Category: Music
From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough review – a book built on grief
What to expect from Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir? Some sanitised, cagey reminiscences, dutifully studded with anecdotes about her father, Elvis, the king of rock’n’roll, who [more…]
‘An incredible echo of today’: Kevin Macdonald on his film about John Lennon and Yoko Ono
From sit-ins for peace to avant-garde happenings and covert surveillance of revolutionary sympathies, the world of John Lennon and Yoko Ono can seem removed from [more…]
British jazz stars Ezra Collective: ‘We destroy any impostor syndrome with our first tune’
How odd to meet the UK’s most exhilarating live act around a wipe-clean table in an anonymous boardroom, as though we’re about to discuss some [more…]
Seun Kuti and Egypt 80: Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head) review – Fela’s legacy lives on
In politics and culture alike, “heritage” has become a revered touchstone, a sacred duty, even. It must feel that way to Seun Kuti, son of [more…]
On my radar: Evan Dando’s cultural highlights
Evan Dando was born in Essex, Massachusetts, in 1967 and moved to Boston aged nine. In 1986 he co-founded alt-rock band the Lemonheads (initially known [more…]
David Gilmour review – astonishing, goosebump-inducing solos
The 78-year-old Pink Floyd veteran David Gilmour has had a busy few weeks. He’s been promoting his first solo album since 2015, Luck and Strange, [more…]
Streaming: Kneecap and the best hip-hop movies
The list of hip-hop acts who have starred in their own biopic is a short one, and it has perhaps its unlikeliest entry in Kneecap. [more…]
‘People falling asleep wasn’t that unusual’: experimental pioneers the Necks on four decades of improvising
They were the overnight sensation 30 years in the making. In 2017, a review appeared in the New York Times: “My obsession with the Necks, [more…]
Coldplay: Moon Music review – a cloyingly upbeat ride to the heavens
Chris Martin clearly feels a responsibility to use his bully pulpit to spread positivity. Nothing wrong with that. One of the reasons Coldplay are the [more…]
‘Being alive is kind of painful’: the bleak vision of noise rockers Chat Pile
A few weeks ago, a new billboard appeared in downtown Oklahoma City. Positioned atop a nondescript Mexican restaurant advertising “OKC’s Best White Queso and Margaritas,” [more…]
