Reviews Index
by Matt Cotsell
Front and middle is a sword, dull, silvery and old. No explanation is given to its significance (although devotees may well recognise it from the…
As they take their places onstage, front man Sevi Landolt sardonically proclaims “Yeah, it’s Klausy baby” to the delight of fans. Perhaps we should add...
Fleeing from the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara, Aziza Brahim’s mother settled in the Tindouf region of Algeria in a Saharawi refugee camp, where Brahim...
It’s been quite a while since we last heard from Jeremy Warmsley, in his guise as solo artist – 11 years in fact, since his...
The songs of Hayden Thorpe’s former band Wild Beasts were famed for their sensuous chronicling of desire and lust and Diviner, Thorpe’s first solo album...
Time can be a cruel mistress, especially when it comes to music. While anniversary tours often sound like a good idea on the surface, the...
In Yann Tiersen’s own inimitable way, he has with Portrait reimagined the concept of a ‘best of’ album. He has taken on the massive task...
Hyperspace can be defined as a rarefied, alternative universe that can only be entered “using an energy field or other device”, according to Wikipedia. It...
Who wears tartan shorts in England in December? Nic Offer, he of New York punk funk inspired disco iconoclasts !!! (Chk Chk Chk), does and...
Ten years is an awful long time in pop music, and to spend that length of time between albums is usually regarded as a bad...
It has been another stellar year for The Chemical Brothers. On the 20th anniversary of one of their best and most enduring albums Surrender, they...
Consisting of just six tracks lasting a total of 36 minutes, Schlon – billed as “six new techno-meets-dabke songs of romance and love to the...
When former Talk Talk frontman Mark Hollis died in February earlier this year there was a public outpouring of love for his music despite it...
Omni are, as always, present and potent. They don’t say much between numbers to the Brighton crowd, certainly nothing of note, instead preferring to hurtle...
A decade ago, Victoria Hesketh had all stars aligned and was set to join them. Little Boots’ monster single Stuck On Repeat announced her arrival,...
As always, the EFG London Jazz Festival offers up such a range of exciting and challenging music that negotiating its contours can be quite demanding....
2019 has been significant for Scottish post-punkers The Twilight Sad. Having released their fifth album It Won/t Be Like This All The Time, their first...
TR/ST is the beat-drenched, dungeon-dwelling electrogoth secret brought to cultish consciousness by charismatic Canadian Robert Alfons, with occasional assistance from Austra associate Maya Postepski. Over...
These are hard times to live in for progressive, liberal types and it’s a state of affairs not lost on Billy Bragg. This run of...
The London Jazz Festival has a long history of bringing artists together for collaborations, and one of the standout events in this year’s line up...
Next year marks 20 years since Coldplay released their debut album Parachutes. Listening back to it now, it’s a surprisingly small, modest album which ushered...
