Kitty Empire
Pop Critic
Kitty Empire is The Observer’s pop critic. Prior to her broadsheet work, she wrote for the New Musical Express and freelanced. She occasionally crops up on BBC Radio 4 and has also contributed to 5Live, 6Music, BBC2’s The Culture Show and Newsnight Review. She has appeared on judging panels for the Mercury Prize, the BRITS or the Sky Arts Awards. She also has a wholesome side-gig reviewing middle years children’s books.
Kitty Empire
Pop Critic
Kitty Empire is The Observer’s pop critic. Prior to her broadsheet work, she wrote for the New Musical Express and freelanced. She occasionally crops up on BBC Radio 4 and has also contributed to 5Live, 6Music, BBC2’s The Culture Show and Newsnight Review. She has appeared on judging panels for the Mercury Prize, the BRITS or the Sky Arts Awards. She also has a wholesome side-gig reviewing middle years children’s books.
Cameron Winter: the voice of a new generation
How My Bloody Valentine became an arena band
Greatest hits Radiohead reunion is a shape-shifting joy
Playlist of the week:Â the most unexpected collaborations
Is Taylor Swift a great poet?
Lorde rewrites the rules of the arena-pop gig
Joy Crookes’s quiet courage
The passion of RosalÃa
On Everybody Scream, Florence Welch is at her best
Lily Allen’s comeback album is the lament of a ‘nonmonogamummy’
How Ringo Starr made the Beatles
Patti Smith in her prime
Halloween books for kids to sink their teeth into
Lady Gaga’s fever dream
Is Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl her happiest album yet?
Jim Legxacy – the rise of an unconventional rapper
How a musical generation is rallying behind Palestine
Katherine Rundell: ‘Humankind is breathtaking’
The Tubs – an indie band for a post-indie landscape
