Music Reviews

The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow Review

They say that love makes you crazy, and now I know it to be true. I love this record, and within a few rotations I was dancing around my flat like a wild turkey... Read More...

ZZ Top rock Wembley

That Little Ol’ Band from Texas - or ZZ Top as they’re more commonly known - are 50 this year. To celebrate, they’ve embarked on a rare jaunt around those bits ... Read More...

The Rolling Stones – Bridges to Bremen Review

Latter-day live albums are often a painful affair, with scant muscle to cover the dignity of their creators, the unspooling of the years since their apogee all ... Read More...

Festival review: The hottest Glastonbury on record

In a year where climate change is prevalent in the news, this year’s Glastonbury was a scorcher. The question is, was it to do with a bubble from the Sahara or ... Read More...

Night Flight soar on debut LP

There is no better experience than discovering your new favourite band by chance at a pub gig. That’s what happened to this writer when Night Flight supported W... Read More...

Fatboy Slim kicks off Live in The Wyldes

In the beautiful setting of the Cornish countryside, down a few winding roads near Bude, something was stirring on Friday 14 June. A steady stream of traffic wa... Read More...

DeWolff – Live & Outta Sight II Review

Where did all the live albums go? In the Second Great Age of Rock - also known as the 1970s - they were the absolute cat’s pyjamas. After Frampton Came Alive, e... Read More...

Gov’t Mule ride into Kentish Town

It’s seven o’clock in Kentish Town, and a strange crowd is moving in on the north-Camden hipster haven. They’re old, they’re hairy and they’ve kept the faith si... Read More...

Duncan Lloyd – Outside Notion Review

Having shot to fame in the early noughties with indie band Maximo Park, Duncan Lloyd has stayed in the indie scene until now. Lloyd’s new solo album Outside Not... Read More...

XE54 take over The Wool Store

On Saturday (1 June), XE54 hosted the penultimate Wool Store party of 2019. Decked out with an insane lighting rig, there was a post apocalyptic feel to the ven... Read More...

Mark Knopfler brings the class at The O2

There are good gigs, and then there are musicianly gigs. There are wig-outs and happenings, and then there are virtuoso displays. Tonight’s show at The O2, bill... Read More...

The Lumineers put Gloria Sparks into the world

How do you market music these days? It’s a question that the music industry still hasn’t quite sorted out in the digital age, but The Lumineers have had an idea... Read More...

Film

The Story of Film: An Odyssey Blu-ray Review

Deerskin Review

Boarders Review

TV

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Win A Discovery of Witches Season Two on Blu-ray

It’s A Sin Review

Music

Live Music Review: CC:DISCO! at The Timber Yard

VISSIA – With Pleasure Review

AC/DC return with ‘Shot in the Dark’

Books

Why Georgette Heyer’s books are the perfect comfort read for our times

Book Review: Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood

Sarah Langan’s top five fantastic non-fiction books that’ll make you wish you lived on Mars (in the best of ways)

Music Reviews

The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow Review

ZZ Top rock Wembley

The Rolling Stones – Bridges to Bremen Review

Festival review: The hottest Glastonbury on record

Night Flight soar on debut LP

Fatboy Slim kicks off Live in The Wyldes

DeWolff – Live & Outta Sight II Review

Gov’t Mule ride into Kentish Town

Duncan Lloyd – Outside Notion Review

XE54 take over The Wool Store

Mark Knopfler brings the class at The O2

The Lumineers put Gloria Sparks into the world