Music

2 days ago

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino: “a lunar lounge departure”

4/10 “I just wanted to be one of The Strokes. Now look at the mess you made me make.” And…

2 days ago

Snail Mail at Oslo: ‘endearing sloppiness’

More often than not, being the recipient of ‘critical acclaim’ too early in your career ends in disaster. There’s nothing…

3 weeks ago

Jon Hopkins - Singularity: ‘an alien mesh of sound’

9/10 Jon Hopkins’ 2013 album Immunity was a runaway hit, leading to an intense touring schedule of sold-out arenas and…

3 weeks ago

Iceage - Beyondless: ‘luxuriating in filth’

8.5/10  Iceage’s debut album New Brigade (2011) was something special – a spare, bracing post-punk assault commanded by four Danish…

4 weeks ago

IDLES at Heaven: ‘tightly tuned cacophony’

Ever since the mid-70s when a bunch of snotty nosed teens whipped the nation into a frenzy with their anti-establishment…

1 month ago

Jordan Rakei and Friends at Ronnie Scott’s: ‘soulful and stirring’

Neo-soul has been coined as the newest evolution of jazz and New Zealand-born artist Jordan Rakei’s incredible performance at Ronnie…