Why should Furiosa’s disappointing box office stop a new Mad Max movie?
The film industry is obsessed with box office figures. The Tinseltown trades spend far more time focusing on whichever recent blockbuster has lost $200m than
Ayra Starr: The Year I Turned 21 review – magnetic Afrobeats
Beninese-Nigerian singer-songwriter Ayra Starr has fast become one of the biggest musicians to come out of west Africa. Her debut, 19 and Dangerous, was gutsy,
Richard Thompson: Ship to Shore review – another collection of beautifully gruelling material
Is there a surer pair of hands than Richard Thompson’s? Leading light of the 1960s folk-rock boom, solo troubadour since, his 18th solo album proffers
‘Your defence is terrified!’: how Freed from Desire became a football, darts and protest anthem
Gala’s jubilant pop-dance banger Freed from Desire was a massive hit across Europe in the peak stadium-rave summer of 1996. But the story of the
Madonna sued for ‘pornography without warning’ at LA concert performance
Madonna has been sued by a concertgoer at her Celebration world tour, who alleges that Madonna produced “pornography without warning” and he “was forced to
Landless: Lúireach review | Jude Rogers’ folk album of the month
Vocal harmony is in the dense weave of so much traditional music, and it becomes a startling, golden thread in Landless’s second album. Named after
Thou: Umbilical review – one of the finest metal albums of the past decade
A caustically intense mainstay of the US underground, Thou combine cavernously sludgy riffs with raw punk energy. Theirs is a sound of stifling humidity, a
‘Rapper’s Delight planted a seed for the rest of my life’: Questlove on hoarding, capturing hip-hop history and the Kendrick-Drake beef
With a sigh, Ahmir Thompson – better known as Questlove – turns his laptop around, so I can see the inside of his apartment, rather
UK retailers call for business rates and planning reform after fall in shoppers
Retailers have called on the government to rethink business rates and planning laws to revive high streets and shopping centres after visitor numbers fell again