Live review: Kraftwerk, Royal Albert Hall, 22/06/17
How the hell can a band who has been around this long still sound like the future?»
Articles
JudeClarke has written the following articles:
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Sparkle Hard
Stephen Malkmus and his band show no signs of either running out of creativity or falling back on former glories»
The Orielles - Silver Dollar Moment
he Orielles sound at the moment like a band with huge potential to evolve into something better»
Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus
Highlights are distributed pretty much all the way through this remarkable, cherishable album»
Eminem - Revival
Eminem does, still, have something to say, as well as the means to say it»
Sufjan Stevens - The Greatest Gift
An interesting side-note»
St Vincent - Masseduction
A genuine masterpiece: complex, funny, sexy, bleak, uplifting, inspiring and enthralling from start to finish»
The National - Sleep Well Beast
The things that make this band a real treasure can all still be found here»
Everything Everything - A Fever Dream
Over the top? Yeah. Misanthropic? Frequently. Inspiring? Bloody hell, yes.»
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
It’s not what you might have expected. But this is an artist in his absolute prime: artistically, lyrically and musically»
The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir
Merritt has lifted the curtain JUST enough to draw us that bit more into his world»
All A Boy Could Give: DiS Meets Marc Almond
Marc Almond talks Bowie, the artistic process, & how he's not done yet»
The Veils - Total Depravity
This is The Veils as you would expect to find them»
"I didn’t think that Bridge Over Troubled Water was a hit”: DiS meets Paul Simon
Still crazy after all these years? Jude Clarke meets Paul Simon...»
DiS meets Willy Vlautin of Richmond Fontaine
Interviewing your musical heroes is, more often than not, a dispiriting experience.»
All the nightmares came that day, my David Bowie tattoo's here to stay
Why Jude Clarke sat in the chair at the tattoo parlour, brandishing the Aladdin Sane lightning bolt...»
Dilly Dally - Sore
These are songs about lust and life, about feelings and experiences, but told in such a way that they sound box-fresh»
Gwenno - Y Dydd Olaf
Even without understanding the words, this album still manages to sound like the future»
Pale Honey - Pale Honey
It ultimately ends up failing to engage.»
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
This is an important – a very important – piece of work that will stand the test of time»
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
This is a set of songs encased in such lush, enriching music that it’s hard not to forgive its protagonist his transgressions.»
DiS meets Kristin Hersh: "Listening is hard work; I respect people who can do it well"
Jude Clarke spoke to Kristin Hersh about audiences, Twitter, and the art of listening...»