Category: Music
Thank you Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor – how my 1990s teenage self found somebody to love
I am of a generation that had no name: we slipped down the crack between the spotty cheek of gen X and the well-moisturised buttock [more…]
‘I was sexualised, patronised and ridiculed’: how Charlotte Church survived the tabloids to become an earth mother
When Charlotte Church arrives, she starts to cry. “I break down,” she says, “every time I reach here. It’s the first thing I do when [more…]
FKA twigs review – an eye-popping extravaganza of dancing and demons
Somewhere between a gig, a cutting-edge dance piece and a high-concept club night, the tour for the British multidisciplinary artist FKA twigs’s latest album, Eusexua, [more…]
One to watch: Sebastian Schub
He has only released a handful of songs, but Sebastian Schub’s talent was obvious from the off. The singer-guitarist-pianist-songwriter’s debut single begins by declaiming “I [more…]
Ravers, Rastas and rugby league stars: why the story of Black British culture is about more than just London
The DVD slips into the loading tray, and I watch in hope rather than expectation. I’ve been told Tony Palmer’s The Wigan Casino is the [more…]
John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie review – a Beatles bromance
‘It’s a drag, isn’t it,” Paul McCartney told reporters quizzing him the day after John Lennon’s murder, a soundbite as dispiritingly muted, even callous, as [more…]
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco: I Said I Loved You First review – besotted but bland
I Said I Love You First makes few bones about its raison d’etre. It comes with cover art that features the betrothed Selena Gomez and [more…]
Members of British punk rock band UK Subs denied entry into the US
Members of the punk rock band UK Subs have said they were denied entry and detained in the US, according to accounts from the band [more…]
Greentea Peng: Tell Dem It’s Sunny review – a musical rebirth with swagger
The primary message of Tell Dem It’s Sunny – the second studio album from south-east London’s Greentea Peng – might come penultimate track, I Am [more…]
Annie and the Caldwells: Can’t Lose My (Soul) review – a joyous gospel family affair
Multigenerational gospel soul group Annie and the Caldwells are the rarest of things: a genuinely homespun family band. Formed in the 1980s as a way [more…]
