From sit-ins for peace to avant-garde happenings and covert surveillance of revolutionary sympathies, the world of John Lennon and Yoko Ono can seem removed from
Category: Music
British jazz stars Ezra Collective: ‘We destroy any impostor syndrome with our first tune’
How odd to meet the UK’s most exhilarating live act around a wipe-clean table in an anonymous boardroom, as though we’re about to discuss some
Scottish DJ Jack Revill AKA Jackmaster dies aged 38
The Scottish DJ and producer Jack Revill, known to many as Jackmaster, has died aged 38, his family has announced. Revill died in Ibiza on
Seun Kuti and Egypt 80: Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head) review – Fela’s legacy lives on
In politics and culture alike, “heritage” has become a revered touchstone, a sacred duty, even. It must feel that way to Seun Kuti, son of
On my radar: Evan Dando’s cultural highlights
Evan Dando was born in Essex, Massachusetts, in 1967 and moved to Boston aged nine. In 1986 he co-founded alt-rock band the Lemonheads (initially known
David Gilmour review – astonishing, goosebump-inducing solos
The 78-year-old Pink Floyd veteran David Gilmour has had a busy few weeks. He’s been promoting his first solo album since 2015, Luck and Strange,
Streaming: Kneecap and the best hip-hop movies
The list of hip-hop acts who have starred in their own biopic is a short one, and it has perhaps its unlikeliest entry in Kneecap.
‘People falling asleep wasn’t that unusual’: experimental pioneers the Necks on four decades of improvising
They were the overnight sensation 30 years in the making. In 2017, a review appeared in the New York Times: “My obsession with the Necks,
Coldplay: Moon Music review – a cloyingly upbeat ride to the heavens
Chris Martin clearly feels a responsibility to use his bully pulpit to spread positivity. Nothing wrong with that. One of the reasons Coldplay are the
‘Being alive is kind of painful’: the bleak vision of noise rockers Chat Pile
A few weeks ago, a new billboard appeared in downtown Oklahoma City. Positioned atop a nondescript Mexican restaurant advertising “OKC’s Best White Queso and Margaritas,”