Records | Album Review
Dave Kerr: Massive Attack’s long-awaited fifth album – their first in seven years – feels more a spiritual successor to the all-star melting po...
Music | Feature
Dave Kerr: Since weathering the dreaded block to play his part in Portishead’s triumphant Third coming last year, there was no such agonising over Geoff Ba...
Ally Brown: With two UK tours already under their belt this year, Animal Collective might not come back to these shores for a while. Just as well then that we too...
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 | Film | Preview
Chris Buckle: Ever drunkenly pumped coins into a 2p machine to the sound of Deerhunter playing Butlins, or spotted Steve Albini fleecing fans at poker while watchin...
Ally Brown: Let's admit it: Third is a flawed album. A handful of songs, including the mesmerising opener Silence, end too quickly, and Hunter is ambitious but li...
Dave Kerr: He was trouble as a young ‘un; did time in the slammer for committing 'forgery of the crown', bounced back to carve his own niche with 1995&rsqu...
News | Lifestyle | Heads Up
Dave Kerr: Guess what? Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood recently sat down on a sofa, right, and rather than bore themselves with another episode of Corrie and cons...
Ally Brown: Los Angeles is a huge metropolis uneasily plonked onto a desert, a vast city built around the film-set for an old Wild West epic. Without the Pacific ...
Music | Live Review
Ally Brown: Such is the dinner-party aesthetic that Portishead unwittingly acquired after Dummy, it’s a minor surprise the Corn Exchange floor isn’t a...
Ally Brown: From the rolling krautrock groove of opener Silence, it's clear Portishead haven't been sitting on their hands in the 11 years since their last album....
Music | Preview
Beth Malone: It's pretty baffling when a band can release just two albums and garner not only vast international acclaim but maintain a loyal fanbase long after th...
