Category: Music
‘I hate this movie, and I haven’t even seen it’ – Americans won’t let a chimp Robbie Williams entertain them
Despite the terrible box office performance, and movie theatres cancelling screenings, Americans are at least talking about the Robbie Williams biopic, Better Man. “I hate [more…]
Play that funky noise intoner! The rumblers, gurglers and howlers of the world’s strangest orchestra
Today it is the venerable home of the English National Opera, but back in June 1914, the London Coliseum welcomed an act quite unlike anything [more…]
Mogwai: The Bad Fire review – noise stalwarts’ journey into hell is unexpectedly heavenly
Mogwai’s 11th album commences with an icy electronic arpeggio enveloped in reverb. Beneath, other, deeper, darker synthesiser tones build and glide. The effect is both [more…]
‘Prison is not a place for rehabilitation’: jailed rapper Marnz Malone on confronting inmate suicide
In November 2022, one year into an 11-year prison sentence for firearm charges, Birmingham rapper Marnz Malone was hanging out with his friends during “sosh”, [more…]
‘I’m literally Joan Baez right now’: gen Z women relate to Bob Dylan’s toxic situationship
Lynda Saldana saw A Complete Unknown on the day it opened – partly because she’s a Bob Dylan fan, and partly because she loves Timothée [more…]
Linda Nolan, singer and television personality, dies aged 65
The singer and TV personality Linda Nolan, who had chart success alongside her sisters in the pop vocal group the Nolans before her television career, [more…]
Post your questions for 10cc’s Graham Gouldman
As a songwriter and co-frontman in 10cc, Graham Gouldman etched his name in British pop history, scoring three UK No 1 singles and another eight [more…]
Drake files defamation lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar diss track
Drake has filed a defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), the record label he and rival Kendrick Lamar share, over the latter artist’s diss [more…]
Hip-hop producer Madlib’s home and record collection destroyed in LA fires
The celebrated hip-hop producer Madlib has confirmed the loss of his extensive record collection and much of his recording equipment along with his home in [more…]
Music As Medicine by Daniel Levitin review – musician, heal thyself
That great music can up be uplifting, transportive, transcendent – and conversely sorrowful or deeply unsettling – is a given, but its power to heal [more…]
