Ade Mai is a rising folk singer originally from Finland but now based by Bournemouth’s beaches in the UK. Mai bills himself as an “old school folk singer”, but that’s being a tad disingenuous as his folk comes laced with… Read More
London pop singer Cristina Hart may be a “Bad Girlfriend”, but she has a way with a catchy tune. The Swiss-born, Spanish and Brazilian artist is in the business of making dance-pop bangers with huge anthemic choruses that are easy… Read More
It’s been 25 years since Maxinquaye, the trip-hop classic that shook the world. Since then, Tricky—the stage name of Adrian Thaws—has been living in its shadow. It’s as though every new Tricky album comes prepackaged with the disclaimer: “Not bad,… Read More
When you start to ask questions about rock music from a decade ago, you can sound like you’re lying. Remember when the most exciting young rock bands in the world were fronted by soft-spoken dudes with acoustic guitars? Remember when… Read More
I recently took a very unscientific survey among some music-loving friends concerning Scarborough, Ontario’s most famous band, Barenaked Ladies. One friend, Dave W., wrote: “I am an unabashed fan. I think Steven Page has one of the best voices in… Read More
Kate Brown’s Manual for Survival: An Environmental History of the Chernobyl Disaster builds on her expertise in the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and its consequences. Her previous books, most recently Dispatches from Dystopia: Histories of Places Not Yet Forgotten (2014),… Read More
When the young Marius Lauber premiered his first song “Sea” under his stage name of Roosevelt back in 2012, the idea of mixing indie rock aesthetics with disco-synth energy wasn’t new, but boy did he do it well. A following… Read More
All I Can Say is a documentary that chronicles five years in the life of late Blind Melon vocalist Shannon Hoon. It is not, however, a rock documentary. It doesn’t follow the rise and fall of an American rock band… Read More
Barely three words into the first full-length offering from Doves since 2009, the recently reunited Mancunian trio reminds us why its signature brand of melancholy was so inviting in the first place. After an ambient intro sets the mood like… Read More
This Criterion Blu-ray of a new 4K digital restoration of Buster Keaton’s The Cameraman (1928) is actually a double-feature with his next and last silent feature, Spite Marriage (1929), although you don’t realize that without reading the fine print on… Read More