Having a go at Howard Devoto’s post-Buzzcocks band wasn’t new. In NME, Tony Parsons considered their February 1979 single “Rhythm of Cruelty” thus: “Howard the Schmuck writes pretty little melodies, ...

Social engineering gets a bad press. The whiff of creating a eugenics-inspired master race by other means clings to it, so ...

Aaron Copland’s gleaming, monumental Fanfare for the Common Man was written to mark the USA’s entry into World War II. Those ...

The title “Tone Phase 1 for 2 Guitars & 4 Oscillators” is a giveaway, clearly indicating what’s going to be heard once the LP ...

Dismemberment is a key motif in the writer-director Simon Stone’s The Oresteia. It reflects the treatment of two of the piece ...

A voice at the start of dancer Aakash Odedra’s performance speaks out of the darkness about the Sufi myth behind what we are ...

Ever since he crashed into the world with that eerie masterpiece, Maxinquaye (1995) – an album that has never aged – ...

It is never a great sign when a local authority is forced to comment on a music festival. The opening night of the In The ...

Pyschedelic music has always encouraged intergenerational influence. Thus West Midlander Pete “Sonic Boom” Kember, in his ...

Everything I Ever Saw continues The Menzingers’ tradition of heartfelt storytelling through their signature Americana punk ...

There’s a long and rich tradition of scabrous indie rock lyricism from Yorkshire. Sheffield’s Jarvis Cocker and Alex Turner ...

Trump Arrangement Syndrome”, my propensity to see the world refracted through the lens of the omnipresent ogre’s cult, raised ...