Reviews

Director: Mike Leigh

Topsy-Turvy surprises on two counts. For those who assume Mike Leigh movies generally involve humorously dysfunctional working-class characters mumbling inconsequentially to one another on...

London Kentish Town Bull & Gate

The CIA are not beyond suspicion here. If there weren't mitigating circumstances, the paranoid British patriot might consider Seafood an act of...

Guarapero/Lost Blues Vol 2 / Ode Music

You probably couldn't describe this as a flurry of Will Oldham activity - more a slow seep. The man who spent nine decades trapped...

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out

It's a truth rarely acknowledged by rock bands that relationships are defined by the tiny details, not the grand gestures. First glances, awkward dancing,...

Daisies Of The Galaxy

It ain't easy being cheesy. In the self-obsessed world of rock'n'roll, kudos is a priceless commodity. But blighted by the sudden, unrepeatable success of...

London King’s Cross Water Rats

If tonight proves anything, it's that energy isn't enough. Check out The Pin-Ups. Excitable fanzine writers from north London, they make a loud, forgettable...

Joined Up Talking

Did we really live like this? Back when everyone was mining the dark deposits of the grunge psyche, this Britpop ephemera was sold as...

Bristol Anson Rooms

God's favourite space cadet has remained on US time during his entire British tour, just in case he is called home to collect his...

Oxford Bullingdon Arms

Rachel Stamp must curse Placebo's name. It was Molko and co who stole their cross-dressing glam-rock thunder, back when such things fleetingly seemed like...

Jay-Z : Volume 3… The Life And Times Of SCarter

The world's gone mad. Multimillionaire rapper Shawn Carter has been arraigned for a stabbing incident on December 1, 1999, and could face up to...
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