Album review: Prince – Piano & A Microphone 1983
Prince’s people have finally opened his famous Vault for the first of surely a long line of posthumous releases. But, as Piers Barber writes, this first effort – an intimate, tantalising stripped […]
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Live review: Massive Attack – Hyde Park, 1st July 2016
Piers Barber watches an angry Massive Attack occasionally reach their thrilling best during a politically-infused headline slot at the first British Summer Time date of the summer. The opening show of this […]
Album Review: Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
After five years of waiting, we finally have a new Radiohead album to enjoy. Here’s Buster Stonham on whether it was worth all the fuss. Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool (XL) After five […]
Album review: Kowton – Utility
Kowton’s debut full-length, the first by an individual artist on the pioneering Livity Sound label, is an unsurprisingly potent selection of pulsing techno rollers and expertly crafted DJ tools, writes […]
Album review: Fatima Al Qadiri – Brute
Piers Barber checks out Fatima Al Qadiri’s characteristic take on protest music and discovers a record often stunning in its relevance and condemnation of authoritarian state violence. Fatima Al Qadiri – […]
Live: Idlewild Acoustic – Strathpeffer Pavilion, 10th October 2014
After a three year hiatus, Scottish rockers Idlewild return with an acoustic tour of the Highlands and Islands. Buster Stonham makes the 570 mile journey to see them in action. Five years on from […]
Film review: Mistaken for Strangers
Indie rockers The National now have their own indie film thanks to Tom Berninger, younger brother of the band’s lead singer Matt. And it’s not your average rock doc, as […]
Live: The Courteeners – Phones4U Arena, Friday 13th December
Despite the uncertainty surrounding their immediate future, The Courteeners return home to play a triumphant Friday night gig. Chris Duffy was there to witness it. Over the past five years, […]
Live: Vampire Weekend – Phones4U Arena, 17th November
Last week Vampire Weekend took to the stage in Manchester for their final UK show on their current tour. Adam Terris was there to witness a gig which prompts hope […]
Album Review: Midlake – Antiphon
Midlake’s response to losing their front-man Tim Smith has been to release a new album. Have the band excelled under their new guise or are they yet to break the shackles of […]
