Category: Music
Chris Imler: The Internet Will Break My Heart review | Safi Bugel’s experimental album of the month
‘I hug strangers, I lose my friends … I listen to 100,000 songs,” deadpans Chris Imler on the title track of The Internet Will Break [more…]
‘To say there’s no future is counterproductive’: metal megastars Architects on grief, climate and hope for humanity
In a world of low royalties and short attention spans, not many bands make it to 11 albums, much less have their 11th be their [more…]
Argentina court drops charges against three people over Liam Payne death
A court in Argentina has dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, [more…]
Motionless in White review – gothically glam US metalcore will put a grin on your face
Motionless in White have the commendable quality of a stadium-headlining band playing a 2,000-capacity theatre. Formed almost 20 years ago in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the metalcore [more…]
Indie legend Miki Berenyi: ‘There was a falling out in Lush. And, if I’m honest, it still hurts’
You’ve talked about how trying to break America led to Lush almost breaking up by the time of Chris Acland’s death. Did you actually want [more…]
Sam Fender: People Watching review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week
Sam Fender’s third album ends with a track called Remember My Name. It’s clearly a very personal song, about its author’s late grandfather – even [more…]
Pay to get playlisted? The accusations against Spotify’s Discovery Mode
In November 2020, Spotify published an opaque headline on its company blog: “Amplifying Artist Input in Your Personalised Recommendations.” The post introduced a new program [more…]
The Long Wave: Elmiene’s songs of hope in the shadow of war
Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week I spoke to the Sudanese-British singer-songwriter Elmiene, a soul and R&B sensation who took the music [more…]
‘We’re projecting into the future’: sounds of BBC Radiophonic Workshop made available for public use
With its banks of bafflingly complex equipment, and staff members that were among the most progressive musical minds in the UK, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop [more…]
Why A Complete Unknown should win the best picture Oscar
So how did it feel? Bob Dylan’s early years in New York have been chronicled, dramatised, riffed on and pored over more than the Last [more…]
