RPS Presents The Weekly Review

Ben Cardew reviews the recent album from forward-thinking Canadian artist Eden Samara; our album of the week is Leftfield's This Is What We Do; we have new music from The WAEVE, Foushée and RAYE and our UKG Friday banger comes from Sticky.

Johann and Mar are back from the Primavera 2023 line-up launch in Madrid, with tales to tell; we pick over our highlights from the Primavera 2023 bill, from J pop to K pop; and we review the new Stormzy album.

In a special Spanglish episode, Sergi Cuxart and Ben Cardew discuss the line up for Primavera Sound 2023 Barcelona / Madrid as it is revealed to the world. With a number of guests, our hosts will present their picks of the line up, with music from a number of the bands playing the festival in 2023.

The day after the big line up release, Ben Cardew sifts through the sands of the Primavera Sound's 2023 bill, with music from Hudson Mohawke, Nia Archives, Perfume, Red Velvet, Central Cee, Emeralds, Blur and more. Plus our album of the week is Stormzy's This Is What I Mean.

It's a November frenzy of new music today on The Weekly Review, with songs from Foushée, Alex Lahey, Nia Archives, Dani, Kelela and more. Plus, our album of the week is Stormzy's This Is What I Mean.

We spoke with one of the people in Primavera Sound's booking department, to anticipate what will be revealed tomorrow about the 2023 line-up and take stock of the Primavera Weekender recently held in Benidorm.

Ben Cardew brings new music from Joy Orbison, yunè pinku, Fatoumata Diawara, Jenny Hval, Heather and more, plus - with one month to Christmas - we play festive tunes from Titus Andronicus and The Linda Lindas. UK Garage Friday's tune is a beautifully rough El-B remix of Aurora Dee Raynes and our album of the week comes from Stormzy.

Ben Cardew delves into the fruits of Sault's recent quintuple album drop, bringing you the best of each (maybe); there are two tracks from Brockhampton's The Family, our psychodrama album of the week; and Johann has put together his pick of the bands who played the Weekender.

The Weekly Review team returns from the Primavera Weekender and checks their collective pulse, bringing you the best of the music, interviews, news and gossip from the festival. We also talk about Taylor Swift’s recent ticketing problems, the troubles of touring and Brockhampton’s The Family, our album of the week.

Ben Cardew brings you his selection of the best music and memories from the 2022 Primavera Weekender, including songs from They Hate Change, Guerilla Toss and Slowdive.

The Weekly Review gears up for the Primavera Weekender with their pick of the music from the weekend; we bask in the class-war sunshine of The White Lotus and our album of the week is Wizkid’s More Love, Less Ego.

Tuesday brings another song from our album of the week, Wizkid's More Love, Less Ego, plus new music from Brockhampton, Gorillaz, Kae Tempest, Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado, Babyfather, Kate Davis, SLVJ and Nas. 

On this episode Johann Wald selects some of the freshest cuts that fall directly into the genre bin labelled jazz, yet allows himself some license with several tracks that could be labelled anything else. Artists featured include SAULT, Ezra Collective featuring Kojay Radical, Dezron Douglas, HAWA, MIKE, FKJ, Floating Points, Jenny Hval collaborator Anja Lauvdal and Gal Costa, who recently passed...

UK Garage Friday serves up a classic from Doolally; our album of the week is from Wizkid; and we have new music from Ezra Collective, CKay, Tom Skinner, Babyfather, Gorillaz, Hatchie and more.

Every Thursday, in Spanish. La Mar Movidita tells us about Rihanna's deflated return and her questionable choice of models to present her next Fenty collection, while she doesn't have encouraging things to say about her ex, Drake. David Camilleri shares his enthusiasm for VR glasses but warns us that in the future they could annihilate us. For real.

RPS director Marta Salicrú is back from Brazil with all the news from Primavera Sound São Paulo; and we indulge in the gentle thrills of the new Phoenix album.

Last weekend we lost Mimi Parker, an artist we hold very dearly in our hearts. Mimi  was a core member of Low with her husband, Alan Sparhawk. Her role as a restrained drummer and singer solidified the band's legacy early on in their career, along with Sparhawk's creative vision of music played as silently and slowly as possible. On this episode we pay tribute to her by remembering her name a...

Today on The Daily Review, Marta Salicrú reports back from Primavera Sound São Paulo, Ben Cardew talks about the incredible new Sinead O'Connor documentary, Nothing Compares, we look forward to tonight's Stereolab gig in Barcelona, pay tribute to Low's Mimi Parker and there is new music from Phoenix and King Tuff.

This Friday, we take you from Joy Orbison's UK Funky-ish remix of Jorja Smith's Rose Rouge to Lady Lykez and Scratcha DVA's athletically buzzing Killa Bee; from Doss and Rye Rye's Baltimore club house to Daniela Lalita's witchy Tenía Razon; and from Rihanna's Abba-esque Lift Me Up to Heather's classically shoegazing on Revere It. We celebrate new albums from Phoenix, Tom Skinner and Mount Kim...

Things happen, like Patti Smith's censorship, the burial of punk and the premiere of La Mar Movidita, that is, Mar Vallverdu recounting her moves, this week the claim of Bimba and Lola as the flagship brand of their generation.

This week, Fred Again becomes the Fred Not Even Once of diary-based house, as we examine Actual Life 3; Johann and Ben flip out over Meet Me In The Bathroom, the film; and Mar explains why Bimba y Lola is the only brand that understands Gen Z.

It's Friday and Ben Cardew has new music for you from Ladytron, STR4TA, Daphni, Rihanna, Doss, Fred Again, U.S. Girls and more. Plus ANOTHER UK Garage Friday banger from la France.

In this episode, Johann Wald welcomes the electronic pop duo Ciutat, to look forward to their debut album and talk about dancing with tears in their eyes.

The Weekly Review team sinks their collective teeth into big new albums from Taylor Swift and Arctic Monkeys and also weighs up the relative merits of Caroline Polachek and Ed Sheeran’s takes on Barcelona.

On this episode we round up singles from the latest releases including Phoenix, Arctic Monkeys, Taylor Swift, Bonoboi, Mavi, Daphni, Mykki Blanco, RHCP, Lucrecia Dalt and Spanish flamenco futurist Ralphie Choo.