Danny Brown review: Sober, settled down, but somehow even wilder than before 4/5 Detroit rapper Danny Brown hits KOKO like a man with something to prove Evening Standard · Mar 23
From Prisoner to Puppet Master: Killer Orchestrated Jail Scheme for Drug Gangs A convicted murderer serving life sentences orchestrated a scheme from prison to help drug traffickers escape justice, exposing vulnerabilities in the UK legal system. International Business Times UK · Mar 17
The 50 best albums of 2025 Topped by Rosalía’s multilingual, ultra-ambitious Lux, here are the best albums of the year as voted for by 30 Guardian music writers The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2025
Die My Love to Rosalía’s Lux: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead Lynne Ramsay’s latest is a portrait of a relationship in decline, while the Spanish nu-flamenco star enlists a plethora of talent for her latest album The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2025
Danny Brown: Stardust review – hyperpop-rap powered up with post-rehab positivity The Detroit rapper feared his music would get dull after he went sober, but no-one could be bored by this guest-stuffed, chaotically swaggering new album The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2025
Add to playlist: the spiky, playful free jazz of Laura Ann Singh and the week’s best new tracks A rowdy debut departs from Singh’s American bolero work to revel in the chaos of atonal scrapes, cymbal splashes, wonky horns and raucous vocals The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025
“We lost our minds at various stages of this”: How the Avalanches gradually constructed the stunning follow-up to Since I Left You over 16 years Lifting the lid on the lost years, creative blocks and colossal sample-clearing process that resulted in the immaculate Wildflower MusicRadar · Oct 17, 2025
How this cute dog picture foiled an international drug gang French Bulldog Bob played his role in bringing down the £45m amphetamine smuggling operation The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025
Drug traffickers identified after sending dog photo ordered to pay £1 million Drug traffickers Stefan Baldauf, 64, and Philip Lawson, 63, have been ordered to pay more than £1 million. Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025
Knocked Loose, Alex G, Slowdive to headline Outbreak 2025, with Denzel Curry, Danny Brown, Deafheaven, Julie, Speed among supporting bill for Manchester weekender Outbreak festival announces typically bold and eclectic 2025 line-up Metal Hammer · Nov 26, 2024
“You don't have to try and act cool: just be yourself and that's cool as ****.” Watch Joey Valence & Brae's joyously nostalgic video for Packapunch featuring Danny Brown Joey Valence & Brae kick it old school with Danny Brown on the infectious Packapunch Louder · Jul 23, 2024
"I came out in that knight costume to God Save The Queen...The Queen died like a week later.” A conversation with Joey Valance & Brae, the duo finally bringing some fun back to hip hop We talk to the hip hop tag team bringing some much needed silly energy back to rap Louder · Jul 10, 2024
Increase in Black artists on Glasto bill reflects cultural shift After Lenny Henry’s 2022 criticism of lack of diversity, this year’s bill features Janelle Monáe, Danny Brown, Little Simz and more The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024
From Coldplay to KMRU: who to see at Glastonbury 2024 From A-list pop names such as SZA and Dua Lipa to rising stars and leftfield oddities, here’s who to try and catch at this year’s festival The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2024
The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2024 Danny Brown review – rap icon delivers each bar with purpose and poise Celebrating sobriety at 40, Brown animates the crowd with his energy, expressions and enunciated lines
Louder · May 15, 2024 A beginner's guide to Warp Records in five essential albums Plug yourself in to one of electronic music’s most consistently brilliant labels with our handy beginner's guide
The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2023 Music: Kitty Empire’s 10 best albums of 2023 It was a year of avant-rap, sex-positive R&B, polyrhythmic jazz and hyper-punk pop – plus Lana Del Rey’s glossy meditations on death and loss
MusicRadar · Dec 20, 2023 My favourite album of the year: MusicRadar’s writers name their top records of 2023 Here’s what we’ve been listening to most over the past 12 months
Louder · Dec 19, 2023 The 10 best hip-hop albums of 2023 2023 was another golden year for hip-hop, and here are the 10 essential albums you need to hear
The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023 Danny Brown review – a thrilling bounce back Revitalised after a spell in rehab, and touring two of the finest albums of the year, the maverick Detroit rapper revels in a set of high-energy, hardcore joy
The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2023 AP's top songs of 2023: 'On My Mama,' 'Flowers,' 'Monaco' and more It's that time of the year
The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2023 Danny Brown: Quaranta review – a hard stare in the mirror Recorded in the grip of addiction, the rapper’s sixth solo outing falls short of his recent album with Jpegmafia, yet there are bright, pithy moments
The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2023 From The Hunger Games to Cary Grant: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment The latest addition to the dystopian franchise arrives, while a biopic follows the early travails of the Bristol schoolboy who would be a Hollywood giant
The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2023 What to stream this week: Dolly Parton rocks out, 'The Crown' returns, 'Rustin' creates a march This week’s new entertainment releases include an album of rock songs by Dolly Parton, the first half of the final season of “The Crown” returns to Netflix and three dudes from “Saturday Night Live” get their first feature-film shot
The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2023 ‘I was really hard to work with’: rapper Danny Brown on reaching rock bottom – then beating addiction He’s one of the most distinctive voices in US music, but got lost in drink, drugs and depression. Brown explains why he poured his pain into new album Quaranta – and now dotes on his chihuahuas