Why it took me so long to watch The Wire and why you should be watching it now

For a show built around characters of many shades of grey, with good and bad on both sides, it's ironic that my first experience of The Wire was one of outright... Read More...

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Review

One of the first choices that needed to be made before discussing ‘Bandersnatch’ is whether to approach it as a film, a video game or - as it was most likely in... Read More...

Best albums of 2018: Tom Misch, Janelle Monáe, Arctic Monkeys and more

Music in 2018 is what you make it. Streaming has made music criticism into a dying art. It used to be about bringing people together around a movement, a sound,... Read More...

DIY Presents: Factory Seconds at Two Tribes Brewery Review

Named after the building where they recorded their first single and playing in a brewery, you’d be forgiven for thinking this midweek gig would have an industri... Read More...

Best Albums of 2017: London Grammar, Lorde, The XX and More

You know how 2016 was the year it all went wrong? Well, 2017 was the year when it all really went wrong. The Orangutan is actually in the White House, and our b... Read More...

The National – Sleep Well Beast Review

As an album which draws inspiration from a variety of places, it can be difficult to identify what the ‘Beast’ in Sleep Well Beast - the new offering from Ameri... Read More...

Alvvays – Antisocialites Review

When people described the sound of Alvvays’ first album back in 2014, the words ‘jangle pop’ came up more than a few times. Lead vocalist and guitarist Molly... Read More...

The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding Review

After the success of Lost In The Dream, it was always going to be interesting to see which direction The War On Drugs would take to follow it up. The last al... Read More...