I get the whole idea of wanting to stay true to the original, but Disney really dropped the ball by not rebranding its latest remake as The Lion Queen. Because let’s be honest, this is Beyoncé‘s movie. Not only does Queen Bey voice Nala in the film, she curated an entire album inspired by it. …
Too often, the young creative gets in his own way.
Alexandra Levy who goes more commonly by her stage name of Ada Lea is a truly outstanding young artist with a frankly overwhelming plethora of skills at hand. Based in Montreal and Quebec she is arguably one of the best exports Canada has offered the world in a few good years. Lea is an artist …
(Africa Express) Five albums in, and Africa Express – Damon Albarn’s cross-cultural collaboration engine – has pitched up in Johannesburg, known as Egoli in Xhosa. It could be the best iteration yet of this speed-dating pop writer’s camp, in which a handful of UK and US artists (Nick Zinner, a returnee, plus Super Furry Gruff …
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(Fiction) While Palace’s 2016 debut, So Long Forever, was an accomplished enough slice of grown-up indie, it did feel a little half-hearted in places. Although the songs concerned themselves with bereavement, the marital breakup of frontman Leo Wyndham’s parents and similarly weighty topics, at times there was a detachment to his delivery that seemed at …
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Buford Pope is an eccentric and fascinating performer whose work is so daringly enchanting that it seems to reach out to you across the void of time and space. Having hailed from the incredibly isolated Swedish island of Gotland, a disconnected limestone rock in the Baltic Sea it is understandable the level of isolation that …
Irene Rae is a powerfully honest and delicate singer-songwriter with an overwhelming passion for her work and the deft touch to make her thoughts and dreams a reality. She has toured the length and breadth of the country over the years and has one album and three EPs to her name but this month saw …
Jeb Loy Nichols is a worldly artist with a veritable host of talents at his fingertips. A gifted musician, singer, songwriter and artist he has taken himself around the world, absorbing more and more into his unique and inimitable sound. This month saw the release of his latest album June is Short, July is Long …
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Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Philharmonie de ParisDancing like no one’s watching, with club beats bubbling under, Yorke brings a happy, dreamy dimension to his solo tour An enthusiastic amateur for years, Thom Yorke’s career as a dancer really took off in 2011. Back then, Radiohead – the band for whom he still acts as frontman …
While Dylan isn’t so much a disappointment as a distant memory, Young is clearly far from done