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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Well-layered textures and attractive vocals from an array of guests dominate the electronic duo’s fourth record
The singer-songwriter’s latest record focuses less on role playing and more on exploring extreme states of mind
Eleventh album shows her style evolving in 16 songs that range from charmingly cheesy to moodily melodramatic
The grunge band launch themselves into their latest record with wholehearted, full-throated commitment
All-star line-up of rappers declare war on Drake in ‘We Don’t Trust You’ and ‘We Still Don’t Trust You’
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Frontwoman Lily Fontaine sings witty lyrics in unpredictably different ways
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Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson join the singer’s posse for a record ranging from hoedown to psychedelic rock
Wearyingly trite production portrays the late singer as a saintly perfectionist
Break-ups reoccur throughout the songs, but they lack the vim of the record’s hit single
This deeply personal record was made after the Belgian musician’s first visit to his mother’s native Hong Kong
The French electronic duo performed their 1998 hit impeccably and in its entirety at the London Coliseum
The electronic musician’s 12th album is relaxed, warm and gently mind-expanding
Tracks switch from horror-movie atmospherics to computerised jingles — and can be oddly catchy
The singer staked out a space between folk, US roots music and hard rock — and threw in a few Led Zeppelin favourites
At his peak, the maverick promoter owned some of London’s best-known venues and was involved in its most famous festivals
That’s not forgetting disco, orchestra and choir — on the Leeds band’s second album, sound is pushed to its limits
There are some nice lyrical touches as the Texas-raised singer takes stock in her sixth album
Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and drummer Tom Skinner delivered shape-shifting music at the Hammersmith Apollo
The singer’s latest is an apparently impulsive release recorded following her divorce
Former Sonic Youth bassist takes aim at consumerism and masculinity against a barrage of imposing beats
Squealing sax and yowls give way to solemn songs in this self-titled album
Unhurried tracks about filling time coast along in the indie singer-songwriter’s fifth album
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