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Benson Boone, O2 London review - sequins, spectacle and cheeky charmWednesday, 05 November 2025
After cancelling his Birmingham gig an hour before curtain-up due to illness, the anticipatory hype around whether Benson Boone’s London show at The O2 would actually go ahead was almost as electric as his infamous song. But a reassuring ping from... Read more... |
Midlake's 'A Bridge to Far' is a tour-de-force folk-leaning psychedelic albumWednesday, 05 November 2025
“Climb upon a bridge to far, go anywhere your heart desires.” The key phrase from the title track of Midlake’s sixth studio album conveys the perception that anything is within reach should an appropriate mind-set be attained. However, later on the... Read more... |
Sad and Beautiful World: Mavis Staples offers words of wisdomFriday, 07 November 2025
Mavis Staples, the woman to whom a young Bob Dylan proposed marriage when they met at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival and whose voice he has described as his “favourite voice”. Mavis Staples, who announced her retirement in 2023 and then realised she... Read more... |
theartsdesk on Vinyl 93: Led Zeppelin, Blawan, Sylvester, Zaho de Sagazan, Sabres of Paradise, Hot Chip and moreThursday, 06 November 2025
VINYL OF THE MONTHMartel Zaire (Evil Ideas)Montenegro-born, Cyprus-based producer Martel Vladimiroff is a hard man to find out about. His meagre online imprint and extensive global travels make him seem more like “an asset in the field” than a... Read more... |
Suzanne Vega and Katherine Priddy, Royal Albert Hall review - superlative songwritersThursday, 06 November 2025
Opening acts don’t always enjoy a full house, but at at the Royal Albert Hall at the end of a UK tour in support of Suzanne Vega and her acclaimed new album Flying with Angels, there was a warm and generous welcome for singer-songwriter Katherine... Read more... |
Kali Malone and Drew McDowell generate 'Magnetism' with intergenerational ambienceThursday, 06 November 2025
It’s weird, right? We’ve somehow stumbled into a world where, for all we’re told that algorithms homogenise music, actually more people than ever are exposed to very, very odd and abstract soundmaking.There’s new age gong baths at even the most... Read more... |
Sananda Maitreya, Town Hall, Birmingham review - 80s megastar still has the chopsTuesday, 04 November 2025
During a false start to “Billy Don’t Fall”, on Sunday night at Birmingham’s iconic Town Hall, Sananda Maitreya took the opportunity to address the packed house before him. He noted that there’s now a King on the throne of England, an American Pope... Read more... |
'Vicious Delicious' is a tasty, burlesque-rockin' debut from pop hellion LuvcatMonday, 03 November 2025
Three of last year’s finest singles were by Luvcat, a classy-but-naughty Eartha Kitt-style bad girl steeped in burlesque-rock’n’roll spirit. In fact, she’s the wanton basque’n’fishnets persona that, during a decadent sojourn in Paris, possessed the... Read more... |
Music Reissues Weekly: Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain GrillSunday, 02 November 2025
Issued in September 1974, Hall of the Mountain Grill was Hawkwind’s fifth LP. The follow-up to 1973’s live double album The Space Ritual Alive in Liverpool and London, it found the band in a position which seemed unlikely considering their roots in... Read more... |
'Everybody Scream': Florence + The Machine's brooding sixth albumSaturday, 01 November 2025
If you were looking for the most perfectly brooding autumnal album this year, Florence Welch and her Machine may have been one of the least likely places you would have expected. However, motivated by deeply personal tumult of the past few years,... Read more... |
Cat Burns finds 'How to Be Human' but maybe not her own soundFriday, 31 October 2025
Twenty-five-year-old South Londoner and current Celebrity Traitors contestant Cat Burns is a charming performer. Her songs have a rare ability to present the most fundamental of youthful relationship ups and downs as fresh and real.... Read more... |
Todd Rundgren, London Palladium review - bold, soul-inclined makeover charms and enthralsThursday, 30 October 2025
The first words are spoken after “Worldwide Epiphany,” the 20th song. “Thank you” is all Todd Rundgren says. With this, the set ends.It wasn’t that he was inscrutable or failing to acknowledge the audience during the previous hour and 50 minutes. A... Read more... |
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