Disney+ appears to have become the home of Beatles-related televisual events. 2021’s McCartney 3, 2, 1 saw Rick Rubin dissecting master tapes with bass man Paul and whet the appetite for Peter Jackson’s 468 minute,…
In her review of the hottest and most watchable reality TV show to hit British screens in years, Lucy Mangan in The Guardian says that “the participants in this evilly addictive venture are – in…
A mixed bag of tunes, featuring Loyle Carner, Self Esteem, Lizzy McAlpine, Leftfield, FènixDion, Warmduscher, Little Simz, Charlotte Adigery and more. Track List
The drummer is the most derided band member, the butt of dozens of jokes. Which may be a little unfair – mostly, they can at least count to four (a rudimentary point made in Stephen…
25 tracks to see December in, featuring Fazerdaze, Wet Leg, Wire, New York Dolls, The Stooges, Yard Act, Sault, Throbbing Gristle, STRFKR, Manu Dibango and more. Track List
It’s the most controversial World Cup in history. Giovanni Infantino has strong feelings, all of them wrong. A rag bag of loosely-related tunes, including Charles Bradley, Ben Lamar Gay, Gramatik, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Zoë…
Mood music, featuring Weyes Blood, Laney Jones, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Art Blakey, Portishead, Prince, Miles Davis and more… Track List
Anticipating a new release by Haruki Murakami gives me a little tingle akin to that of a new album release by a favourite artist. I have hoovered up every Murakami book for decades. I’ve also…
“Wind warns November’s done with. The blown leaves make bat-shapes, Web-winged and furious.” – Sylvia Plath Here are some tunes to tame the web-winged and furious and get you through November, along with some studio…
Without any kind of plan I found myself, a few years ago, working in independent publishing. It was simply a case of being around to the point where it was easier to ask me to…