Marshall Stanmore III Speaker | Editor Review
If you catch me at home at almost any point in the day, you’ll find me listening to music. When work gets off I switch from my speaker to headphones for a run, and when […]
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The Goldberg Variations review – De Keersmaeker’s strange and sober journey into Bach | Stage
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker is not someone you expect to see dancing in silver sequined hotpants: a high queen of choreographic seriousness and an austere presence on stage. This solo is both a departure from […]
‘Pinocchio’ review: Robert Zemeckis’ lifeless update of a classic
It may have started when they shunned hand-drawn animation from their feature productions, or perhaps when churning out superhero sequels became their mainstay. But regardless of where it began, the cheapening of the wonder Disney […]
Crushed Kid review – tiny Suede secret gig is extremely loud and incredibly close | Suede
This was supposed to be a secret. The name on the bill is Crushed Kid, described as a “brand sparkling new post-punk band”, but there’s a remarkable number of Suede T-shirts in the room and […]
Crushed Kid review – tiny Suede secret gig is extremely loud and incredibly close | Suede
This was supposed to be a secret. The name on the bill is Crushed Kid, described as a “brand sparkling new post-punk band”, but there’s a remarkable number of Suede T-shirts in the room and […]
Courtney Stodden Calls Out Bethenny Frankel’s Review Of SKKN
Courtney Stodden is revisiting some history! The media personality brought things into perspective for fans by blasting Bethenny Frankel for “mockingly” interviewing her on her eponymous talk show back in 2013. Stodden’s reaction was prompted […]
‘Don’t Worry Darling’ review: Olivia Wilde scandals blunt thrills
In Olivia Wilde’s trouble-in-paradise thriller “Don’t Worry Darling,” Florence Pugh plays a devoted housewife called Alice, a common enough name that here evokes a few famous antecedents. Watching her go about her daily routine — […]
End of the Road review – post-punk, cosmic jazz and weirdo pop offer a genuine alternative | End of the Road festival
All festivals have a USP: Reading, for instance, is an assault course marking the end of childhood; Boomtown is a purpose-built warehouse party in the English countryside for those too scared to visit an actual […]
Proms & ENO: Glass Handel review – arias meet beatboxing in a creative but baffling cacophony | Proms 2022
Another week, another foray beyond BBC Proms HQ. The latest Prom to leave the Royal Albert Hall was an “operatic experience” at Printworks London – once the largest printing factory in western Europe, and since […]
Joshua Redman Quartet: LongGone review – musical soulmates reunite to stunning effect | Jazz
The jazz equivalent of old soulmates finishing each other’s sentences is a risk run by almost all bands with long lifespans. Saxophonist Joshua Redman’s A-list quartet with pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Christian McBride and drummer […]
Review: ‘Prescription for Love’ is a charming new film on Great American Family
Trevor Donovan in ‘Prescription for Love.’ Photo Courtesy of Great American Family. “Prescription for Love,” starring Trevor Donovan and Jillian Murray, is a neat new romantic comedy on Great American Family. It premiered on Saturday, […]
YouTuber Angry Joe brutally roasts The Last of Us Part 1 by re-releasing 2014 review
Angry Joe’s content is almost as old as YouTube itself, and he’s been making Angry Reviews for over a decade. His reviews are still hotly anticipated by fans, but Angry Joe did something a little […]
Lewis Capaldi review – poignancy and profanity from the class clown of pop | Music
‘Fuck me, this is high.” Lewis Capaldi and his piano are sitting atop a gigantic screen at London’s O2 Arena. The 25-year-old Scottish singer-songwriter is in the middle of performing his multi-platinum ballad Bruises and […]
Nina Nesbitt: Älskar review – honest electronic pop confessionals | Pop and rock
Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt unintentionally made it into millions of homes when her former boyfriend, Ed Sheeran, wrote a song about their relationship – Nina, on 2014’s X. But she herself has spent a decade […]
Wu-Tang Clan and Nas’ Tour Kicks Off In St. Louis: Review and Setlist
East Coast hip-hop royalty descended upon the Midwest as Wu-Tang Clan and Nas kicked off their “NY State of Mind Tour” (grab tickets here) at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater in St. Louis on Tuesday night […]
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan review – Spock and Kirk shine in charming Enterprise revisit | Movies
The 1982 sequel to the original Star Trek feature film is now re-released: a brisker, brasher work directed by Nicholas Meyer which moved away from the more lugubrious, Kubrickian ambitions of the first film and […]
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power review: this is high fantasy done right
It almost never bodes well when a studio leads with its desire for a new project to become the Next Big Thing™ the way Amazon has with its ultra-expensive Lord of the Rings prequel series, […]
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ S1 Review
For a massive show rumored to have a production budget of more than $1 billion, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s first moments are decidedly small. Evocative of the quote from Bilbo in […]
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power review: An epic that needs to go harder
Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power arrives on Prime Video this week burdened by outrageously high audience expectations. Not only does the streaming series have to live up to J.R.R. Tolkien’s […]
100 Gecs review – hyperpop provocateurs’ electrifying UK debut | Music
Pour one out for the security team at Kentish Town Forum. Watching them try to keep the fans in the balcony seated during 100 Gecs’ debut UK headline show was like watching someone battle a […]