THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE
The first of two sets of album reviews to be handed down to you this week, for reasons, features an eclectic crop of Dot Allison, Erasure, John Francis Flynn, Lump and Underdark.
The first of two sets of album reviews to be handed down to you this week, for reasons, features an eclectic crop of Dot Allison, Erasure, John Francis Flynn, Lump and Underdark.
Buzz’s second book reviews section to be published this week (as a cheeky one-off) brings you reviews of Riley Sager’s ghostly tale, Sara Jafari’s Iranian-British family saga, an American crime thriller by S.A. Cosby, a novel co-written by married couple Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta, and a scarily expensive scrapbook about Janis Joplin…
A big week for albums by relatives of more famous musicians – indeed there is not one, not four but THREE such releases in this perky little section! However, because Buzz thinks music should stand on its own merits, this familial connection has only been mentioned in one of the reviews.
DUSTIN O’HALLORAN Silfur (Deutsche Grammophon) Pianist and score composer Dustin O’Halloran’s first venture into the world of music was playing guitar and keyboards for the hugely underrated and wistful Los …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE BUGZY MALONE The Resurrection (Ill Gotten) From the opening title track of Bugzy Malone’s latest, the mood and scene is set: …
George Orwell is back, and he’s in graphic novel form! An illustrated biography of his remarkable life has hit bookshops at about the same time as a similarly pictorial treatment …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE THE KINGDOMS Natasha Pulley (Bloomsbury) The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street and Bedlam Stacks author Natasha Pulley is back with another magical story …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE BLACKBERRY SMOKE You Hear Georgia (3 Legged) The southern roots rock band that’s fast becoming a collective, Blackberry Smoke, mark their …
MOBY: REPRISE, TRACK BY TRACK | FEATURE David Nobakht takes the occasion of the noted American electronic musician’s latest release, an orchestral reimagining of some of his old favourites, …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE KNOMAD SPOCK Winter of Discontent (Hinterland Creative) The stars have aligned for this touching and revealing album from British/Somali singer-songwriter Knomad …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE BROTHERHOOD Mohamed Mbougar Sarr [trans. Alexia Trigo] (Europa Editions) Brotherhood is an award-winning blurring of the lines between fact and fiction, written …
THE RISE OF MAX RICHTER | FEATURE David Nobakht charts the ascendance of a pianist and composer whose ambient approach to classical music has led to head-spinning streaming figures …