Sparks

It’s a sticky evening in West London, and Ron and Russell Mael are here for the second of two nights at a venue they first performed at in November 1974 (where a stalls ticket cost just £1!). It’s bee

The newly reconfigured band throw open the doors on an expansive sixth album. By Victoria Segal. Illustration by Quinton Winter.

Rather gear collection of punky outsider artists’ BBC work recorded between 1978 and 1980.

Who Is The Sky? MATADOR 8/10

WINDINGS NO STRAIGHT ROAD TAKES YOU THERE ...

I recently finished reading Scottish author Irvine Welsh’s new novel Men in Love, a sequel to his 1993 debut Trainspotting – the all-time classic tale of youth, poverty, addiction, the working class a