Bella Todd

Jack White - Lazaretto
Time Out London
80

For an artist creating an increasingly difficult job for himself, White goes consistently easy on his listeners.

Smoke Fairies - Smoke Fairies
Time Out London
60
After coming close to breaking up, the rootsy duo return revitalised.
Josephine Foster - I'm a Dreamer
Time Out London
100
A quiet masterclass in songwriting that perfectly invokes old Americana.
عمر سليمان [Omar Souleyman] - Wenu Wenu
Time Out London
80
20 years into his career, the Syrian singer releases his studio debut – and it's addictive stuff.
ANOHNI and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
Time Out London
84

At the album’s heart is a valediction to the planet so sorrowfully sensual Hegarty seems to be clinging to Mother Nature’s fingertips like a lover.

The Killers - Day & Age
Time Out London
34
Lead-off single ‘Human’, which sounds like Shania Twain’s ‘You’re Still The One’ sung by a lobotomised Wayne Coyne and set to a bloated disco beat, is catchy enough. But if their pop is to be palatable rather than preposterous, The Killers really need to learn to lay off a little.
The Verve - Forth
Time Out London
50

Sadly, The Verve’s fourth album (the one they said they’d never make) finds the band musically adrift on one hugely inflated ego.

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June Playlist