Category: Music

You have a identical twin. Do you have any spooky twin stories? Honestly, not really. We’re deeply intuitive about each other. We are mirror twins, [more…]

From 2016 until it closed in late 2023, jazz guitarist Jeff Parker held a weekly residency at Los Angeles venue ETA. Over that time he [more…]

It’s been quite a year for thrillingly inventive music documentaries. First there was Gary Hustwit’s Eno, a groundbreaking portrait of the pioneering musician, producer and [more…]

Part of the appeal of the Roundhouse, a famous north London venue, is that if a gig ever becomes boring, you can gaze at its [more…]

I always secretly thought I was evil enough to compile a boyband. How hard can it be, really? You get four but ideally five working-class [more…]

Amid the multiple conflicts and confusions of contemporary life – particularly in the wake of the US election – we can turn to one of [more…]

Shed Seven were plucky Britpop underdogs who notched up 15 Top 40 hits, though their success was certainly eclipsed by Blur, Oasis and Pulp. The [more…]

Ai Weiwei is God, Elon Musk is the devil, the Doomsday Clock is ticking, atomic bombs are exploding and the audience are screaming their lungs [more…]

Shel Talmy, the music producer behind classics such as the Kinks’ You Really Got Me and the Who’s My Generation, has died aged 87. His [more…]