THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION Access Denied (X-Ray Production) Back in the late 90s, Asian Dub Foundation’s live show made the press-hogging Beatles …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION Access Denied (X-Ray Production) Back in the late 90s, Asian Dub Foundation’s live show made the press-hogging Beatles …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE ANTELOPER Tour Beats Vol. 1 (International Anthem) Multiple trademarks of quality combine on Tour Beats Vol. 1, a four-song 12” EP …
FEATHERHOOD | BOOK REVIEW Charlie Gilmour (W&N) Charlie Gilmour, adopted son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, found a baby magpie in a scrapyard whom he named Benzene after the …
PUPPETRY AT THE POP-UP PALLADIUM | LIVE REVIEW Livestream performance, Fri 4 Sept Welsh creative Emily Morus-Jones set up this virtual puppet theatre to support puppeteers across the arts …
THE HEDGEHOG BOOK | BOOK REVIEW Hugh Warwick (Graffeg) Anyone in need of a quick fix of beautiful beasts should grab a Graffeg nature book. The books are an …
ATHLETE A | FILM REVIEW Dir: Bonni Cohen / John Shenk (18, 104 mins) The disturbing case of American elite gymnastics and a history of sexual abuse that was …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE DECLAN MCKENNA Zeros (Columbia) Recorded in Nashville, this precocious indie-pop wunderkind’s much anticipated second release was delayed, like much else, by …
THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND | FILM REVIEW Dir: Judd Apatow (15, 137 mins) Judd Apatow teams with Saturday Night Live regular Pete Davidson in this overlong, sporadically funny …
RECENT WELSH MUSIC YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | REVIEW Happy September to you! Hopefully. Bereftness has been a facet of human life in the last six months, as you …
BOYS STATE | FILM REVIEW Dir: Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss (12A,109 mins) In Texas every year, a thousand 17-year-old boys gather to build a representative government over the space …
HEY HI HELLO | BOOK REVIEW Annie Nightingale (White Rabbit) Broadcasting legend Annie Nightingale thought that her time at the Beeb was over after an episode of Roundtable went dangerously …
TENET | FILM REVIEW Dir: Christopher Nolan (12A, 151 mins) Returning to the cinema for the first time in over five months was indeed an emotional experience. A more …
EMPERORS OF THE DEEP | BOOK REVIEW William McKeever (William Collins) Everyone of a certain age went through shark mania in the summer of 1975, in the wake of Steven …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE GREGORY PORTER All Rise (Decca) Gregory Porter, the two-time Grammy award-winning jazz supremo who is seldom without a hat, returns with …
SISTERS | BOOK REVIEW Daisy Johnson (Jonathan Cape) Sheela is hastily moving from Oxford to Yorkshire with her two daughters, July and September, after a disturbing and “unspeakable” event. Their …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE ENO/CALE Wrong Way Up ENO/WOBBLE Spinner (both All Saints) Two reissues, from 1990 and 95 respectively, which comprise two pairings of …
ROCKFIELD: THE STUDIO ON THE FARM | WE’VE BEEN WATCHING The decision to turn a farmhouse in the Welsh countryside into the world’s first residential recording studio, kitted out …
THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES REVIEWED | FEATURE BIFFY CLYRO A Celebration Of Endings (Warner Music) Characterised by huge harmonies, erratic playing, and witty songcraft, Biffy Clyro are one …
OWLS OF THE EASTERN ICE | BOOK REVIEW Jonathan C. Slaght (Allen Lane) If a Blakiston’s fish owl landed in your garden, it is not something that you are likely …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE EYEDRESS Let’s Skip To The Wedding (Lex) Filipino-born, USA-raised Idris Vicuña [above] was in Manila-based surf-rock band Bee Eyes before taking …
BRIXTON HILL Lottie Moggach (Corsair) If, throughout the pandemic, TV has been more than just a bit dull with relentless repeats of programmes like Downton bleeding Abbey, then book publishing …
NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE Starting this week, look out every Friday for a roundup of the most noteworthy new gear assessed right here on the Buzz website. Plus …
LIGHTHAMMER Galaxy (self-released) The debut album from Cardiff’s intergalactic stoner rock three-piece Lighthammer is very much the sort of album the world needs right now. Gargantuan riffs that ooze …
ALICE Dir: Josephine Mackerras (15 104 mins) A wonderfully observed French drama about finding your way in the world, Alice is anchored by a superb central performance from Emilie Piponnier …