown round the corner?
Ariana Grande and Fifth Harmony take Scandinavia’s mighty pop empires into battle
Autechre bury the post-club poseurs in the digital dirt with disorienting new album elseq 1-5
Chance The Rapper is on an ultralight beam on the gospel-influenced Coloring Book
Jessy Lanza outdoes herself (and everyone else) on the career defining Oh No
James Blake conquers the limits to his love on the sprawling and romantic The Colour In Anything
