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Ray Davies Our Country: Americana Act II
Ever since The Kinks’ Something Else, 51 years ago, Ray Davies has aimed at something more than just pop music.... read more
Florence + The Machine High As Hope
“And it’s hard to write about being happy/’Cause the older I get I find that happiness is an extremely uneventful... read more
Let’s Eat Grandma I'm All Ears
When Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth appeared with their debut album I, Gemini in 2016, they were a thrilling oddity:... read more
Kamasi Washington Heaven and Earth
While some artists are cutting their songs’ intros to make them more immediate on Spotify, Kamasi Washington is stretching out.... read more
latest film reviews
A Quiet Place
In an alternative universe, it may well be that it is Martin Freeman who is fearlessly defending his family from invading aliens, dressed only in the finest mod gear. As it is, A Quiet Place marks the latest fabulous career progression for John Krasinzki – aka Jim from the American... read more
Lean On Pete
Willy Vlautin first came to our attention as the singer, guitarist and songwriter of Richmond Fontaine, one of the best bands to emerge from the Americana boom during the mid-Nineties. Vlautin continues to make music in the Delines – but he has also run a parallel career as a novelist.... read more
The Endless
It is a good time for innovative science-fiction at the moment. Certainly, The Endless continues a lot of the good, genre-bending work done by Shane Carruth, Rian Johnson and Denis Villeneuve in recent years – but takes it off in another direction. It is directed by and stars Justin Benson... read more
