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Clash
Oct 27, 20243 min read
Tears For Fears – Songs For A Nervous Planet
A timeless and fascinating collection... "Article published in Clash Magazine. Author: Emma Harrison." Life is always sweeter when you...
The Guardian
Oct 27, 20243 min read
Kate Bush: Little Shrew review – this devastating film will make you weep at war’s violence against children
Written, directed and soundtracked by Bush, built up from sketches she drew herself, this four-minute animation is suffused with both...
The Telegraph
Oct 27, 20243 min read
Elton John: Never Too Late – the angst beneath the superstar’s high life
This documentary, co-directed by Sir Elton’s husband and RJ Cutler, is flashy and slick – but there’s a sombreness at its heart "Article...
The Irish Times
Oct 27, 20242 min read
David Gilmour: Luck and Strange – Pink Floyd guitarist’s fifth solo album is his best yet
Mood is morose yet so Floydian in sonic temperament - as songs go by you’d swear it was 1974 "Article published in The Irish Times....
The Irish Times
Oct 27, 20246 min read
The script is Sinéad O’Connor – it’s the music’: Christeene on The Lion the Witch and The Cobra
The performance artist, musician and drag experimentalist is bringing her reimagining of the late Irish singer’s first album to Dublin...
The Guardian
Oct 27, 20245 min read
Just like heaven: the Cure’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
Ahead of the release of Songs of a Lost World – their first album in 16 years – we rate the best of a band who combine light and dark...
The Guardian
Oct 27, 20243 min read
The Cure: Songs of a Lost World review – as promised, ‘very, very doom and gloom’
The band’s first album in 16 years finds Robert Smith and co on reliably melancholy form – with the exception of one out-and-out pop...
Clash
Oct 26, 20241 min read
PIXIES – The Night The Zombies Came
One of the best of their post-reformation releases... "Article published in Clash Magazine. Author: Neve Dawson." A band forming at...
The Independent
Oct 20, 20242 min read
Jelly Roll review, Beautifully Broken: Country star’s 10th album is polished and potent
Country’s breakthrough star sings with the conviction of a man who’s seen too much "Article published in The Independent. Author: Roisin...
The Independent
Oct 20, 20246 min read
Liam Payne drew the short straw in One Direction – now we’ll never know the real him
Both in the band and out of it, the pop star struggled to find his defining identity, writes Mark Beaumont. Attempts at telling the world...
Grammy.com
Oct 20, 20245 min read
2025 GRAMMYs: Nominations To Be Announced November 8 — Everything You Need To Know
The 2025 GRAMMY nominations will be announced Friday, Nov. 8. Learn more about the GRAMMY voting process, key GRAMMY Awards updates, and...
Clash
Oct 20, 20241 min read
Confidence Man – 3AM (LA LA LA)
A spectacular slice of dancefloor deviance... "Article published in Clash Magazine. Author: Robin Murray." Through carefully modernised...
Clash
Oct 20, 20242 min read
REVIEW | Yeat – LYFESTYLE
A lengthy treatise from the enigmatic rapper... "Article published in Clash Magazine. Author: Robin Murray." Renegade rapper Yeat has...
Clash
Oct 20, 20242 min read
Black Pope Reveals Debut Album ‘White Smoke’
A 'twisted horror anthology' from the Berlin-based showman. "Article published in Clash Magazine. Author: CLASHMUSIC." Irish-born artist...
Slant Magazine
Oct 20, 20241 min read
KA twigs Gets Cozy with Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Yves Tumor in “Perfect Stranger” Video
The video sees the artist slipping into various characters across a series of vignettes. "Article published in Slant Magazine. Author:...
Slant Magazine
Oct 20, 20242 min read
Kylie Minogue ‘Tension II’ Review: Even More Deliciously Empty-Calorie Dance-Pop
The album is the singer’s most ingratiating collection of dance-pop songs since Aphrodite. "Article published in Slant Magazine. Author:...
Perseus
Oct 18, 20246 min read
AVS, ALTS AND FAKES: THE MANY FACES OF THE DIGITAL SELF
In the age of digital recluse, we must stay vigilant about the details of user-created profiles. In older virtual communities like Second...
The Irish Times
Oct 13, 20242 min read
Marc Almond: I’m Not Anyone review: Wise use of fine tunes
The singer’s adventurous spirit is to be celebrated again as he performs songs selected for their emotional resonance "Article published...
Clash
Oct 13, 20243 min read
Charli xcx – brat and it’s completely different but also still brat
The summer’s smash hit returns with an All Stars line-up… "Article published in Clash Magazine. Author: Caitlin Chatterton." Charli xcx’s...
Metal Injection
Oct 13, 20242 min read
Album Review: NIGHTWISH Yesterwynde
"Article published in Metal Injection Magazine. Author: Jordan Blum." Given that they've been around for nearly three full decades, it'd...
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