Death of a Salesman
The stellar cast unfortunately fails to sell the classic script
The Lowdown on BBC Introducing LIVE
For twelve years BBC Introducing has been helping upcoming artists break into the industry. Every year the BBC holds an event (BBC Introducing LIVE), a relative candy shop for musicians to get insider information from the insiders themselves. Alumni of the service include Little Simz, Ed Sheeran, and George Ezra,
FEET OF CLAY (Some More Rap Songs)
Earl Sweatshirt is back, less than a year after his last release, with an EP as free form and abstract as his last album. Music writer Louie Ghalib weighs in.
Denis Sulta takes us to the Xanadu of dance
4 stars We turn the corner, the gray lake at Canada Water still at the back of our minds. It’s pouring it down, and the group consensus is that we won’t miss the outside world for the next 10 hours. We’re going into the void. That is
Days of Abandon: Shimmering Sounds Tinged with Sad Mopery
5 stars In their third album, Days of Abandon, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart almost ditched their last album’s heart bursting intensity. Frontman Kip Berman, once a starry-eyed “heart on his sleeve” daydreamer serenading anyone in earshot, now sounds like a young romantic who has seen his
Big Thief steal the top spot with ‘Not’
4 stars I recently discovered a a new personalized playlist Spotify creates called “On Repeat”. As the name suggests, this contains the 30 songs you’ve been playing most over the last 30 days. While this initially served as a slightly unnerving reminder of the reams of data I willingly
Frankenstein: Resurrected for the Modern Day
Forget the body horror of the original - this monster is a cold and calculating AI from the future, a relentless killing machine that will chill you to the core
Nearer my God: Foxing’s Transcendental Rock Show
I saw several bands live over the summer. Florence + The Machine and The National’s anthemic chamber pop at BST in front of thousands in Hyde park, Black Midi drawing a respectable crowd at EartH despite having released virtually no music (I also wrote a review for their show I’
Battles and Black Midi Live at the Boiler Room
Battles and openers Black Midi deliver a stunning performance at the Boiler Room’s intimate venue
“Thank you for the warm welcome back” - My Chemical Romance and Rage Against the Machine announce reunions!
It’s been a hefty week in music news, after the shock announcement of a reunion from emo-legends My Chemical Romance shortly followed by a similar post from the rap-metallers Rage Against the Machine. MCR fans were overwhelmed on Halloween after MCR socials posted about ‘Return’, their first show in
BEAT: A breath of fresh air
Dance reconstructed for the modern audience
The Magic Flute - Mozart’s classic
It isn’t easy to picture a more magical setting than sitting in the historical auditorium of the Royal Opera House as you listen to the overture, eagerly waiting for the curtain to rise. Back for its seventh revival at Covent Garden, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) manages