CDs/DVDs
CD: Hailey Tuck - JunkThursday, 17 May 2018
Take a first, passing glance at the debut album from Hailey Tuck and she could be mistaken for Katy Perry, done up in florid new image finery. The Texas-born, Paris-living 27 year old, however, on further inspection (and, more to the point, on... Read more... |
CD: Ray LaMontagne - Part of the LightWednesday, 16 May 2018
Ray LaMontagne is a versatile artist who for years has been navigating the territory between hard rock and contemporary folk. His voice can be soft and gentle and yet also filled on occasion with something close to aggression. He has a firm grasp of... Read more... |
DVD: All the Money in the WorldTuesday, 15 May 2018
It’s open season on the Getty dynasty. Last month the BBC documentary The Gettys: The World’s Richest Art Dynasty briskly coursed through the family archives. In March the TV drama Trust began on FX, scripted by Simon Beaufoy and directed by Danny... Read more... |
Blu-ray/DVD: Neon BullMonday, 14 May 2018
The naturalism of Gabriel Mascaro’s Neon Bull has an engrossing inconsequence – if that's not a contradiction in terms – that surely betrays the Brazilian director’s origins as a documentarist. Narrative in any traditional plot sense is... Read more... |
CD: Brad Mehldau Trio - Seymour Reads the Constitution!Sunday, 13 May 2018
From Bach to the Beach Boys in three months. Though the right side of 50, pianist and bandleader Brad Mehldau has released 35 albums in over 25 years. In the Nineties, as a twenty-something, he recorded a five-volume series of albums with the title... Read more... |
CD: Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel + CasinoSaturday, 12 May 2018
Arctic Monkeys are the great British guitar band of the 21st century so far. Only now they’re not. For the last couple of albums, Sheffield’s ever-smart rock four-piece have pushed their innate indie guitar sound further and further into 21st pop... Read more... |
CD: Ryley Walker - Deafman GlanceFriday, 11 May 2018
As it was with his last album Golden Sings That Have Been Sung, it’s impossible to listen to Ryley Walker without comparisons to John Martyn and Tim Buckley – the jazz-infused, non-linear Buckley of Lorca – springing to mind. But this time round,... Read more... |
CD: Ry Cooder - The Prodigal SonThursday, 10 May 2018
Ry Cooder is not only one of the greatest American guitarists of his time, a virtuoso who uses his technical mastery to make music with extraordinary soul, but he also has his heart firmly in the right place. On this new album, a close collaboration... Read more... |
CD: Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really FeelWednesday, 09 May 2018
If her collaborations with other musicians is anything to go by, Courtney Barnett’s star has definitely been on the rise since the release of her wonderfully titled 2015 debut album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. Last year... Read more... |
DVD: The Ice KingTuesday, 08 May 2018
Director James Erskine found a fascinating subject in the life of ice-skating legend John Curry and has fashioned it into an absolutely compelling 90-minute documentary. Curry was only 45 when he died of AIDS in 1994, but his professional career, in... Read more... |
CD: RSO - Radio Free AmericaMonday, 07 May 2018
RSO are a duo made up of ex-Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora and Australian guitar-shredder and present member of Alice Cooper’s band, Orianthi Panagaris – a couple who have decided to celebrate their relationship in song with what can only be... Read more... |
CD: Simian Mobile Disco - MurmurationsSaturday, 05 May 2018
Throughout their career, James Ford and Jas Shaw have proved themselves to be nothing if not versatile. From the subtly swirling psychedelia of Simian, to the various dancefloor shapes they’ve thrown as Simian Mobile Disco.On their last album, 2016’... Read more... |
