Category: Arts
The Human League review – immaculate electro pop as radiant now as it was 40 years ago
The sound of immaculate synthesisers begins to whir and echo through the air, as electronic innovators the Human League take to the stage, before a [more…]
Sam Fender review – cathartic songs delivered with passion and a humble presence
The tiny venues he started out in were never going to hold Sam Fender. Five years after his debut, the 30-year-old has conquered major festivals, [more…]
‘It’s like they were smoking something potent’: the ‘bizarre’ Paul McCartney alien musical that never was
It is the film that never was – an unlikely sci-fi musical about aliens dreamed up by Paul McCartney half a century ago. The aliens [more…]
‘I always have a moment of confession’: Peter Sarsgaard on truth, ethics and the quirks of family life
Peter Sarsgaard appears on Zoom as he often does on film: quiet, soft-spoken, gentle poise concealing grave thoughts within. Now 53, he has been an [more…]
Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips: ‘It was insane. We all could have died’
When I first interviewed you at Harvest festival in Sydney in 2011, you showed me a photo on your phone of decapitated human heads in [more…]
U2 bassist Adam Clayton: ‘When I was drinking, there were many times when I was out for the night and didn’t come back for a week’
Born in Oxfordshire and raised in Ireland, Adam Clayton, 64, co-founded U2 in 1976. Since then, the band has sold more than 170m albums and [more…]
Marshall Brickman obituary
Marshall Brickman, who has died aged 85, was a successful musician, writer and film director, but will be remembered best for his collaborations with Woody [more…]
Mary review – turgid bibical tale has you rooting for Anthony Hopkins’ hammy Herod
You know the way Dracula likes to deliver a dramatic speech, then turns into a bat, and flies away? It turns out that the angel [more…]
Leya: I Forget Everything review | John Lewis’s contemporary album of the month
Leya are a New York duo comprising harpist Marilu Donovan and violinist Adam Markiewicz, who seem to occupy a space roughly equidistant from ambient music, [more…]
Merchant Ivory review – handsome tribute to the masters of refined costume drama
Documentary-maker Stephen Soucy pays a handsome, thorough tribute to the remarkable independent production company Merchant Ivory, a period-movie powerhouse with an intensely literary kind of [more…]
