The most disappointing albums of 2017

Next week, we count down our top picks of the year, but first, here’s a few of the albums that didn’t quite make it.

Queens of the Stone Age flex their muscles

QOTSA impress at the O2 Arena

I, for one, hail our faceless corporate overlords

Now That's What I Call Music delivers sounds that could be called music!

Alcohol, Authenticity, and Arctic Monkeys

With a new album rumoured for 2018, Felix revisits the decade-old Favourite Worst Nightmare.

Who needs kick drums when you have trance?

Italian trance provides a surprisingly good night out

The Felix guide to life drawing classes in London

Arts editor Jingjie Cheng susses out the numerous life drawing classes that the city has to offer.

Nai Palm lights up London with a killer solo set

The singer performed her solo work at Koko, defining a new direction in her sound.

King Gizzard takes a field trip to Polygondwanaland

The Gizz display their talents on their fourth release of the year.

Cory Henry brought the funk back to London last week

Cory and his band impress with tight funk licks.

Bowie, Berlin, and battling sobriety

40 years of Iggy Pop’s The Idiot.

Abdullah Ibrahim’s set to remember: a co-op review

The master of Cape Jazz showed why he's the boss at the Royal Festival Hall.

The new Taylor Swift album can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, ‘cause it’s shit.

Taylor Swift’s sixth LP is a powerful statement that unequivocally cements her as one of this century’s most mediocre sensations.