Beaches have chosen to exist as a small, heavily populated planet in a universe of infinite possibilities and sounds. And that is never a cause for celebration.…
Man, that band name’s a fucking misnomer, isn’t it? …
It starts out in the world of Sonic Youth — a tinny, anemic charming version of SY — before shooting off in the direction of Sun City Girls, Minutemen rants with Pere Ubu paranoia…
I don’t like praising records for their focus and consistency — makes me feel like I’m in a corporate boardroom or something.…
The 49 Americans were an experiment in the pursuit of happiness.…
It seems this experience has totally renewed my enjoyment of all that other Flaming Lips stuff that I play in the daytime…
The words come tumbling out of Jonathan Higgs' mouth like so many bright bees, clouds and clouds of them buzzing about, so numerous and sharp such that their ingenuity, volume and ambition remind me of Joanna Newsom’s meticulous verses. He conjures up drone strikes, billionaires, footballers’ wives, broken war-heroes, landmines, volcanoes, rioters, pterodactyls, post-apocalyptic landscapes, revelatory visions. Not a waistcoat in sight.…
Nice to know there's a deluxe album but it might as well be a complete fucking Smithsonian Library of Recorded Yeah Yeah Yeahs Burps for all it matters to us, as we sure as shit ain't going to be hearing it any time soon.…
They don’t describe forests, or even trees, but the feel of bark and the sound of leaves and then leave the rest for you.…
Ultimately, this cover is showing that Tyler knows. And he's grown. Oh, how he's grown. From chirpy chirpy creep creep to troubled young resentful mogul.…
The future of adventurous US music can be found in the hinterlands. Don’t go to them; they’ll come to you.…
Couldn't Be Better is so disinterested in any reality I've ever experienced that it's impossible to connect.…
We’re a bit late this year (the story of our life) but it’s time…
Unaddressed allegations of racism, misogyny, violent abuse and bad behaviour. There’s a problem with…
You break up with your ex. You like them, but they’ve pushed the limits…
Bonnie “Prince” Billy is the musical alias of American singer-songwriter Will Oldham, known for…
It’ll probably never stop being weird that of all the places in the world…
Photo: Bertrand Fevre Hugh Cornwell is an English musician and singer-songwriter best known as…
The last show I went to in 2024 was a reformed (of sorts) 1970s’…
Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter play a headline show at Fortitude Music Hall in…
The Saints ’73-’78, featuring Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay from the Saints’ original line-up,…
Once I was blind, now I can see Once I was blind but now…
BRIGHTON KOMEDIA: I have never felt very comfortable with my body. This feels like home.…
The opening song sounds like My Bloody Valentine. You may well be enthused by…
Lambrini Girls’ debut album, Who Let the Dogs Out is out now on City…
Good news: Hinds are back!!! Bad news: They’ve lost a couple of the band…
Remember Cults? Back in Collapse Board’s glory days of 2011, we ran 10 reviews…
