Category: Music
Self Esteem review – straight outta Gilead
Hard-edged digital club music throbs from the theatre stage – a place mostly in darkness, its shadows hiding a drummer and a multi-instrumentalist. Standing in [more…]
One to watch: Jane Paknia
One of this year’s best EPs was partly inspired by a cryptic dream about a Muppet dying. As Elmo floated into the abyss, New York [more…]
Gregory Porter: ‘My worst job? Shovelling exterminated rats’
Born in California, Gregory Porter, 53, released his Grammy-nominated debut album, Water, in 2010. He went on to receive best jazz vocal album Grammys for [more…]
No Glastonbury 2025 ticket? Here’s how to still find the party
Those who missed out in the Glastonbury tickets scrum last November have two more chances to strike it lucky next week when the official resales [more…]
Super spicy! Jack Black’s Minecraft song Steve’s Lava Chicken becomes shortest ever UK Top 40 hit
Actor and musician Jack Black has made UK chart history, with the shortest ever song to reach the Top 40: his novelty track Steve’s Lava [more…]
‘It burrows into your bones’: how Dancing on My Own became pop’s ultimate sad banger
As the flirtation first begins to build between CEO Romy (Nicole Kidman) and her twentysomething intern Samuel (Harris Dickinson) in the recent erotic thriller Babygirl, [more…]
Davido: 5ive review – flashes of Afropop excellence
One of the lodestars turning Afrobeats into an international phenomenon, Nigerian supernova David Adedeji Adeleke isn’t as famous in the UK as Burna Boy, Wizkid [more…]
Drake expands lawsuit against Universal Music Group, alleging defamation at Super Bowl
Drake has expanded his lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Not Like Us, alleging that he was defamed by Lamar’s [more…]
Drummer for indie rockers the New Pornographers arrested over child sexual abuse images
Joe Seiders, the American drummer with Canadian indie rockers the New Pornographers, has been arrested for possession of child sexual abuse imagery. A statement made [more…]
Various artists: Disk Musik – A DD Records Compilation review | Safi Bugel’s experimental album of the month
In 1980, a group of friends in Japan started DD Records, a platform for amateur musicians to share bizarre homespun recordings across their network. The [more…]