EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
Political status quo draws fire from an expert gun
Self-professed socialist, feminist and proud mother to one LOUISA ROACH, aka She Drew The Gun, speaks to the Star’s Ian Sinclair about her new album, music and politics, and the Labour Party post-Corbyn
Louisa Roach, aka She Drew The Gun
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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
POLITICALLY incendiary with a strong pop sensibility, Behave Myself, the new album from the Wirral-based singer-songwriter Louisa Roach, is released on October 8.
Ian Sinclair: Alongside dark, slightly claustrophobic electro-pop, Behave Myself targets, amongst other things, corruption, abuse, inequality, the patriarchy and the ruthless ruling class. What message do you hope people will take from the album?
Louisa Roach: I like to poke holes in the status quo from different angles, dipping into different genres, like left of field pop but with a kind of punk spirit underneath.
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