Sunday, Nov 1, 2026
Documenting the madness
Fashion
Winter is upon us and that means one thing: weird temperatures. It’s a silly myth that winter is cold. You do not spend the majority of your time in winter in Britain feeling cold. Winter temperatures across this odd collection of islands are split down the middle, a 50/50 split
Live Reviews
I was 23, living in Berlin at the time. I’d flown home to Yorkshire for two reasons: to try and save a relationship, and to attend Tramlines Festival in Sheffield. The former endeavour went tits up, naturally, and as a consequence I spent much of the festival desperately putting
Album Reviews
Chris Kamara made a Christmas album and I have to review it. Fuck sake man. The album is called Here’s to Christmas, a toast that nobody has ever made except in irony after the grand ‘I HATE YOU ALL’ finale of the Brexit-themed Christmas dinner argument. If you’ve ever listened t
Reviews
I’m not the only one. I know I’m not because I’ve Googled it before. Interstellar is the most spellbinding voodoo ever created. Interstellar can change a man. Numerous messages, lessons, and inspirations in this film keep your whole body tensed for its nearly 3-hour runtime. The
Reviews
“H… Hi, I don’t suppose you’ve got any unused guestlist tickets going?” “Erm, no. Sorry” “Ah, okay… Not even for four good-looking people like us?” “What?” “Don’t worry.” It was the 3rd of August, and four of us were feeling the overbearing weight of missing out on Oasis tickets.
News
Kula Shaker are back with their eighth album 'Wormslayer' , dropping January 30th 2026. But it's their new single 'Good Money' that's causing the real stir. The video is entirely AI-generated. By monkeys?! 😂 As frontman Crispian Mills explains: "Our last video was all in camera,
News
For years, you’ve been telling anyone who would listen (and many who wouldn’t) that you can totally hear the difference between compressed audio and the pure, unadulterated sound of lossless. Well, congratulations, you magnificent audiophile, your moment has arrived. Spotify has
News
Punk duo The Molotovs gate-crashed Coldplay's Wembley shows this week, playing surprise sets for stadium crowds on the Music Venue Trust stage next to the main arena. The 17 and 19-year-old brother and sister duo, Mathew and Issey Carts, have already clocked up over 600 gigs desp
News
We’ve all been there. The post-breakup doomscroll. You see a photo of your old friends, all smiles, and the penny drops. You’ve been quietly shut out. And the video encapsulates this. London’s Vegas Water Taxi have turned that gut-punch into a gently devastating new tune, ‘chatea
Festivals, Reviews
Field Day wasn’t exempt from any of the Bank Holiday uncertainty. In fact, it took the brunt of it. Following the revelation that Superstruct, the festival’s owners who owned and operated over 80 music festivals in Europe and Australia, including Cross the Tracks, was a subsidiar
Festivals
Cross the Tracks is always a hard one for me to write about for two reasons. First, it’s on a Sunday, which means I have two days of hangover to precede it. Second, because of this, it’s hard to decipher if I can’t connect to the festival for that reason, or because of something
Festivals
What is the opposite of fragile? You might be thinking strong, durable, or resilient. Well, according to Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the opposite of fragile is not merely robust or resilient, as these terms imply something that withstands stress without changing. Instead, he introduc
