Hurts: Surrender review – synth pop that's just not good enough
There was a whiff of subversion to Hurts’ early material, but now they just sound like any old bombastic chart-pop pedlars
October 2014
Gwen Stefani, Haim and more to feature on new Calvin Harris album
Forbes’ highest-earning DJ returns with fourth album Motion, which features a string of guest vocalists
October 2013
Hurts – review
Mark Beaumont: Hurts may have their moments, but Theo Hutchcraft's cheesy chart vocals make them every bit as painful as their name suggests
July 2013
Lovebox – review
Lovebox festival 2013 - in pictures
June 2013
Five acts taking on the Rolling Stones at Glastonbury
Saturday night isn't all about Mick Jagger. Fighting for attention are indie bands, transvestite alien balls and the Bootleg Beatles. Here's how they plan to own the headline slot …
May 2013
This week's new tracks
Hurts, Stooshe, Theme Park: this week's new tracks
Hurts | Stooshe | Theme Park | fun | Kult Country
April 2013
The week in music
From Hurts to Squarepusher: The Week in Music - in pictures
From Paris to Penang to the Pacific northwest! From the Misfits to Murs and from Bo Ningen to BRMC! It could only be The Week in Music – in pictures!
March 2013
This week's new tracks
Kerridge, Charlotte Church, Hurts: this week's new tracks
Kerridge | Riva Starr feat RSSLL | Charlotte Church | Ed Drewett | Hurts | Planningtorock
Hurts: Exile – review
Hurts' second album sees the synthpop stylists desperately short of material, says Hermione Hoby
Album streams
Hurts: Exile – exclusive album stream
Soaring choruses, high-octane 80s emoting – have a listen to the second Hurts album and tell us what you think
February 2013
Hurts – review
New music
New music: Hurts – Miracle
July 2011
Hurts – review
Thought may have been invested into Hurts's setup, but such stylised earnestness may do for the duo in the end, writes Caroline Sullivan
February 2011
NME awards: My Chemical Romance win twice as music's stars come out
Gongs also go to Laura Marling and Arcade Fire, while Muse take Best British band for the fourth year running
October 2010
Hurts
Shepherd's Bush Empire, London Much of Hurts' live set suggests a whistle-stop version of the annual 1980s revival Here and Now tour, with tracks evoking Tears for Fears, ABC and Erasure, writes Ian Gittins
