EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message
Little Boots, The Garage London
Hands-on magic from diminutive diva
Celebrant: Little Boots
[Justin Higuchi]
EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
LITTLE Boots’s debut albums Hands — a selection of melodic and synth-based mini-symphonies — rightly saw the pint-size performer top the BBC’s Sound of 2009 poll.
Ten years on, the Blackpool-born and LA-based singer-songwriter — aka Victoria Hesketh — is back in town to perform that very album for a one-off celebration.
It's an 18-track odyssey which culminates in a mass stage invasion.
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