
Craig McLean
Craig McLean is Consultant Editor at The Face. He has written for a wide variety of publications including Wallpaper*, The Telegraph, The London Standard and more.
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Album of the week: Myles Smith – 'My Mess, My Heart, My Life.'The Luton troubadour's much-awaited debut doubles down on his sad-boy-with-guitar schtick.
By Craig McLean
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Album of the week: Olivia Rodrigo –'You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love'The ups and downs of young love are captured on Rodrigo's third LP – with a little help from Robert Smith
By Craig McLean
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Album of the week: Lizzo – 'Bitch'On her fifth album, 'Bitch', Lizzo channels heartbreak, anger and resilience into a genre-hopping collection of sharp-tongued anthems, jazz-inflected ballads and unapologetic self-belief
By Craig McLean
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Album of the week: Paul McCartney – 'The Boys of Dungeon Lane'On his 18th solo album, 'The Boys of Dungeon Lane', Paul McCartney turns away from Beatles mythology to revisit the Liverpool streets, memories and early friendships that shaped him
By Craig McLean
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Album of the week: Ed O’Brien – 'Blue Morpho'On his second solo album, the Radiohead guitarist takes us on a journey through darkness, healing and rebirth
By Craig McLean
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Album of the Week: Maisie Peters – 'Florescence'A warm, witty and newly self-assured third album sees Maisie Peters lean into country-flecked acoustica, sharp-eyed confessionals and the restorative power of love
By Craig McLean
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Album of the Week: Aldous Harding – 'Train On The Island'By Craig McLean
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Album of the Week: Kacey Musgraves – 'Middle Of Nowhere'By Craig McLean
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Album of the Week: Noah Kahan – 'The Great Divide'Over 17 tracks, the 'Stick Season' mega-streamer creates music for the stadiums he's come to inhabit
By Craig McLean
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It's back to the 90s – again – for Tate Britain's upcoming exhibitionFrom Kate Moss to Damien Hirst, Tate Britain assembles the icons, images and insurgent ideas that made the decade a cultural flashpoint. Craig McLean takes a trip back in time.
By Craig McLean
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Album of the week – Mother Mary: Greatest HitsA fictitious popstar played by Anne Hathaway releases an album of hits penned by some of pop's biggest names.
By Craig McLean
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Two new Duran Duran re-issues take us back to the nineties'The Wedding Album' and 'Thank You' get a 2026 reboot
By Craig McLean
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Album of the Week: Arlo Parks – 'Ambiguous Desire'Five years after her Mercury-winning debut, the West London poet returns with Ambiguous Desire – a record that lives in the "happysad" space between the dancefloor and the walk home.
By Craig McLean
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Album of the week: Robyn – 'Sexistential'These nine perfectly judged tracks are Robyn having fun, cutting loose, leaning into everything she’s learned across three decades
By Craig McLean
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Album of the week: Kim Gordon – 'Play Me'The peerless Kim Gordon continues to innovate on her third solo album
By Craig McLean
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Album of the Week: James Blake – 'Trying Times'After a decade in Los Angeles, the Mercury Prize winner is back in the UK – and sounding newly liberated
By Craig McLean
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Album of the week: Harry Styles – 'Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally'In restless times, Harry Styles makes the case for the dancefloor
By Craig McLean
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Inside the making of Wes Anderson’s meticulous, miniature worldsLondon’s Design Museum unpacks 700 items charting the director’s movie-making.
By Craig McLean
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In a year of 90s comebacks, Radiohead's return stands apartAt the first night of their European residency tour, Craig McLean finds Radiohead as unpredictable – and as uninterested in the usual reunion theatrics – as ever.
By Craig McLean
