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Love at the Bottom of the Sea by Magnetic Fields – Album Review
by Matt Callard It’s 12 years since 69 Love Songs, when it seemed Stephin Merritt could do anything and go ... -
Wake Up The Nation by Paul Weller – Album Review
by Matt Callard Commercially rehabilitated and now, following the sprawling 22 Dreams, back in favour with the critics. Not that ... -
The Wonder Show of the World by Bonnie Prince Billy & The Cairo Gang – Album ...
by Matt Callard Entering his 40th year and more prolific than ever, this is Will Oldham’s 20th album (in his ... -
Quarantine the Past by Pavement – Album Review
by Matt Callard It wasn’t really until Blur name-dropped Pavement as an influence that the New York band started to ... -
Inferno (2016) – Film Review
Director: Ron Howard Cast: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Irrfan Khan Certificate: 12A By Anel Blazevic Inferno‘s superiority to two turkey ... -
Raw Power by The Stooges – Album Review
by Matt Callard Oh, that title… does anything else really need saying? The seventies Iggy Pop, unloved and unsuccessful, with his ... -
69 Love Songs by Magnetic Fields – Album Review
by Matt Callard Stephin Merritt had rattled about on the periphery of the New York alternative scene for a decade. ... -
Shadows by Teenage Fanclub – Album Review
by Matt Callard There’s little credit these days for being tunesmiths of the highest order. Although apart from debut album Bandwagonesque‘s ... -
A Spanner in the Works by Beans on Toast – Album Review
by Matt Callard Another December 1st birthday for erstwhile drunk, political commentator and folk stalwart Jay McAllister can only mean ... -
Dream Darling by The Slow Show – Album Review
by Matt Callard Frequently lovely but ultimately frustrating second album from Manchester-based four-piece. It promises much but doesn’t quite deliver on ... -
The Damned United (2009) – Film Review
Director: Tom Hooper Cast: Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent Certificate: 15 By Matt Callard If Life On Mars can ... -
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) – Film Review
Director: Peter Cornwell Cast: Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Elias Koteas Certificate: 15 By Matt Callard Following a formula for sure, ...
