Spotlights
by musicOMH
musicOMH has been publishing articles about John Howard‘s music since he picked up where he’d left off with his debut album, 30 years after its…
“How we felt/Did you feel low?/Not at all…” – Television – Venus “Some things generate their rewards in second-hand ways” – Brian Eno, Los Angeles...
The work of Jóhann Jóhannsson may not have featured much in the way of voices, but it was richly emotive and deeply human in its...
One of the most influential figures of the post-punk era, Mark E Smith died on 24 January 2018. Smith was present at the infamous Sex...
1997 was a year of snapshots, moments in particular days never to be forgotten. We’re not talking about the grossly over-hyped arrival of Oasis’ Be...
For more recent generations, it’s difficult to view Irish megastars U2 as anything other than annoying. From arrogantly gatecrashing Apple users’ iTunes accounts with their...
Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher return this spring with Depeche Mode‘s 14th album and second for Columbia, Spirit. Four years on from the...
Looking back, 1996 was not exactly one filled with happy, joyous events in Britain. IRA bombings sadly began again after a lengthy ceasefire and the...
Almost a decade on since their self-titled debut album’s release, The Early Years are back to pick up where they left off with a new work called, simply,...
Close to the end of One More Time With Feeling, Nick Cave looks at us and says “I don’t know what the fuck I’m doing...
Twenty-five years is a long time in pop music. Not many bands stay the course for a quarter of a century – and Verve, as...
The splendid Autoheart, comprising Jody Gadsden (voice), Simon Neilson (keys) and Barney JC (guitars), return after far too long away with their second album I...
It was a big year, 1982, and for Britain in particular. Two hundred and 55 military personnel would lose their lives during the Falklands War...
Rod Thomas is back with Choreography, Bright Light Bright Light‘s third album – this time featuring guest turns from Elton John, all of the Scissor...
There’s quite a few folk out there that think James Murphy’s got some front. How dare he reform a band with such a warm and...
Prodigious, prolific, paradoxical and perverse, it’s likely that no other artist in popular music history has produced the volume of self-penned and self-produced music that...
Aziza Brahim has forthright things to say about war, peace and humanity in the face of crisis and conflict. Born in a Sahrawi refugee camp...
In the hours and days since David Bowie‘s sad passing, an outpouring of obituaries and articles have arrived, rightly praising his song catalogue and celebrating...
Genius is a term that is applied all too liberally across many walks of life, yet in the case of David Bowie, who passed away...
Part of Kraftwerk during their most commercially successful period, Eloquence sums up what he did next…
The story of how his seminal album came to be, as it gets the Expanded Edition treatment.
Snow Patrol – Wildness
Sparks @ Forum, London
The Breeders, The Goon Sax, Frankie Cosmos… This Week In Gigs
ABBA, MØ, Despacio, Ari Roar …Weekend Reads
Screaming Females @ Oslo, London
Preview: Festivals 2018 – London
Susanne Sundfør @ Barbican, London
Kronos Quartet & Trio Da Kali @ Barbican, London
