The best albums of 2026 so far From Thundercat’s all-star funk to Kacey Musgraves’ hymns to solitude, we look at some of our favourite music of the last six months from across the pop spectrum The Guardian - UK · Jun 9
Mabe Fratti and Bill Orcutt: Almost Waking review – cellist and guitarist unite for tender harmonies and torrid tangles The Guatemalan newcomer and US veteran find striking common ground on an intimate collaboration full of agitation, complexity and uncanny chemistry The Guardian - UK · May 22
‘It was an exorcism’: how heartbreak, queer rebirth and finding love over Only Connect shaped Wendy Eisenberg’s stunning new album The guitarist made their name on dazzlingly knotty musicianship and collaboration with the likes of Bill Orcutt. So their new album is their most surprising: a startlingly beautiful reflection of love and self-acceptance The Guardian - UK · Mar 31
Add to playlist: the dadaist cubist racket of Angine de Poitrine and the week’s best new tracks This hyped anonymous duo match the oddness of their costumes with shredding metal, microtonal flourishes and Dalek-style vocals The Guardian - UK · Mar 13
"This record shouldn’t, strictly speaking, be possible at all”: Here's Autechre – reinterpreted on acoustic guitar Shane Parish is releasing a whole covers album MusicRadar · Dec 8, 2025
“I narrowed it down to the bare essentials and found that three strings were all I needed”: 10 guitarists who played with missing strings on purpose… and the weird reasons why Forget six strings: for some guitarists, all you need is one… Guitar World · May 13, 2024
On my radar: David Shrigley’s cultural highlights The darkly comic artist on being starstruck by Pavement, dining mid-river and a football team he can really get behind The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2022