Category: Music
Maribou State review – UK duo turn darkness into light after existential crisis
Celebrating the chart success of new album Hallucinating Love, Chris Davids and Liam Ivory posted a question on social media last week: “Who ever thought [more…]
‘Delightfully absurd’: why Mamma Mia! is my feelgood movie
Three years ago, I was sitting on the mezzanine of an east London bar when it collapsed. On my way back from the hospital, I [more…]
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl half-time show review – game over for Drake
The Super Bowl half-time show is Plato’s perfect form of pomp and ceremony, a corporate-sponsored, highly choreographed musical performance used to entice people who don’t [more…]
Moses Yoofee Trio: MYT review – brilliantly explosive jazz
There is much more to Berlin than techno. Over the past five years, the German capital has seen a thriving jazz scene flourish in its [more…]
On my radar: Sharon Van Etten’s cultural highlights
Born in New Jersey in 1981, singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten has released seven studio albums, including 2019’s acclaimed Remind Me Tomorrow. In the mid-2010s she [more…]
Chesney Hawkes: ‘As my dad once said, don’t believe the hype’
I grew up in a rock’n’roll household. My dad, Chip, was a musician; my mum, Carol [Dilworth], was an actor and gameshow hostess. They were [more…]
Jpegmafia review – hip-hop gunslinger blasts away at his many targets
As one of hip-hop’s most innovative outliers, Jpegmafia has come out tonight dressed like a bad guy in a western. All in black, including a [more…]
One to watch: Honesty
On a recent episode of the BBC podcast Miss Me?, host Miquita Oliver and guest Jordan Stephens of Rizzle Kicks were discussing the death of [more…]
Kendrick Lamar to hit Super Bowl stage as Taylor Swift and Trump set to attend
Kendrick Lamar is preparing to go from Grammys glory to the Super Bowl half-time show as the biggest US sporting event of the year arrives [more…]
Krept & Konan: Young Kingz II review – filthy and poignant in equal measure
Five years since their last album, the south London rap duo return on their own Play Dirty label after a decade in partnership with a [more…]
