LUCID FRENZY JUNIOR

LAU Ropetackle Centre, Shoreham, Tues 27th Nov The folk band Lau were another case I knew more by reputation. In their case, quite lit...

AMIINA: FANTAMOS LSO, St. Lukes, London, Sun 18th Nov The fiendish Fantomas was a French pulp villain, scheming enough to even usurp the ...

Even while watching ‘Kerblam!’, I found myself speculating what the commentators on Eruditorum Press might say . And sure enough many ...

If ‘Doctor Who’ isn’t being written to generate material for middle-aged folk to blog about, there’s no reason why it should be. In fac...

JOHNNY MARR Brighton Dome, Fri 9th Nov I first saw the now-legendary Smiths in this very venue. They finished the gig with ’Meat is Mu...

THE PIXIES The Roundhouse, London, Thurs 1st Nov Thirty years after their 1987 debut, to grasp the significance of the Pixies you need to...

’Pills To Purge Melancholy ’ was a song collection first published in 1698. I have updated it slightly for this version, though it st...

CURENT 93 + NURSE WITH WOUND O2 Arena, Shepard’s Bush, London Having spent the day in London, I arrived at the venue an hour before th...

The standard response to the debut episode seemed to be Whittaker good, Chibnall bad. I’m sympathetic, but not sure it’s quite that simp...

JAMES MCVINNIE PLAYS PHILIP GLASS Minimalist music seems to be most associated with strings. But the organ is actually a great instrum...