Nick Hasted
Bio
Nick Hasted has been a film journalist since 1986. As well as The Arts Desk, he currently writes about film, music, books and comics for The Independent, Uncut, Jazzwise and Classic Rock.
He has published three books: The Dark Story of Eminem (2002), You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks (2011), and Jack White: How He Built An Empire From The Blues (2016).
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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...
Flow review - come the apocalypse, cue the animals
I so wanted to like Flow. I’d heard good things from usually reliable critic friends who’d seen it already and told me it had...
Album: Greentea Peng - Tell Dem It's Sunny
Going by the sounds of her new album, it wouldn’t unreasonable to assume that Greentea Peng enjoys sucking on a spliff every once in a while. ...
Adolescence, Netflix review - Stephen Graham battles the pha...
A dictionary definition of adolescence is “the transitional phase of growth and development between childhood and adulthood”, but in this four-...
theartsdesk Q&A: Indian star Radhika Apte on 'Sist...
Radhika Apte has been acclaimed for her ebullient performance as a reluctant bride in Sister Midnight since...
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Marsalis, LSO, Pappano, Ba...
Few symphonies lasting over an hour hold the attention (Mahler’s can; even Messiaen’s Turangalîla feels two movements too...
Uproar, Rafferty, Royal Welsh College, Cardiff review - colo...
There’s a lot to be said for the planning that clearly went into this concert by the Cardiff-based new music ensemble, Uproar....
Attacca Quartet, Kings Place review - bridging the centuries...
Memorably described by Gramophone magazine as the “new kids on the classical block…with lavish pocket money”, Apple’s London-based label...
Music Reissues Weekly: Norma Tanega - I Don't Think It...
After scoring a hit in 1966 with the distinctive folk-pop of her jazz-inclined debut single "Walkin' my Cat Named Dog," US singer-songwriter Norma...