Category: Music
Post Malone at Coachella review – chameleonic megastar wows in the desert
Three songs into his Coachella headliner set on Sunday, Post Malone asked his band to stop and restart. It wasn’t that he’d made a mistake; [more…]
Music can lift mood, foster community and even rewire brains – but does it need to have a purpose?
Growing up, I never questioned the intrinsic value of classical music. My father practising classical and jazz guitar was the aural wallpaper to my childhood, [more…]
‘The Citizen Kane of rock movies’: glam rockers Slade and their bid for cinema greatness
Daryl Easlea was eight years old when he got the 4A bus with his mate Graham down to the Odeon in Southend-on-Sea to see his [more…]
‘I’ve pulled myself out of a very dark abyss’: Garbage’s Shirley Manson on depression, sexism, dodgy hips and happiness
The new album by Garbage, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light, has the kind of sound that makes you think you have always [more…]
Max Romeo was a great social commentator, railing against inequality and discord
Max Romeo, who died on Friday aged 80 from complications related to a heart condition, was one of Jamaica’s most celebrated vocalists; critiquing the island’s [more…]
Green Day at Coachella review – fun but muddled set pokes fun at American Idiots
Coachella, for the most part, presents a welcome escape from the world – 10-plus hours of live music a day in a corporate-lite fantasy land, [more…]
Jamaican reggae artist Max Romeo dies aged 80
Max Romeo, the influential Jamaican reggae artist best known for tracks such as Chase the Devil and War Ina Babylon, has died at the age [more…]
Gigspanner Big Band: Turnstone review – an elegance unmatched in British folk
With six members, the Gigspanner Big Band is not particularly big, though their collective elan has a forceful presence unmatched in British folk: a little [more…]
Lady Gaga at Coachella review – a thrilling all-timer of a performance
In 2017, Lady Gaga took on an unenviable task: filling in for Beyoncé, who dropped out of a Coachella headliner slot due to pregnancy. Gaga’s [more…]
Olly Alexander review – part night creature, part light entertainer
“I’m all about playful subversion,” declares Olly Alexander with a grin on the final night of his UK tour. Clad in a series of outfits [more…]
