Reviews

JPNSGRLS – ‘Divorce’ Review

Album number two sees Vancouver’s JPNSGRLS continue their assault on vowels and musical fads. The four-piece – packing angst-ridden, power-chord-heavy rock played at breakneck...

‘Ice Age: Collision Course’ – Film Review

There’s no mystery as to why 20th Century Fox keeps making Ice Age films. The last two made over $850 million. The mystery is...

‘The BFG’ – Film Review

Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of The BFG needs to please two types of what the title character famously calls “human beans”. Some of this film’s...

Shura – ‘Nothing’s Real’ Review

A month ago, Alexandra Denton released one of the most memorable music videos of 2016 for her Class A earworm ‘What’s It Gonna Be?’...

Show Me The Body – ‘Body War’ Review

There’s an undiluted confidence around Show Me The Body. The New York three-piece last appeared in NME in February, when they were pictured burning...

Michael Kiwanuka – ‘Love & Hate’ Review

In 2012, Michael Kiwanuka left Frank Ocean and Skrillex in his wake to win the BBC’s ‘Sound Of’ poll. But since then, the north...

Clams Casino – ’32 Levels’ Review

Few producers have had as big an impact on hip-hop as Clams Casino. His early 2010 productions for Lil B and A$AP Rocky earned...

‘Ghostbusters’ – Film Review

Though the internet often whinges when a beloved movie franchise gets a reboot, most of us hope the new version will "do justice" to...

‘Maggie’s Plan’ – Film Review

Maggie (Greta Gerwig) has decided that she’s going to have a baby. She isn’t in a relationship so, as an independent New Yorker, she’s...

‘The Neon Demon’ – Film Review

Drive, which had Ryan Gosling cruising around beating people up in a neon fog, didn’t actually do its director Nicolas Winding Refn many favours....
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