Alan Sparhawk warns of the consequences of Jesus’ return in biblical proportions
Alan Sparhawk’s latest musical incarnation, Alan Sparhawk Solo Band, presents a new double A-side. This release is a far cry from his second solo album White Roses, My God (2024), which featured exciting, bassy, synthesised beats, layered with auto-tuned vocals. The Trampled by Turtles collaborative album in 2025 also marked a musical departure. This joint…
Black Grove seek A New Wilderness
The debut lp by Black Grove, A New Wilderness, is thrilling, emotional, euphoric, didactic, and cinematic. It charts an odyssey through, on the face of it, the physical landscape. But, as a piece, the record poses questions about the human condition in the natural world. (While reading this feature, you’ll be surprised when nature swoops…
REM: We are hope, despite the times
They’re all at it. A couple of years ago, Blur got some mileage from The Ballad of Darren, from turning Wembley into someone’s living room, from doing the documentary. See also Oasis. And Pulp. And Puressence. The Chameleons. Even Radiohead joined the fray, going out again for the first time in seven years and invoking…
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