It’s album spotlight time, where we dust an album from the last decade off the vinyl shelf and take a closer look at its brilliance. We’re kicking things off with British glam-rock band The Struts, and their stomping third album, Strange Days.

'The Grasmere Shows' tour is James McVey’s self-curated opportunity to step off the pop pedestal, and return to the grassroots music he’s been making since the start. Read the full interview with TOPNOTE’s Ella Faye Howcroft.

Ahead of his largest shows across the UK, Europe, and the US, TOPNOTE spoke to Leicester-born musician Martin Luke Brown to discuss ‘man oh man’ and how it feels to be heading back on the road.

What a month for new music! Read TOPNOTE’s top picks for releases August. Featuring new albums from Sombr, Wolf Alice and Dominic Fike, plus singles from Olivia Dean, Dodie and Chappell Roan.

As Wolf Alice step into The Clearing and onto the stage of a different calibre, we’re looking at just what makes this album so good. Sincere and self-assured, it’s as complex as the journey of defining yourself.

Sombr’s debut album is out. I Barely Know Her is a foray into young heartbreak, from an artist destined to become the voice of Gen Z. Read TOPNOTE's track by track review.

Journey through the ‘People Watching’ tracklist as we pair each song with its ‘man oh man’ counterpart, to uncover what these accidentally twinned albums from Sam Fender & Martin Luke Brown suggest, and ask, about modern masculinity.