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Kitty Empire

Kitty Empire is the Observer's pop critic. She has written for NME and occasionally crops up on Radio 4, 5Live, BBC 6Music, and has appeared on BBC2's The Culture Show and Newsnight Review. @kittyempire666

October 2024

  • Portrait of Anna Butterss in front of a fruit tree

    Anna Butterss: Mighty Vertebrate review – jazz meets post-rock on shape-shifting delight

    With guests including Tortoise’s Jeff Parker, the LA bassist’s second solo album is cerebral, groovy and beyond categorisation

September 2024

  • SOPHIE credit Renata Raksha

    Kitty Empire's album of the week
    Sophie: Sophie review – shiver-inducing posthumous album from the hyperpop trailblazer

  • Portrait of Alan Sparhawk

    Alan Sparhawk: White Roses, My God review – Low musician’s defiant act of creation

  • Nubya Garcia

    Nubya Garcia: Odyssey review – a rich, orchestral journey of self-discovery

  • Chappell Roan on stage in Dublin.

    Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Chappell Roan review – a super graphic ultra modern showbiz star

  • Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Jungle review – like a puzzle with a piece missing

  • Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Girl in Red review – buoyant arena show marks a new chapter

  • Nala Sinephro: Endlessness review – cosmic jazz musician’s cycle-of-life meditation

  • Floating Points: Cascade review – an enthralling record of out-and-out bangers

  • Book of the day
    Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain review – if the Gallaghers were Scottish

August 2024

  • Fontaines DC at Pryzm, Kingston upon Thames.

    Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Fontaines DC review – Dublin rockers strike out into the stratosphere

  • Nick Cave in the studio during the production of Wild God.

    Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Wild God review – a different kind of transcendence

  • Swift was joined by her favoured producer, Jack Antonoff, on stage at Wembley.

    Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Taylor Swift review – a joyous, bravura singathon marks the end of an Era

  • Mura Masa

    Mura Masa: Curve 1 review – relentlessly above par

  • Kitty Empire's album of the week
    Gillian Welch and David Rawlings: Woodland review – 10 exquisite songs of loss and love

  • Tinashe: Quantum Baby review – playful, featherlight 90s-trap fusion

  • Earth to Moon by Moon Unit Zappa review – rock and a hard place

  • Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Beabadoobee: This Is How Tomorrow Moves review – a nostalgic gen Z gem

  • Jpegmafia: I Lay Down My Life For You review – scattergun brilliance

  • Kitty Empire's album of the week
    Killer Mike: Michael & the Mighty Midnight Revival: Songs for Sinners and Saints review – hard-won life lessons

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