AMS album of the week

Bastions – Bedfellows Part 2: The Forgotten Daughter

Deer Tick (but no Lyme Disease)

Stuart Masson reviews the alt-country band’s Garage performance

Raving on About Mogwai Going to Shit

Rave is not a word I would ever have associated with the music of Mogwai. As people, it makes a bit more sense. They has always been a certain distance between them and the more pretentious attitudes most post-rock bands employ.

AMAZING, IN CAPITAL LETTERS

As I sat down in my plush theatre seat, tucking my kiddy school bag under my legs, I suddenly felt very small.

Russel Tovey shines in The Pass

With the latest revelation from Thomas Hitzlsperger, and Tom Daley’s recent announcement that he is in a gay relationship, the topic of high profile sportsman and homosexuality is currently much discussed.

Corruption of a convent girl

Manon premiered in 1884, at the height of the Belle Époque.

The Secret Photographers

Fred Fyles gets a glimpse of the works of Warhol, Burroughs and Lynch

AMS album of the week: Alcest – Shelter

Alcest – Shelter

Black Metal and a Crywank

Forrest Seiwald and Stuart Masson report back on a very mixed bill

I Break Horses Break No New Ground

Swedish act I Break Horses released their debut album, Hearts, back in 2011.

The Pelican Brief

Riaz Agahi talks to Trevor de Brauw and Dallas Thomas

All-male Swan Lake makes ballet history

Dance newbies: this is not frilly dresses and satin shoes. You will be exposed to raw power, unsettling emotions and unsettling scenes.