"an aural guide book, one that’s living and breathing and in constant motion" - Dara Higgins on Fiona Brice's Postcards From
"One of the best, most lyrical, dark and ultimately rewarding depictions of childhood and innocence coming to an end ever filmed" - WatchingCattle takes on Terrence Malik's The Tree Of Life.
WatchingCattle checked out The Guard and found Brendan Gleeson to be very much the driver of this vehicle.
"... it might have seemed ramshackle, but had assuredness at its core, something which Muhly references as disorganised and casual but instead seemed more like fluid poetry." - Siobhán Kane attended Nico Muhly & Owen Pallett's recent performance at the Barbican Centre in London.
"...if you were coming to Freak Puke expecting to hear the Melvin's softer side, you'd be quite far off the mark." - MacDara on the Melvins' 18th studio LP Freak Puke.
The first half of Siobhán Kane's epic roundup of this year's Primavera Sound festival - Walkmen, Wilco, Friends, Iceage, Grimes, Afghan Whigs, Mazzy Star, Thee Oh Sees, Danny Brown, A$AP Rocky & Refused.
'we see what happens when the political becomes deeply personal' - Hugh McCabe on Anohni's HOPELESSNESS
'enough layers and tangents, hidden threads amongst the songs to continually arrest the ear' - Dara Higgins on Andrew Judah's forthcoming LP, Monster
"a story well crafted, relentless action and the swelling of strings to tickle your feels in case you weren’t getting it from the screen" - Dara Higgins on Hacksaw Ridge
"Who needs a story to hang together or a character to not be a hideous, blank monster? Fuck that shit. That’s for Werner Herzog or one of them geezers. Gratuitous murder salves those wounds" - Dara Higgins on The Accountant