Sam Taylor-Woods’s debut captures the John Lennon whose glasses were less of an emblem, more an embarrassing blight to be worn only at the command of his forceful aunt Mimi. Mimi’s repeated call of ‘glasses John!’ can indeed be seen as an example of a strong theme of domesticity in a film that appears interested [...]

Everyone knows not to judge a book by its cover, but when you hear of a band named ‘Fancy Toys’, it can be difficult not to get a little bit excited nonetheless.

There’s ever the stigma surrounding ‘manufactured’ artists with mainstream success: most of your hardcore indie kids would sell their souls to Johnny Borrel before they’d be seen dead in Woolworths clutching a chart CD.

Four years after her last release (a cover of Sheryl Crow’s ‘All I Wanna do’) Amy’s back, reverting to the angry-girl stylings of her debut album ‘False Smiles’ (2003).

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is with the utmost pleasure that I introduce to you Silverlode; the dandiest skiffle-prog-pop foursome you could ever wish to meet.