Bonnie ‘prince’ billy ★★★★

U.S. Girls ★★★★ Scratch It 4AD. CD/DL/LP ...

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

Looks Like Rain (reissue, 1969) FAT POSSUM 9/10

Before The Future LOST SOUND TAPES/SELF-RELEASED 8/10

With their 2022 debut album, Cardinal Black showed the world how the budding guitar hero in their ranks could thrive in a band environment. Here, Chris Buck explains how its follow-up has taken his playing and songwriting to the next level

LIKE THE WEATHER in Scotland, the country’s pop music often feels overcast with a chance of showers. “There’s a slight doom and gloom element to Scottish music,” guitarist Gregor Philp says with a smi