Iceage join us on The Weekly Review and - why not? - we asked them about teenage girl fan bases. Luckily, Mar has written a whole dissertation on the subject. Plus, can a band as big as Coldplay go bedroom pop? 

Johann is back! And he is mad about  #vanlife; the Girl In Red album baffles the older demographic; and we celebrate an alternate Met Gala, thanks to High Fashion Twitter.

The Weekly Review dropped in on José González this week, as he prepared for his Barcelona gig. Meanwhile, we analyse the painful death of TV and the rise of hate watching, dig into the Hype House and contemplate AI cats. Our album of the week is Rochelle Jordan’s Play With the Changes. (Our full interview with José González will be released in September.)

The first sign of sun appears and The Weekly Review team declare that Hot Girl Summer is here. Mar V explains why getting your PR team to wipe an unfiltered picture off the internet is very Un-Hot Girl Summer, while Ben C attempts to draw Paul McCartney’s new remix album McCartney III (Imagined) into the Hot Girl Mix. Plus Tramp Stamps, TikTok’s most hated band, and the song of the summer.

As Mar V predicted back in December, Taylor Swift returned with a new (old) album in April: Fearless (Taylor's Version), her re-recorded take on her blockbuster second release, Fearless. We asked Taylor Swift Updates onto the show to explain their campaign to scrub the original Fearless off fans’ Spotify accounts; plus Mar V explains why Taylor has gaslight gatekeep girlbossed the eff out of Scooter Braun; and we have an incredible colour-themed theory about when the rest of Taylor’s re-recorded albums will come.

Nasty Cherry were assembled on a Netflix show; Bhad Bhabie made $1m on OnlyFans; and Olivia Rodrigo transformed public heartbreak into global pop success. It begs the question: what do we want from our pop stars? Access? Information? Direct messaging? The Weekly Review digs in.

Demi Lovato’s new documentary Dancing With the Devil is a shocking watch - but what does it tell us about the perils of celebrity culture? Mar explains why she is a Gatekeep Gaslight Girlboss;  our album of the week is serpentwithfeet’s gorgeous ode to Black gay love, Deacon, and we interview sardonic Sprechgesang sensation Dry Cleaning.

Lana Del Rey has a new album out, which can only mean we’re talking about hamster cults on TikTok. There is a relation, we promise you. Elsewhere what music do you sleep to? The Weekly Review asks the questions that count.

Selena Gomez has released her first Spanish-language album and Mar is hugely excited about it. But why is Selena’s music career so weird? And is Azealia Banks her exact polar opposite?  TWR investigates.

This week on The Weekly Review we discuss two very different visions of the music industry: Indonesian experimental metal band Senyawa talk about the benefits of decentralisation, as their new album is released on 44 different labels; while the spectre of The Grammy Awards is the traditional music industry at its dubious best. Plus, deep fakes, the question of musical authenticity and our album of the week is from Falkirk’s finest, Arab Strap.