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    Ludovic Hunter-Tilney

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    Ludovic Hunter-Tilney has been writing for the FT since 1998.

    In 2014 he won the London Press Club’s Arts Reviewer of the year award. He lives in London.

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    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
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      The Reytons: What’s Rock and Roll? — spirited indie revivalism

      The Yorkshire fourpiece resurrect the genre with jostling, lively songs

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      Best new album releases of the week
      Sam Smith throws musical caution to the wind on Gloria

      The singer has broken new ground, but their fourth album is less revelatory

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      The foursome’s new record offers plenty of fun, at least until the buzz wears off

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
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      The solo musician and Oscar-winning composer has made a fascinating album of instrumentals

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      The patriotic star embodies a push for success in the west, but can C-pop emulate the soft power of K-pop?

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      The 1975 give a house party with a very special guest

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      The Bristol-based singer-songwriter is fuller-sounding and less abrasive in her second album

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
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      Margo Price: Strays — off-piste country music with sharp lyricism

      The singer collaborates with Jeremy Ivey on an album of porous influences and guest stars

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
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    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
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      The celebrated record producer muses on what makes pop stars tick with grand but often frustrating statements

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
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      Vulfpeck: Schvitz — inventive musicianship and good humour

      The American foursome’s latest combines retro-funk and soul while putting a smile on listener’s faces

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      ReviewAlbums
      Iggy Pop: Every Loser — the rock wild man retains his allure

      The former Stooges singer circles back to the proto-punk racket he made 50 years ago

    • Friday, 30 December, 2022
      ReviewAlbums
      Adrian Sherwood Presents: Dub No Frontiers brings global female voices to dub music

      The producer is redressing the genre’s gender imbalance with guest stars from around the world

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      Lou Reed: Words & Music, May 1965 — an intriguing time capsule

      An early tape captures the young musician performing songs later recorded by The Velvet Underground

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      Life & Arts
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      Backstreet Boys and Cliff Richard duke it out for Christmas album dominance

      Old chestnuts get chintzy makeovers while Macy Gray and Chris Isaak also enter the festive fray

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      Novelty act LadBaby threaten to dominate again but there are signs of resistance

    • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
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      With ska-punk group The Specials, he laid the foundations for the multicultural sound of today’s UK charts

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      Our critic’s picks from the past year include the Arctic Monkeys, Kendrick Lamar, Angel Olsen and Sudan Archives, as well as a surprise entry with Richard Dawson

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      The Catalan star’s show exhilarated with its techno takes on traditional musical forms

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      Little Simz: No Thank You — surprise album secures rapper’s place at the top table

      The winner of this year’s Mercury Prize returns with skilful rhymes about record labels and racism

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    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
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      A Boogie Wit da Hoodie: Me vs Myself review — tough-guy rapper could do with more drama

      The New Yorker croons in autotune but ends up repeating himself

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