Category: Music
‘We can’t all retire because someone died’: the new bands honouring the spirit of old ones, from Talk Talk to Thin Lizzy
Charlie Hollis – the son of the late Mark Hollis, the enigmatic creative force behind Talk Talk – is proceeding cautiously. “It’s so easy to [more…]
Gwen Stefani: ‘Don’t Speak changed everything – it’s the heartbeat of who I am’
Did you think Don’t Speak would become such a huge hit? Troy_McClure I absolutely had no idea. It didn’t even represent what we were doing, [more…]
Flo: Access All Areas review – skilful R&B revivalists need to get their freak on a bit more
You don’t have to be particularly keen-eared to spot Flo’s musical influences. They announce them in the opening seconds of their debut album – or [more…]
Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound review – Glasgow postrockers doc lets the music do the talking
After nearly 30 years in business and 10 albums in, Glaswegian cacophonists Mogwai have earned the right to an adulatory documentary – and they get [more…]
Bob Dylan review – melancholy, reflective, but still utterly unpredictable
You could infer a lot from the way Bob Dylan’s backing band arrange themselves on stage. They form a kind of huddle around their leader, [more…]
The Long Wave: How Juls journeyed the Black Atlantic to curate his sound
Hi everyone. The first thing you’ll notice about this newsletter is that I’m not Nesrine. But don’t worry, we don’t need her to have a [more…]
‘Bad boy come again!’ The life, death and resurrection of jungle MC Stevie Hyper D
‘Steve is the Jesus Christ of MCs, man. He died for all these guys.” With a chuckle, Darrell Austin is lionising his uncle Steve – [more…]
Beabadoobee review – singer-songwriter cautiously ups the rock ante
Beabadoobee’s stage decor – huge white drapes, an artfully placed stepladder and a dozen cans of paint – heavily implies that the indie rock singer-songwriter [more…]
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat review – finger-popping theory of the conspiracy to kill Congo’s leader
I last encountered the work of the Belgian artist and film-maker Johan Grimonprez in the documentary-reverie Double Take from 2009, which imagined an encounter between [more…]
Roy Haynes, jazz drummer whose career spanned nine decades, dies aged 99
Roy Haynes, a drummer who was one of the last remaining musicians of jazz’s swing and bebop eras, has died aged 99. His daughter Leslie [more…]
