Music
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OpinionAlbums of 2016 (#5): Angel Olsen – My Woman
A reflection on the year's most ferociously diverse pop record, Angel Olsen's 'My Woman' Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
OpinionAlbums of 2016 (#6): Nick Cave – Skeleton Tree
Death is a familiar character in Nick Cave’s songbook, but Skeleton Tree, his 16th studio album with The Bad Seeds, carries a particularly tragic spect... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
Opinion
Albums of 2016 (#7): David Bowie – Blackstar
On 8 January, David Bowie’s 69th birthday, his 25th studio album Blackstar was released. Seemingly a cause for double celebration, certainly none of us... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
Festivals
Trans Musicales 2017: Ten Acts You Must See
As the 38th Les Recontres Trans Musicales festival in Rennes approaches, we take a closer look at the line-up and pick out ten acts worth taking time out for Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
NewsIndependent Venue Week announces 2017 line-up
Manchester's Cabbage star among the first names to be unveiled Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
Opinion
Albums of 2016 (#8): Anohni – Hopelessness
Hopeless times need music too. Anohni teamed up with OPN and HudMo to produce one of the most startling records of recent years Read more »| 28 Nov 2016
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Interviews
Kate Tempest on Let Them Eat Chaos
The London writer and performer speaks about new album Let Them Eat Chaos, and the radical, positive power behind her thunderous words Read more »| 28 Nov 2016 -
OpinionAlbums of 2016 (#9): Parquet Courts – Human Performance
Parquet Courts have released five records in five years – a feat achieved by few of their peers. Human Performance ticks all the right boxes Earl... Read more »| 28 Nov 2016 -
Reviews
El Hombre Trajeado – Fast Diagonal
12 years after their last album, it’s remarkable how much of El Hombre Trajeado’s sound has carried over onto record number four. If 2004's ... Read more »| 28 Nov 2016 -
Reviews
D.I.D – The State We're In
First noticed chanting “We are a mess, we are failures and we love it” with the cast of Skins back in the ancient past of 2011, D.I.D now return ... Read more »| 28 Nov 2016 -
Opinion
Albums of 2016 (#10): Beyoncé – Lemonade
For her sixth album, Beyoncé once again offered another way in, and this time around, the ambition of the accompanying visuals advanced the whole a league beyond the sum of its parts Read more »| 28 Nov 2016 -
Reviews
Beans on Toast – A Spanner in the Works
Say what you like about 2016 but if nothing else it was the year Billy Bragg, the last great political troubadour, made an album about trains. Where, you mig... Read more »| 28 Nov 2016 -
Live Music
Honeyblood @ O2 Academy 2, Liverpool, 18 Nov
Liverpool three-piece Trudy and the Romance kick things off with disjointed riffs accompanied by doo-wop style vocals and raucous, sludgy guitar, creati... Read more »| 25 Nov 2016 -
Live MusicLive music in Liverpool this week: 24-29 Nov
Thought Liverpool's live scene had closed shop following a hectic Music Week? Think again: Pink Kink and False Advertising star in a week of must-see shows Read more »| 24 Nov 2016 -
Live Music
Anaïs Mitchell @ La Belle Angèle, 20 Nov
For the past few years, it’s seemed like Anaïs Mitchell has been ascending, and tonight, closing out her tour in Edinburgh, it genuinely feels lik... Read more »| 24 Nov 2016