Marianne Faithfull, AJ Tracey and more: May’s best album reviews
Read all the Guardian and Observer’s four- and five-star album reviews from the last month, spanning pop, classical and more
April 2021
Field Music: Flat White Moon review – cerebral crew soften their sharp edges
The Brewis brothers’s eighth album puts the emphasis on ease
January 2020
Field Music: Making a New World review – a concept stronger than the songs
Field Music: Making a New World review – war stories with disco-pop sensibilities
July 2019
School of Language: 45 review – taking on Trump with twisted indie-funk
Field Music’s David Brewis delivers a suite of deep, satirical and vitriolic songs about the US president
February 2019
Musicians on Mark Hollis: 'He found hooks in places I'm still trying to fathom'
Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, Charlotte Church, Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry and others on his songs, enigmatic spirit and musical vision
January 2019
You Tell Me: You Tell Me review – a bright new prog-folk friendship
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You Tell Me: You Tell Me review – eclectic delights and countless pleasures
Familiar forms bent into new shape sums up this appealingly innovative and approachable album
Field Music gigs to bring to life moment first world war ended
Sets for Imperial War Museum based on ‘sound ranging’ document of guns falling silent
February 2018
Field Music: Open Here review – grand masterclass in terrific tune-making
August 2016
The playlist
Field Music's playlist: Joni Mitchell, Donna Summer and more
The band’s Pete Brewis picks the tracks that stood out on Top of the Pops in his youth, and the underground rock that currently inspires him
February 2016
Field Music: Commontime review – funky, but with feeling
The Sunderland temper their usual spiky fare with post-fatherhood wistfulness on album No 6
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Field Music: Commontime review – infectious warmth from the critics' favourite indie duo
The Brewis brothers’ sixth album of intricate, thoughtful songs is worthy of all the praise they continue to attract
Album streams
Field Music: Commontime – exclusive album stream
Have a listen to the new Field Music LP ahead of its release and let us know your thoughts
December 2015
Watch Field Music's video for The Noisy Days Are Over
See the video for the Brewis brothers’ awkwardly funky first single from Commontime to find out if you agree with Prince’s endorsement
November 2015
Music blog
Purple prose: Field Music on their love of Prince
The prince of funk has tweeted Field Music’s new single. Here, the band’s David Brewis returns the compliment by picking his five favourite Prince songs
October 2015
The playlist
The playlist – indie: Savages, Field Music, Pumarosa and more
Today’s playlist features the premiere of Pumerosa’s joyous new video and indie music’s most modest supergroup, while Savages discover their more extreme side
July 2015
Listen up
Five albums to try this week: Omar Souleyman, Sleaford Mods and more
Stream new music from The Soil’s a cappella pop to Lamb of God’s blistering metal, and let us know what you’ll be listening to
November 2014
Paul Smith and Peter Brewis: Frozen by Sight review – peculiarly riveting
This intriguing Maxïmo Park/Field Music collaboration weaves the detail of everyday life into a subtle whole, writes Harriet Gibsone
August 2014
Listen up
Paul Smith and Peter Brewis - Barcelona (at Eye Level): premiere
Listen to a track from the collaborative album Frozen By Sight, created by Maximo Park and Field Music members
