RPS Presents The Weekly Review

This week has been a carnival of presentations and PR stunts: from Maneskin's wedding to Beyoncé's first live performance in years to Rosalía at the Louis Vuitton men's fashion show. The internet has seen it all and expressed its opinion. David Camilleri will also surprise Johann for his section on Things That Happen.

On today’s The Weekly Review we crack open a big bowl of backlash, from Beyoncé to Fred Again; and Johann has gone gnome core.

Kevin Shields is back, with his first new music in five years, and RPS is on the case. Ben Cardew also brings new music from Maria Chiara Argirò, Skrillex, Ladytron, Björk, Headie One, Kali Uchis, Algiers, The WAEVE, boygenius and more. Plus a cut from our album of the week, Núria Graham's Cyclamen.

Johann Wald and Ben Cardew welcome Núria Graham to the studio to celebrate her outstanding new album Cyclamen. As well as an interview, Núria will be playing some of the songs that inspired her new album, which is being released by the legendary Verve label.

Battle through the cold with the warming embrace of new music from Boygenius, Núria Graham, Frankie Rose, Overmono, Miley Cyrus, BABii, Sleaford Mods, English Teacher, Yaeji and more. Plus more Welsh shoegaze and UK Garage Friday from TJR and Xavier.

An adult gentleman meets two young people to discuss what is happening in the spectrum of pop culture. This week, they ask themselves what it would be like to work as a personal assistant to a tycoon or a famous star? Mar Vallverdu continues to navigate La Mar Salada, including some very tasty gossip from the recent red carpets.

If you’ve been distracted this week by the saga of Shakira and Piqué, then Mar has all the internet news you’ve missed, including Amelia Dimoldenberg and Andrew Garfield’s dream flirtation, Chainsmokers’ threesomes and Sabadell’s role in -ussification. Plus Belle and Sebastian’s Late Developers is our album of the week.

Ben Cardew looks forward to musical 2023 with tips for the new artists of the year, including yunè pinku, Ice Spice and Toumba. Plus, after a weekend of Twitter interaction, there is a focus on Welsh-language shoegaze, as well as new music from Leland Whitty, U.S. Girls, Lonnie Holley and The WAEVE. Our album of the week is Belle and Sebastian's Late Developers.

This week we're thrilled to welcome the return of Everything But The Girl, who have released their first new music in 24 years; and James Holden, who pays homage to his teenage years yearning to experience a rave.

Revel in a specially curated world of new music this Friday morning with Ben Cardew, including new songs from Young Fathers, NewJeans, Public Image Ltd., Leland Whitty and Ice Spice. Plus, our UK Garage Friday banger is from Heartless Crew.

The Golden Globes and the Hollywood instability, Shakira's Waka-Revancha, what's coming up in Porto and Two Many James: the return of James Holden and James Murphy's song for White Noise, the first film of the year.

For the first show of 2023, The Weekly Review team offer their definitive ins and outs of the year; the album of the week is RuPaul’s Black Butta; and we play a guessing game based on the wonderful world of RuPaul Drag Race expressions.

New year = new music on The Weekly Review, with sparkling new tunes from Decisive Pink, DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ, Frankie Rose, Skrillex, Spoon, The Lemon Twigs and Iggy Pop. Plus, a tribute to Gangsta Boo and our album of the week is from RuPaul.

On this first episode of 2023 Johann Wald selects some of the year's first releases, skipping genres like a frog on a pond full of water lilies, including MIKE, PinkPanthress, Alex G, Humour, Noémi Büchi and more.

It's our last live show before Christmas and Ben Cardew is bringing Primavera-friendly Christmas cheer, with festive (ish) songs from Slim Jxmmi, DJ Technic, Cookin Soul, Bootsy Collins, Red Velvet, Roy Davis Jr. and Rotary Connection; plus a UK Garage Friday banger from Sticky; new music from Rosalía, Ava Max, Decisive Pink; and a special message from Sparks!

David Camilleri, Natxo Medina and Sergi Cuxart talk about the insanity of Spain's Christmas Lotery. With some new music included. 

In our last The Weekly Review of the year, Mar has a special game to decide what is the most insane thing that happened online this year; and we look back at the TV of the year.

December 2022 is proving surprisingly good for new music: Ben Cardew presents some of the best of it, including songs from FLO, Amigas Íntimas, The Smile and Central Cee. Our album of the week is Little Simz' devastating NO THANK YOU; and we pay tribute to Terry Hall.

On this episode Johann Wald gets into a groove playing back some of the stellar tracks from the most notable albums of the year that made people dance, like Ibibo Sound Machine, Dj Python, Hagop Tchaparian, Daphni and, of course, Two Shell.

What would Friday be without new music? Fear not: Ben Cardew brings new tunes from Grace Ives, Red Velvet, A$AP Rocky, Little Simz and more, festive cuts from Finn and Kadhja Bonet; and a UKG Friday banger from B15 Project.

We connected with Manuel Sanchez from the Madrileña band to talk about his new album, "AFDTRQHOT". We also remember two composers and an inventor who sadly left us this week; Manuel Göttsching, Angelo Badalamenti and Herb Deustch, co-inventor of the Moog synthesizer.

As the year draws to a close the Weekly Review team weigh in with their favourite albums of the year, from the LP  that an old person can talk about with confidence to their edgy nephew at the Xmas dinner table to the best album-length mushroom statement. And talking of albums, our album of the week is SZA’s SOS.

Christmas is fast approaching and we have festive cheer from Kadhja Bonet, French House cheer from Justice, Blur-related cheer from Gorillaz and The WAEVE and general cheer from Little Simz, blauwer and Young Fathers. Plus our album of the week, from SZA.

On the last month of 2022 Johann Wald plays a few of the tracks from the year's standout albums, focusing in on what a great year it has been for female led R n' B, with albums from Sudan Archives, Yaya Bey, Little Simz and the recently dropped SOS by SZA, all highly positioned on end of year rank lists. A little scan of next years Primavera Sound line-up is also due, also highlighting the names w...

Dadification is a thing, and BLACKPINK too! Mar V talks to us about the dadification of fashion, much to Johann's delight. Marta Salicrú tells us about the BLACKPINK gig in Barcelona and our album of the week is Villano Antillano's La Sustancia X.