Music Books & Documentaries
I’m not alone in the opinion that Enter Shikari are one of the most underrated British bands of the 21st century, but then I suppose that if I was, that could either be a really good or a really bad thing as it would mean …
New York’s rock and roll rebirth after the turn of the century passed me by at the time, perhaps unsurprisingly given that I was just ten years old when 9/11 happened – often referred to as the catalyst for The Big Apple’s revival as the …
Master of Reality took me by complete surprise. I added it to my Amazon Wish List maybe five or six years before it was kindly gifted to me by a family member, and to be honest I had totally forgotten what to expect from the …
I already knew a little about N.W.A.’s story before sitting down to watch Straight Outta Compton, having recently read Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A History Of The Hip-Hop Generation. As I mentioned in my review of that book, hip-hop’s never really carried that much appeal for me …
I’m a huge fan of The Cure, having been converted after seeing them perform at Reading Festival in 2012, and then later Wembley (on my own no less!) in 2016. Watching their Glastonbury set on TV last year from the comfort of my own sofa …
A Netflix Original, Taylor Swift: Miss Americana is a very obviously deliberate attempt to humanise the much-discussed popstar, delivered in a somewhat formulaic format, which proves fairly engaging nonetheless. Whilst the film somewhat encourages the viewer to pick apart Taylor’s psyche (something that the wider …
There are very few (if any) recent books documenting the rise and fall of ’emo’ music, a label that was heavily popularised during the noughties following the success of bands such as My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco. Used to …
I purchased Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation a few years ago but it was actually released in 2005. This review may be coming to you fifteen years late as a result, but I wanted to challenge myself to read about a …
Okay, so The Music Plays On isn’t really a documentary as such, given that Click’s report on the global pandemic’s impact on live music lasts a grand seven minutes in total, but I always wanted this blog to explore and hopefully add to the social …
I’d been wanting to read My Thoughts Exactly, Lily Allen’s autobiography, ever since it first came out. Having caused quite a stir upon release, particularly in music industry circles (which, at the time, I was still part of), I was intrigued as to whether it could …
It often surprises people when I tell them I’ve never been to Glastonbury. As someone who’s been regularly attending festivals since I was 12, it’s automatically assumed that I must have also embraced the biggest party on earth as my own by now. Alas, I …
Master of Reality took me by complete surprise. I added it to my Amazon Wish List maybe five or six years before it was kindly gifted to me by a family member, and to be honest I had totally forgotten what to expect from the …
I’m not alone in the opinion that Enter Shikari are one of the most underrated British bands of the 21st century, but then I suppose that if I was, that could either be a really good or a really bad thing as it would mean …