Lambchop: The Bible review – the weight of the world with Kurt Wagner
All of life – and death – is here in the band’s numinous 16th album
May 2021
Lambchop: Showtunes review – American songwriting the slow and shimmering way
Kurt Wagner puts a midi keyboard centre stage on Lambchop’s expansive, laid-back latest
March 2019
Lambchop: This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You) review – growing experimental gracefully
A lesson in how to keep moving forward, Kurt Wagner keeps experimenting with his ability to see beauty in everything, every day
May 2018
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
DJ Koze: Knock Knock review – stunning songs from pop's parallel universe
The eccentric producer uses samples and collaborations to brilliantly exploit the spaces between deep house, trip-hop and R&B on an appealingly odd album
January 2017
Lambchop review – love is the message, so don't be scared
Five of the best… new gigs
Steve Mason and Lambchop: this week’s best UK rock and pop gigs
November 2016
Best music of 2016
The best albums of 2016: the full list
The Guardian music critics’ favourite albums of the year
Lambchop: Flotus review – calm and classy retro-modern hybrid
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Lambchop: Flotus review – Kurt Wagner's skilful swerve into electronics
October 2016
Lambchop's Kurt Wagner: 'I wanted to make a record my wife would like'
Lambchop are no strangers to reinvention, but their new album Flotus – with traces of hip-hop and technological tricks – marks a truly different sound for the alt-country band
June 2016
William Tyler: Modern Country review – Americana too sublime for words
The US guitarist draws on his Southern upbringing and on-the-road contemplation for an eloquent, unpredictable instrumental album
The Nashville alt-country band’s re-creation of their classic nookie soundtracker got a bit too horizontal for its own good
January 2015
How to host the perfect Australia Day barbecue
Lamb, goat or emu? What’s the best meat to throw on your barbeque this Australia Day? And how should it be cooked?
October 2012
Tim Burgess: 'I had to relearn what I truly loved about life'
The Charlatans singer talks to Tom Lamont about moving back to the UK, finches and escaping drugs
September 2012
Tim Burgess: Oh No I Love You – review
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Tim Burgess – Oh No I Love You: exclusive album stream
March 2012
Lambchop – review
While Kurt Wagner may not have the slick stage-patter to match his new Sinatra-influenced singing style, he's clearly at home in front of a London crowd, writes Betty Clarke
February 2012
Lambchop: Mr M – review
The Nashville stalwarts go from dreary to sumblime on their 11th album, writes Hermione Hoby
Lambchop: Mr M – review
Kurt Wagner dives deeper into weary, stoic melancholy than ever on Lambchop's latest album, writes Maddy Costa
Kurt Wagner on Lambchop, Nashville – and being seen as a redneck
He is often portrayed as a southern hillbilly savant. But Lambchop's Kurt Wagner is a painter who never planned to be a musician – and is haunted by the death of his close friend Vic Chesnutt
