An ode to music in Cold War
Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cold War can only be described as an epic story of love, suffering and music. The film spans 15 years in the postwar era, presenting Wiktor’s (Tomasz Kot) and Zula’s…
Review: Is Dolly Parton really a ‘Rockstar’?
The Queen of Country has jumped headfirst into rock’n’roll in her 49th solo album, Rockstar. Besides a handful of originals, the bulk of the work is made up of iconic…
Have we lost the art of the intimate gig?
Recently I watched the up-and-coming folk singer Odie Leigh perform at The Poetry Club of SWG3 Glasgow. I was particularly excited because it was a very small and intimate location,…
Review: Jockstrap at the Classic Grand
Jockstrap’s show at Glastonbury was electrifying and shone out against a consistently stellar line-up on the Park Stage, so I felt lucky to secure the £23 ticket for Glasgow’s 550-capacity Classic Grand on November…
In conversation with: The Pharcyde
With a cry of “What’s up, Eddyburg?”, Fatlip (Derrick Stewart), Slimkid3 (Trevant Hardson), and Imani (Emandu Wilcox) took to The Liquid Room stage on October 26. They are on their…
How are The Smile distancing themselves from the world of Radiohead?
Radiohead offshoot The Smile have just announced the release of a second album, Wall of Eyes, alongside a UK/European tour. The trio comprises Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with…
Troye Sivan gifts love and queerness on Something to Give Each Other
In the music video for ‘Rush’, a Bacchanalian scene unfolds across a summer night in Berlin, choreographed in harmony to a thumping house beat. It’s raunchily celebratory of queer sensuality,…
‘Now and Then’: is the new single truly a Beatles’ song?
It’s January 1994, fourteen years after musical legend John Lennon has passed away. His then-wife Yoko Ono gifted Paul McCartney three cassette recordings: an action that would lead to the…