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Tkay Maidza: ‘I wasn’t happy with who I was surrounded by – things were starting to fall apart’
The tennis ace turned rap upstart’s EP series is a bratty and bold reintroduction after a strange year
Danny Wright
09, Jul, 2021 @12:00 PM
Dry Cleaning: the post-punks who sing about Meghan Markle and Müller Rice
The south London-based quartet capture the absurdities of life via sardonic spoken-word lyrics
Danny Wright
26, Mar, 2021 @1:00 PM
How the tables turn: are DJs real musicians?
Noel Gallagher and Deadmau5 reckon anyone can do it. But a good disc jockey is more than a human iPod
Danny Wright
01, Feb, 2021 @1:00 PM
How Never Mind the Buzzcocks went out of tune
Over 28 series, the panel show’s anarchic spirit gave way to punching down and diminishing returns
Danny Wright
24, Feb, 2020 @1:00 PM
Are immersive shows the future of live music?
Presented with ever-higher ticket prices, fans have become more demanding, hence a rise in Secret Cinema-style gigs
Danny Wright
24, Jan, 2020 @1:00 PM
Gorillaz review – Albarn's Demon Dayz festival brings joyful apocalypse to the pier
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett take over the amusement park for a carnivalesque festival of great performances, from De La Soul and Little Simz to Kano
Danny Wright
11, Jun, 2017 @11:12 AM
Metronomy review – winsome English funk that says please and thank you
Joseph Mount delivers his idiosyncratic brand of polite lounge-pop with bewitching precision
Danny Wright
21, May, 2017 @12:01 PM
Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales review – elegant, sardonic and alluring
The pair’s performance of Room 29, a suite of songs about old Hollywood history, was part gig, part immersive theatre and entirely impeccable
Danny Wright
24, Mar, 2017 @2:28 PM
Lambchop review – love is the message, so don't be scared
Kurt Wagner and his Nashville band bring R&B grooves to understated alt-country, closing with a Prince cover and a note of upbeat political defiance
Danny Wright
27, Jan, 2017 @12:27 PM
Martha review – blistering guitar squalls and passionate politics
Amid political gloom, these anarchist outsiders delivered a fizzing, joyous and ecstatic gig for the people
Danny Wright
05, Jan, 2017 @1:21 PM
Support Act’s £1 challenge: how music lovers in London can help refugees
Germany’s Plus1 campaign has already raised €40,000 for charity thanks to donations from people on guest lists at clubs – now gig-goers in the UK capital can pitch in
Danny Wright
29, Jun, 2016 @9:21 AM
Preoccupations review – blisteringly intense
The band formerly known as Viet Cong have changed monikers yet lost none of the ominous tension that defined their cathartic post-punk
Danny Wright
23, Jun, 2016 @2:49 PM
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