Rock
Kings of Leon - review
Kings of Leon gigs tend to fall into one of two categories. There are the rock'n'roll shows, static affairs in which the Tennessee rock band stand around, proving their fitness for Big Arena Rock Club membership by means other than electrifying...
Foals: Bad Habit - video exclusive
The last time Foals collaborated with director Nabil, he produced this rather NSFW video for their track Late Night.
Black Sabbath's dark forces triumph over Rod, and other popular gods | Dave Simpson
Sunday 16 June, 2013 should go down in history as, officially, a black Sabbath.
Black Sabbath: 13 - review
Black Sabbath's first album with Ozzy in 35 years is a much better way to end things than the previous attempt "Rewind the future to the past," sings Ozzy Osbourne on the opening track of 13. It's a neat summation of what the first Black Sabbath album...
Poetry is not drowning, but swimming into new territory
News of plummeting sales do not, as some fear, indicate a dying art. In fact, the genre is adapting well to a new publishing age On Wednesday evening, a collection of poetry in support of the jailed Russian punk rock group Pussy Riot won the award for...
Black Sabbath, 13, review
If you always liked Black Sabbath, you might just enjoy their new album, says Neil McCormick.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Metro Arena, Newcastle, review
“Sing it like you mean it?” asked Neil Young, responding to something shouted from the crowd, pulling an incredulous, self-amused face. “Why the **** would you sing it if you didn’t mean it?”
Black Sabbath: 13 - review
(Mercury) Conceived against a backdrop of conflicting personal projects, contractual disagreements and guitarist Tony Iommi's debilitating lymphoma, 13 could so easily have been an exercise in old metallers making do. But Black Sabbath's first album...
Jagwar Ma: Howlin - review
(Marathon Artists) Jagwar Ma are two young guys from Sydney but their sound echoes the "Madchester" scene of the late 1980s. It's not an obvious era for revivalism: 30 years on, retrospection suggests that the acid-fuelled experience of Manchester's...
Beady Eye: Be - review
(Columbia) You've got to admire Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye for acknowledging their limitations and hiring Dave Sitek to produce their second album, its predecessor having been no more than competent. The LA hipster, TV on the Radio's guitarist, is...