★★★ Ladytron's latest, 'Paradises', wallows dreamily in Balearic pop writes Thomas H Green www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/la...
Phantasies, parades and prayers: this week's classical CD round up featuring a great soprano live in concert, new sounds from Iceland and chamber music for strings @grahamrickson.bsky.social @bernardhughes.bsky.social and Sebastian Scotney share their top picks www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
★★★★ Brighton-based band Plantoid showcases a penchant for jazz at the Moth Club: a sell-out show suggests embracing difficult music won’t impede an upwards trajectory writes @kierontyler.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/pl...
★★★★ Heavy riffin', punk rock, food poisoning, snark and moshpit mayhem: an enthralling night with two sets of rising stars, Witch Fever + Cowboy Hunters, Bodega, Nottingham Thomas H Green reports www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/wi...
★★★★★ Fantasy and rigour: The great pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja takes us on a Shakespearean journey, from Ariel and Prospero to Lear, in Beethoven, Schoenberg, Webern and more. @davidnice.bsky.social reviews from the Wigmore Hall www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
★★★ The Black Crowes journey back to 1973 on ‘A Pound of Feathers’: the brothers Robinson pay tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Rolling Stones again writes Guy Oddy theartsdesk.com/new-music/bl...
★★★ A curious, cautious tale about sampling the Führer’s grub: unlike the food, the film goes down rather too easily writes James Saynor on The Tasters www.theartsdesk.com/film/tasters...
★★★★ Regret, joy and giant rooster nightmares: Hlynur Pálmason creates an entrancing, novel form of film-as-memory in The Love that Remains, writes Helen Hawkins www.theartsdesk.com/film/love-re...
theartsdesk Q&A: actor Ella Bruccoleri on playing The Other Bennet Sister as Janice Hadlow's alternative-Austen novel comes to the small screen Interview with Adam Sweeting www.theartsdesk.com/tv/theartsde...
★★ On 'Play Me' Kim Gordon may have got caught in a trap... The godmother of punk takes a leap into the unknown but doesn't quite stick the landing says @joemuggs.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/pl...
★★★★★ High drama, fine detail: St John Passion, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Whelan, St-Martin-in-the-Fields review by @boydtonkin.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
★★ Step into digital darkness: David Hockney, Serpentine North presents a frieze of iPad pictures that sends you hurrying for the door, writes Sarah Kent www.theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/...
★★★★ Hayes, The Common Ground Ensemble, Koko a whirligig of exuberance and joy as the Irish fiddler sets ego aside and completely surrenders to the music @hallibee1.bsky.social reviews www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
★★★★★ New Age Doom team up with Bad Brains’ HR on ‘Angels Against Angels’ Guy Oddy finds beautiful chaos that blends hardcore punk and spacious dub sounds www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/ne...
★★★★ An excellent piece of new writing is news that stays news: The Holy Rosenbergs, Menier Chocolate Factory starring Adrian Lukis, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Nicholas Woodeson @sierz.bsky.social reviews Ryan Craig’s 2011 play about an British-Jewish family in crisis www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/holy...
★★★★★ Cassa Pancho's fine company was founded to give a platform to exceptional dancers of colour: Ballet Black at 25, Linbury Theatre celebrates its still essential place in British ballet writes Jenny Gilbert www.theartsdesk.com/dance/ballet...
★★★ 'These photographs feel as necessary and as important today as they did in the 1990s' Catherine Opie: To Be Seen, National Portrait Gallery Sarah Kent reviews www.theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/...
★★★★★ REBELS AND HEROINES #SarahRichmond #JenniferDavis #AoifeOSullivan #RDSConcertHall Dublin - Straight to the operatic heart of the matter: world-class Irish artists celebrate International Women's Day with poise and passion - review @davidnice.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/opera/rebels...
★★ SCREAM 7 - If any franchise is alive to the absurdity of six sequels it’s this one, and the ironic slasher's 30th anniversary finds it timid and tired, says Nick Hasted www.theartsdesk.com/film/scream-...
★★★★★ #DavidByrne #SECArmadillo Glasgow - The former #TalkingHeads singer mixed old and new alike in a compelling show - Jonathan Geddes on a theatrical spectacle with fiery energy www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/da...
★ Director #RebeccaZiotowski gives #JodieFoster a free rein in French in A PRIVATE LIFE, but this promising French noir fails to deliver, says Saskia Baron www.theartsdesk.com/film/private...
★★★★ #KatherinePriddy @katherinepriddy.bsky.social's THESE FRIGHTENING MACHINES is an assured third album from the acclaimed singer-songwriter - @timcumming.bsky.social relishes songs of mature reflection www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/ka...
This Can’t Be Today - A Trip Through The US Psychedelic Underground 1977-1988 is a significant examination of an important strand of America’s pre-grunge musical landscape. Out on @cherryredrecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
★★★★ #HarryStyles is back with reflection and rhythm on KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. - There's a muted approach that will likely age well, says Ellie Roberts www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/ha...
★★★★ Feminist Frankenstein is a radical riot: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale are a scream as lovestruck monsters on the run in The Bride! writes Demetrios Matheou www.theartsdesk.com/film/bride-r...
★★★★'I know you’re hurting, everyone is hurting, everyone is trying, you have got to try.' says Brit-Nigerian-Swedish poet Joshua Idehen @joemuggs.bsky.social reviews an album packed with life lessons www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/i-...
★★★A timely revival of Arthur Miller’s 1994 study of anti-Semitism, marriage and psychology: Broken Glass, Young Vic is an exaggerated version of a modern classic writes @sierz.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/brok...
★★★ In the bleak midwinter: three artists explore global concerns at the Goodwood Art Foundation, West Sussex @criticismism.bsky.social reviews Erasure an exhibition in a time of crisis www.theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/...
★★★★★ A charismatic and life-affirming show: CMAT, Barrowland, Glasgow - the 'Dunboyne Diana' mixed great songs with star power and cheeky humour writes Jonathan Geddes www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/cm...
★★★★ Unrequited love and unexpected jazz: glitzy Rachmaninov and a glittering Zemlinsky ‘Mermaid’ from Ozone, RSNO, Edusei, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Simon Thompson reviews www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
