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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

August 2024

  • Killer Mike in a white t-shirt, arms raised, on stage in Quebec City, July 2024.

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

  • Meshell Ndegeocello

    Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin review – an inspiring homage

July 2024

  • The Pet shop Boys perform at the Royal Opera House, London.

    Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Pet Shop Boys review – still never being boring

    Royal Opera House, London
    Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe deliver hits and new songs with their trademark bittersweet ambivalence, theatrical staging and imperviousness to fashion
  • Ice Spice

    Ice Spice: Y2K! review – a masterclass in outrageous party trap

    It’s all killer, no filler on the Bronx MC’s long-awaited debut album

    • Children's book reviews round-up
      Children’s and teens roundup – the best new chapter books

    • Kitty Empire's artist of the week
      Janelle Monáe review: a masterclass in progressive showbiz spectacle

    • Headie One: The Last One review – rueful memoir with party tunes attached

June 2024

  • The Breeders led by Kim Deal in concert at the Troxy.

    Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    The Breeders review – effortless pop gems from the grunge era

  • Dirty Three Sydney Opera House credit Daniel Boud 006b

    Dirty Three: Love Changes Everything review – aggressive and transcendent

  • Doja Cat, in a yellow body suit and leggings, crouching next to a mic stand wrapped in blond hair extensions

    Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Doja Cat review – hair-raising US rapper puts on a fiery display

  • Lola Young.

    Lola Young: This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway review – winningly messy mix of zingers and vulnerability

  • Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Beth Gibbons review – an unapologetically intense triumph

  • Zsela: Big for You review – modern R&B with a leisurely, old-school charm

  • Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Liam Gallagher/ Definitely Maybe 30th Anniversary review – 90s anthems still shake without their maker

  • Tems: Born in the Wild review – the Afrobeats artist levels up in style

  • ‘She dominates our age’: how Taylor Swift became the greatest show on Earth

May 2024

  • Richard Thompson holding an electric guitar

    Richard Thompson: Ship to Shore review – another collection of beautifully gruelling material

  • Vieux Farka Touré at the Barbican.

    Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Vieux Farka Touré review – Hendrix of the Sahara goes his own way

  • Bess Atwell seated in a rocking chair on a porch

    Bess Atwell: Light Sleeper review – poignant, dreamlike miniatures

  • Billie Eilish at the Hit Me Hard and Soft album release listening party.

    Kitty Empire's album of the week
    Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft review – could have hit even harder

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