Music Reviews

Didn’t It Rain – Hugh Laurie

Released: 2013 If you’d placed a bet back in the days of Hugh Laurie gallivanting around cheaply-made Blackadder sets that in 2013 he would become the latest... Read More...

Beyonce – Mrs Carter World Tour Live At Manchester Arena

Beyonce hit Manchester this week with the Mrs Carter World Tour putting on a spectacular show as always. After performing at the Superbowl back in February and ... Read More...

Every Kingdom – Ben Howard

Released: 2011 Quite where Ben Howard came from is something of a mystery. Much like his contemporary Ed Sheeran, it seems like Ben Howard became a star over... Read More...

El Camino – The Black Keys

Released: 2011 Looking for a blues album you can listen to without coming across like a sweaty, bearded man-mountain, who’s just hitched a ride on the back o... Read More...

Bryter Layter Remastered – Nick Drake

Released: 2013 As quintessentially English as tea and toast, delayed rail journeys, and slight drizzle, Nick Drake’s music seems to be the kind of branch of ... Read More...

Earth Rocker – Clutch

Released: 2013 For every music aficionado out there, there's a band they follow, usually an underground kind of band who receive very little radio play or me... Read More...

Temper Temper – Bullet For My Valentine

Released: 2013 Almost 8 years after discovering Wales’ finest headbangers, Bullet For My Valentine, the quartet have made it to the big time with album numbe... Read More...

One Kiss Ends It All – Saturday Looks Good To Me

Released: 2013 Saturday Looks Good To Me have been around for a decade, with numerous line up changes and shifts in their sounds. But for me, they have found... Read More...

Exile – A.S.

Released: 2013 Listening to the swirling ethereal scenes, delicate piano flurries and soaring vocals of eclectic duo A.S., you’d be forgiven for thinking the... Read More...

Shaking The Habitual – The Knife

Realased: 2013 Shaking The Habitual is not an easy listen. Its extensive 98 minute runtime is barren, caustic and uncompromisingly bloody-minded. It’s also ... Read More...

Outrun – Kavinsky

Released: 2013 Kavinsky garnered a lot of attention a couple of years ago for the song Nightcall which featured prominently in the 2011 film Drive. Cool, col... Read More...

To Basics – Tilman Hartley

Released: 2013 There’s something charming about Tilman Hartley’s debut LP. It feels thrown together, messy, unfinished even. But it’s precisely this freestyl... Read More...

Film

Jellyfish Review

Cold Pursuit DVD Review

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part DVD Review

TV

Dead To Me review: A resonant, biting dark comedy

Tales of the City review: A delightful, absorbing series with a bountiful heart

What/If review: A soapy drama that struggles to keep the right momentum

Music

Night Flight soar on debut LP

Fatboy Slim kicks off Live in The Wyldes

DeWolff – Live & Outta Sight II Review

Books

20 must-read books for Summer 2019

Book Review: Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

Book Review: Vintage 1954 by Antoine Laurain