ALBUM REVIEWS | AUGUST
Albums BC CAMPLIGHT ***** Deportation Blues (Bella Union) For an album recorded in total darkness, following deportation and a bout of mental illness, there’s a lot of hope to …
Albums BC CAMPLIGHT ***** Deportation Blues (Bella Union) For an album recorded in total darkness, following deportation and a bout of mental illness, there’s a lot of hope to …
Games RAGING JUSTICE ** All major platforms (MakingGames) Raging Justice is a callback to the mid-90s when, for a brief time, digitised brawlers took over from the pixel style. …
Albums BENIN CITY *** Last Night (Moshi Moshi) Benin City’s third album is a treatise and threnody on London’s nightlife. The closure of places like Plastic People and, briefly, …
[wpdevart_youtube][wpdevart_youtube]Qd9xcQj78Sk[/wpdevart_youtube] Dir: José Padilha (12A, 106 mins) A sluggish docudrama that squanders the talent involved, this retelling of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France jet and the subsequent hostage …
ASSASSIN’S CREED ROGUE REMASTERED *** Xbox One / 360 In 2014, the first version of Assassin’s Creed: Rogue was released as an upgrade from the original game. I had somewhat low …
Brian Dillon (Fitzcarraldo Editions) I spent years avoiding non-fiction, convinced of this notion – probably formed by my experience with academia – that if it’s factual, it’s probably boring, too. …
KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE **** Warhorse Studios, PS4 / XBOX 1 / PC RPGs have become somewhat predictable over the years: you’re the extraordinary hero in a fantasy world full of …
GLASS MOUNTAIN *** Wow & Flutter (Hide & Seek) The followup to the Bradford four piece’s debut album feels quite similar, with weary melancholic refrains and spacious arrangements that carry …
1922 Netflix (available on Netflix) 1922 follows Wilfred James (an excellent Thomas Jane) who murders his wife and is dealing with the psychological effects. Though slow-moving at first, the unsettling atmosphere …
ADWAITH **** Lipstick Coch / Femme (Libertino) A step up from their more folk-based early singles, this double-A indicates why people are putting Adwaith in the ‘hot tip’ category. Lipstick …
DRUNK HISTORY Comedy Central (available on Now TV) Inspired by the award-winning online series, Drunk History’s forays onto television have been every bit as funny as the original – …
AMADOU & MARIAM **** La Confusion (Because) Their first studio album since 2012 – the same year in which Mali erupted in an ongoing civil war – Amadou & Mariam’s …