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Like lying down in front of a bulldozer: the Jesus Lizard, at the Electric Ballroom, reviewed

23.01.2025 10

Michael Hann

Pop / The problem with Paul McCartney is he wrote too many good songs

10.01.2025 10

Michael Hann

Kneecap are basic but thrilling

It was Irish week in London, with one group from the north and one from the south. Guinness was sold in unusual amounts; green football shirts were...

28.11.2024 3

Michael Hann

Perfectly imperfect: Evan Dando, at Islington Assembly Hall, reviewed

‘Can I have a photo with you, please?’ It’s the most embarrassing question you can ask of someone you’re interviewing. But I had to. Not only...

14.11.2024 2

Michael Hann

The joy of Chris Stapleton

Chris Stapleton is a barrel-chested man of 46, who hides his face beneath a beard that must have taken years to grow, hair that tumbles down past...

31.10.2024 7

Michael Hann

An uncompromising master: David Gilmour, at the Royal Albert Hall, reviewed

It doesn’t matter which dictionary you consult, they all agree on what a song is: words, set to music, that are sung. Yet it’s also an entirely...

17.10.2024 3

Michael Hann

The world is on fire – yet navel-gazing still reigns in pop

There is no better cultural weather vane than pop. It’s not that pop singers possess incredible analytical skills – they don’t. It’s more that...

03.10.2024 5

Michael Hann

How some of the most derided bands of all time are making a comeback

The fate of the pop musician – at least the pop musician below the top tier of stardom – has historically been to fall from fashion. At some point...

26.09.2024 2

Michael Hann

My night with the worst kind of nostalgia

American Football are a band whose legend was formed by the internet: some Illinois college kids who made an album for a little label in 1999, went...

19.09.2024 1