The film begins with a montage showcasing Madonna's various conflicts throughout the course of her career, as well as a quote from James Baldwin about artists being here to disturb the peace. The quaint outrage she sparked during the Like a Virgin era; the Like a Prayer video with its flaming crosses, stigmata, and snogging […]

Yard Act leader James Smith snarls at his bass player, eking out a funk rhythm, "It's a never-ending cycle of abuse!" “I've got the blues and I can't seem to shake them!” Dark Days is the tune, a sinuous banger in which Smith, spittle-flecked, weaves a bungled arrest, several mink corpses, and the reinvention of […]

Joe Talbot, the lead singer of Idles, comes to a happy realization near the end of the band's impending fourth album, Crawler. “Life is beautiful,” the 37-year-old cries despite everything. It’s an apt ending for a band that have overcome personal tragedy and childhood trauma, and in just four years secured their status as the […]

As part of the current round of posthumous reissues, David Bowie's missing 2001 album Toy, which included new songs and updated renditions of lesser-known songs from 1964 to 1971, is getting an official release. Toy was described by Mark Plati, the album's co-producer, as "a moment in time captured in an amber of joy, fire, […]

The Lathums' mid-2000s indie revivalism seems a little early in light of the 20-year trend rule. But the Wigan quartet aren't attempting a return for the genre; rather, they're part of a relay that's been going on since the sound's inception, with the baton passing via Kasabian, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Circa Waves, Blossoms, and […]

Oli Sykes yells, "I haven't seen a mosh pit in 18 fucking months, so you better make it good." Bring Me the Horizon's latest UK stadium tour has begun, and the band's vocalist seems to be overjoyed to be back in the heart of things. The Sheffield quintet's concert in Hull tonight, the first of […]