Film | Review | DVD Review
Alastair Roy: From the humble origins of Pontin’s holiday camp, the now global All Tomorrow's Parties festival continues to stay free of corporate sponsorship...
Music | Books | Live Review
Ally Brown: One of the first rules of writing, in any sector, is to write about what you know; so one great challenge all novelists face is to create characters a...
Music | Feature
Billy Hamilton: Pinning down Nick Cave’s primary occupation over the past 25 years is an unforgiving task. From musician to novelist to actor to director, the u...
Beth Malone: I haven’t eaten all day. I’m nauseous and could - at any moment - pee myself. I’m waiting to speak with two of Nick Cave’s Bad...
Music | Live Review
Ally Brown, Nick Mitchell & Colin Chapman: The Connect Festival – this year renamed Hydro Connect thanks to a sponsorship hook-up with Scottish Hydro Electric – has got everything g...
Dave Kerr: Last year the Bad Seeds’ Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos took a sonic detour away from the piano-driven atmospherics tha...
Music | Comedy | Feature
Dave Kerr: Julian Cope - Uncut Arena (Friday) Who are you most looking forward to seeing at this year's festival? I don't go to festivals to see anyone in part...
Music | Preview
Jason Morton: When one stops to think about the UK summer music festival scene – the sheer number of events, the stages and attractions, the amount of talent ...
Nick Mitchell: A funny thing happened last year: people started using the word "boutique" to describe a music festival. Now, according to ye olde dictionary, a "bout...
Records | Album Review
Billy Hamilton: If you're squeamish, cover your ears now - Grinderman's debut album takes no prisoners. It's the wailing cry of love bludgeoned by vitriolic distortio...
Billy Hamilton: In Nick Cave's drive to musical emancipation, The Bad Seeds provide direction without ever taking hold of the wheel. Imperative to the composition of ...
