Kraftwerk Kick Off 2022 “3D Tour” with Mesmerizing Concert: Review

Kraftwerk 2022

The sheer diversity of the concertgoers who descended upon Kraftwerk’s tour kickoff at The Pageant in St. Louis is a testament to the genre-spanning influence of the German electronic music pioneers. Punks, goths, metalheads, record […]

Haai: Baby, We’re Ascending review – rich, entrancing ambience from a party-starter star | Electronic music

HAAi

Over the past few years, Sydney-born DJ, producer and songwriter Haai – real name Teneil Throssell – has become something of an underground star in her adopted hometown of London. A two-year resident at the […]

Good Pop, Bad Pop: An Inventory by Jarvis Cocker review | Autobiography and memoir

Soap in a box from the collection.

The first memoir from the former lead singer of Pulp would have been better titled A History of Jarvis in 100 Objects. That’s what it is: an illustrated guide to the things that make Cocker […]

Moonage Daydream review – glorious, shapeshifting eulogy to David Bowie | Cannes 2022

Let’s Dance … Brett Morgen dances as he arrives at the 75th edition of the Cannes film festival for the screening of Moonage Daydream.

Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream is an 140-minute shapeshifting epiphany-slash-freakout leading to the revelation that, yes, we’re lovers of David Bowie and that is that. It’s a glorious celebratory montage of archive material, live performance footage, […]

Harry Styles Harry’s House Album Review

INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 22: Harry Styles performs on the Coachella stage during the 2022 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 22, 2022 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Harry Styles)

Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur Pop music, particularly the type as globally successful as what Harry Styles makes, has a unique responsibility. By nature, it’s supposed to soundtrack a wide variety of experiences — […]

Mavis Staples & Levon Helm: Carry Me Home review – a final blaze of glory for the late Band musician | Music

Mavis Staples & Levon Helm: Carry Me Home album artwork

In the early noughties, Levon Helm began hosting live shows he called Midnight Rambles in a studio at his home in Woodstock, NY. It was a rare bright moment in the story of what happened […]

Auntie Flo & Sarathy Korwar: Shruti Dances review – India meets Ibiza | Music

Auntie Flo & Sarathy Korwar: Shruti Dances album artwork

Drummer and composer Sarathy Korwar has made a career of unifying unexpected collaborators. His 2016 debut album, Day to Day, featured the folk music of the Sidi community from rural Gujarat, mixing west African rhythms […]