Presence

There are no cum shots in Black Oni. There are long builds, ecstatic crescendi, contemplative soundfields, thunderous riffs, all the … More

Fate has a car crash

In Alex Garland’s recent science fiction-series Devs (which is in my opinion as good a piece of SF as has … More

Watching a film like The Big Sleep in 2020 it’s almost impossible to see past its mythology. This was a … More

I reviewed this album in 2013 when it came out, but I didn’t spend a huge amount of time with … More

I guess no-one hits the target every time, creatively speaking: I certainly know I don’t. But after our project to … More

Having recently watched the Coen Brothers’ Intolerable Cruelty, a film whose production is apparently predicated on a chemistry between the … More

There’s a sense that musicians (and other artists) are supposed to keep innovating, to follow an endless quest for the … More

You don’t have to like the protagonist of a story to identify with them, or to buy into their charisma. … More

It’s an interesting proposition, a romantic comedy starring Hollywood ‘A’-listers, written and directed by the Coen Brothers. What would these … More

Having trained as an instrumentalist, and associated with other instrumentalists over many years, I’ve often found myself having to argue … More

This spectacular and lavish volume from Chris Ware is the second of his beautiful large books that I’ve read. Rusty … More

Public Image Limited was the band that John Lydon actually wanted to be in. I have no idea whether he … More

‘Here’s looking at you, kid’. ‘Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks … More

This book made a big noise on release, and Spouse bought me a copy for Christmas shortly thereafter, which I … More