MARY CONWAY applauds the revival of a tense, and extremely funny, study of men, money and playing cards
Dismantle Yourself by Sloth Racket
Inventive northern souls embrace free spirit of improvisation
HOLDING ON TO OPTIMISM: Sloth Racket
MEHDI ACHOUCHE explores the constant fascination of cinema with Marxist alienation from Fritz Lang and Chaplin to Bong Joon Ho
FIONA O’CONNOR steps warily through a novel that skewers many of the exposed flanks of the over-privileged
MARY CONWAY applauds the study of a dysfunctional family set in an Ireland that could be anywhere
MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
New releases from Mountain, Soul Asylum and Michael McDermott
ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
INSTIGATOR of that quintet of surprising and ever-inventive sounds Sloth Racket, is baritone saxophonist Cath Roberts.
As a teenager she was into rock music, so her musical starting points weren’t jazz.
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