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'Sting: From Northern Skies to Fields of Gold' Documents Travel, Evolving Perspectives

Observing Sting's career through the lens of home and travel, Paul Carr presents a striking portrait of a musician coming to grips with his long neglected hometown.

Books

Shopping Checks Out on Third Album 'The Official Body'

On this tired, tired album, Shopping's sound is the most exhausted.

Music

Paul Thomas Anderson Tailors a Masterpiece with ‘Phantom Thread’

Not a single frame of Anderson's latest drama fails to mesmerize with romance, suspense, and interpersonal politics coalescing into something wholly unforgettable.

J.R. Kinnard

Film

You Must Do What You Love to Survive: 'Rock in a Hard Place: Music and Mayhem in the Middle East'

Rock in a Hard Place is a sober chronicling of music in some of the most conservative countries on the planet.

Music

Pumarosa: The Witch

London quintet craft stunning, entrancing debut by confidently splicing a variety of genres.

Music

Formation: Look at the Powerful People

South London quintet, Formation, release a debut packed album with rich grooves tailor made for the dancefloor, but their socio-political ambitions fall disappointingly short.

Music

Forcing Connections in '100 Streets'

100 Streets offers four groups of people who have nothing to do with each other than, well, the fact that they have to.

Reviews

Kelly Lee Owens: Oleic EP

From four tracks alone, it's obvious that London producer Kelly Lee Owens has been an avid studier of what makes great dance music "great".

Music

Swet Shop Boys: Cashmere

Cashmere is a transatlantic hip-hop album that challenges representation of South Asian people in pop culture.

Music

Soccer96: As Above So Below

Soccer96 are excellent at their individual instruments, and this set proves they can link up to make some excellent music, too.

Music

Dark Blue-Grey With Neon Pink Flashes: An Interview With Jon Hopkins

Transcendent electronic musician Jon Hopkins reflects on two decades of composition and collaboration and hints at what’s on the horizon.

A. Noah Harrison

Interviews

Wearing the Wrong Clothes: An Interview with Punk-Hippie Alig Fodder

Front man of shape-shifting post-punk act Family Fodder talks about the early days, the songwriting process, and how an unbridled fashion sense may have kept them out of the limelight.

Interviews

Babyfather: BBF Hosted by DJ Escrow

Dean Blunt: "I think genre terms are really connected … to race and boundaries."

Music

London's Denovali Festival Kicks Off April 15th

The fourth edition of the experimental music festival will take place in London in mid-April.

News

Kano: Made in the Manor

Kano’s fifth LP sees the rapper revisiting his childhood haunts in an attempt to come to terms with his past.

Music

Babyfather: Platinum Tears

In just 25 minutes, the self-styled Babyfather contrasts braggadocious raps with wildly shambolic instrumentation.

Music

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What Happened to British Culture When Alternative Comedy Went from Posh to Punk?

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