Music Reviews

Paul Smith – Diagrams Review

Diagrams is the fourth solo studio album from Maximo Park frontman Paul Smith. Kicking off the eleven track album is ‘The Public Eye’, a catchy song with a d... Read More...

Razorlight – Olympus Sleeping Review

After a ten year hiatus, indie-rock band Razorlight have returned to the charts with their latest album, Olympus Sleeping. It’s clear from the very first so... Read More...

Arkells – Rally Cry Review

Following a relentless tour schedule earlier this year, which saw them support folk singer-songwriter Frank Turner and perform at US festival Coachella, Canadia... Read More...

Karine Polwart – Laws of Motion Review

Karine Polwart is a theatre maker, a writer and a multi award-winning songwriter and musician. She’s also a six-time winner at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, earn... Read More...

Peter Bjorn and John – Darker Days Review

Darker Days is the eighth studio album from Swedish indie pop/rock trio Peter Bjorn and John. That’s right, I said eighth, and they’ve stripped back to basics b... Read More...

Picnicking with Hot Potatoes and Sultanas in Melbourne

It was first week of October, spring had arrived in Melbourne, and after brunch in the sunshine with a few of my favourite human beings (and the best French toa... Read More...

Gregory Alan Isakov – Evening Machines Review

Is moody indie-folk your thing? What about a farmer from Colorado creating incredibly moving, emotional instrumental layers with echoes and harmonies to make yo... Read More...

Slash rides again with ‘Living the Dream’

Psst. Hey kid. You want to know a secret? Come closer. It’s dynamite. Slash’s partnership with Myles Kennedy is the best of his career. Sure, he made s... Read More...

Live Music Review: The Magic Gang at the Kentish Town Forum

You know how everyone always tells you that the Beatles are the root of all modern pop music? Well, The Magic Gang really make that clear. Their twin-guitar, tr... Read More...

The South rises again: St Paul & The Broken Bones release ‘Young Sick Camellia’

If you don’t know of St Paul & The Broken Bones, now is the time to educate yourself. Hailing from Birmingham, Alabama, this eight-piece soul outfit is the ... Read More...

Album Review: Jungle – For Ever

The name says it all, really. Any album for which you have to wait four years had better be worth it. This one is. It could have been titled ‘Jungle Took For Ev... Read More...

Paul McCartney pulls into Egypt Station: is it worth the ticket price?

When you come to write about new music by Paul McCartney, there’s a lot of history pressing down on you. 56 years of history, innovation and mania, in fact, whi... Read More...

Film

Mortal Engines Review

Amá Review

Lizzie Review

TV

The Flash Season 5, Episode 7 Review: ‘O Come, All Ye Thankful’

The Flash Season 5, Episode 6 Review: ‘The Icicle Cometh’

The Flash Season 5, Episode 5 Review: ‘All Doll’d Up’

Music

The Culturefly guide to gig etiquette

Live music review: Carmody spellbinds at Oslo Hackney

Live music review: Honne come home to the Brixton Academy

Books

Book Review: Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare

10 Christmassy books that are perfect for the festive season

Book Review: The Haunting of Violet Gray by Emily Sadovna