Tag: pop
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Vulfpeck live at the O2 review – panto funk collective have the key to your heart
Performing a vanishingly rare UK arena show, the lovable funk group offered plenty of light-hearted musical delights for a bouyant O2 crowd, even in the absence of founding member Theo Katzman.
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Indie pop rising star Leah Nawy on making it in New York, last minute sax solos, and leaning in to the distortion
A graduate of The New School and BerkleeNYC, Leah Nawy is now ready to make a splash in New York’s indie pop scene. She talks to Undertone about her dynamic new EP, and what it means to be in bloom.
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Olivia Rodrigo: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love review – seems pretty safe
On her third album, Rodrigo leaves behind the gutsy pop punk that made her such an intriguing A-league popstar, but this expertly paced new LP features one of the finest hit singles of 2026 and proves Rodrigo doesn’t need her heart broken to write great pop.
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The Lemon Twigs live at Brudenell Social Club review – they just don’t make pop like this any more
Playing to a packed room on a glorious May evening in Leeds, the Twigs seemed perfectly at ease on stage for this faultless set. The grand orchestration of their new album was necessarily dialed-back, but no bother: these are some of the best-written pop rock songs this side of 1970.
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Six of the best new albums to listen to in May 2026
The beautiful month of May is here, and with it a host of new music to enjoy.
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Searows live at Leeds Irish Centre review – minimalist atmospherics from indie folk’s new leading light
Searows’ beguiling new album provided the most compelling songs for this understated performance in Leeds. At his best, his broadly coastal-themed new songs sound windswept and epic. Other times, it’s more of a wishy-washy damp squib.
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Jessica Winter live at Headrow House review – life-affirming joy from a soon-to-be superstar
Unfazed by poor ticket sales, faulty lighting and a microphone mishap, on a rainy night in Leeds the Portsmouth upstart proved herself to be a hugely promising popstar. This show came packed with slick choreo, magnetic onstage charisma, versatile vocals – and a thrilling Undertone first…
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Parcels: LOVED review – playful pop from a band best served live
Existing fans of the renowned pop group will find a healthy offering of funky foot-tappers on Parcels’ light-hearted new album, which will no doubt be morphed into dazzling showstoppers for the band’s huge upcoming shows – it’s just a shame so little of their big-stage theatrics seeped through onto the record.
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‘Every bandmate is infusing their tastes into this album’: seven-strong pop collective Couch on their funky debut record
After years of virtual band meetings and drumming up buzz online, Couch look set to take over the world with a debut album sprawling 36-date tour. They spoke to Undertone about forming a band during the Covid years, their vulnerable new single, and the tricky task of making music with seven songwriters.
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Eurovision: Europe doesn’t hate the UK, they hate our rubbish songs
As country-pop trio Remember Monday commence their Eurovision campaign, it’s high time for the UK media to stop wallowing in self-pity and start accepting that the only thing holding us back is ourselves.
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Vulfpeck: Clarity of Cal review – at long last, a hit
After a string of increasingly unfunny joke albums, Jack Stratton and co get (a little) more serious on this latest collection of joyful funk-pop tunes. It ranks as one of Vulfpeck’s finest outings to date, even if they let it slip in the closing stages.
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Divorce: Drive to Goldenhammer review – endearing, open-hearted folk-rock
Framed around a quest to the fictional place of ‘Goldenhammer’, the Nottingham indie band’s impressive debut is packed with one gorgeous duet after another, plus a wealth of plaintive melodic earworms.
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