A year after their highly acclaimed debut, Brutalism, Idles began to release a very inconsistent string of singles. These ranged from the veritable step forward of ‘Colossus’, which successfully delivered on a more unique song structure for the band (as well as complex and darkly proverbial lyrics), to ‘Great’, which...
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Incredibles 2 precedes the brilliant first film by just a few moments, offering a very similar plot that exclusively works due to the marvellous characters and humour. The film’s plot is almost too arbitrary to bother mentioning, as the family of superheroes are faced with a digitally-minded hacker villain named...
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Joseph Bullock explores the new novels revealed at the London Book Fair, commenting on how many incorporate aspects of older works.
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An exhibition of John Piper’s work is at the Mead Gallery in the Warwick Arts Centre until 21 June. Joseph Bullock talks to Fiona Venables, co-curator of the exhibition. More than any other British artist of the last century, Piper’s work seems intrinsically linked to a sense of place. Why...
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It would be insulting to say that the Fifty Shades film series has been in any way revelatory for the film industry, especially being born out of a notoriously terrible series of books that seem almost entirely responsible for the film’s success (as well as an incredibly well-executed Valentine’s release...
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London folk band Stick in the Wheel begin their new album with the lively and traditional ‘Over Again’, with its looping guitar melodies, pulsing and vividly textured instrumentation, and a driving rhythm that is both deeply historical and fresh. Almost the band’s statement of intent, this song utilises simple and...
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Our writers, after much thought and deliberation, share the albums that marked hip-hop in 2017. These are their picks for the hip-hop album of the year: Flower Boy – Tyler, the Creator Much has been made of what Tyler, the Creator reveals about his sexuality on Flower Boy, but to fixate...
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Some films are instant hits, making big bucks at the box office before either fading from memory or scooting into the coveted position of “popular” film history immediately. But some take time to become classic films, whether it be because they’re avant-garde or because there’s trouble behind-the-scenes. Nevertheless, they’ll go...
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Many celebrity figures have condemned producer Harvey Weinstein in the wake of the biggest sexual abuse scandal in Hollywood since Roman Polanski. Despite the shock of the horrific and widespread allegations of sexual assault against Weinstein, perhaps the most interesting aspect of the events has been the aftermath, with celebrity...
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