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It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.
It followed some...
Music Reissues Weekly: Too Far Out - Beat, Mod & R&B...
The thrill of hearing “Crawdaddy Simone” never wears off. As the September 1965 B-side of the third single by North London R&B band The...
Naumov, SCO, Egarr, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh review - or...
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra has had to put up with its fair share of artist cancellations over the last month, and the ensuing games of musical...
Brief History of a Family review - glossy Chinese psychologi...
Brief History of a Family is a psychological thriller with a story familiar to anyone who has seen Ripley, ...
Album: Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco - I Said I Love You Fir...
Selena Gomez is the enormously successful Disney child star who grew up to be a Hollywood actor and global pop sensation. As notably, she’s the...
Die Zauberflöte, Royal Academy of Music review - first-rate...
Tamino in the operating theatre hallucinating serpents? Sarastro’s acolytes wheeling lit-up plasma packs? From the central part of the Overture...
Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other review - a portr...
Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other is a documentary portrait of photographer Joel Meyerowitz, acclaimed for his...
The Alto Knights review - double dose of De Niro doesn'...
The power struggle between New York crime bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello is one of the foundational stories of the American Mafia, though...
Album: The Horrors - Night Life
For fans of The Horrors, the headline here is that, 20 years into the career, for their sixth album, the band have lost two of their founding...