ANGUS REID, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review On The Sea, A Useful Ghost, Brunello: The Gracious Visionary, and Pinocchio Unstrung
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TOM STONE recommends the sonic and visual impact of a band that keeps evolving, musically and politically
Public Service Broadcasting play Brighton Dome
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RON JACOBS enjoys a great tale, told by a US communist, of the lives of working-class New Yorkers
BRENT CUTLER searches a new history of contemporary Iran for an understanding of the Islamic Republic, finding both interesting detail and glaring omissions
MARIA DUARTE recommends the true story of the remarkable woman who sued Donald Trump for sexual assault not once, but twice
KENNY MacASKILL is disappointed by a polemical, rather than factual, account of the Lone Star State and its political path since the civil war
PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by the lives of Charles and Mary Bagot, and the insight this biography shines on the morals of pre-Victorian society
GORDON PARSONS appreciates fine performances and a feel for ambiguity, but misses the music of the dialogue
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Brighton Dome
TONIGHT at the Brighton Dome we strap ourselves into the cockpit of Electra — Amelia Earhart’s plane — as Public Service Broadcasting take us on a journey celebrating her life and her Last Flight (the title of their new concept album).
Earhart is revealed through the new songs as a still highly-relevant icon of female empowerment. Her ethos is perhaps best embodied by PSB’s recent single The Fun Of It – the title a direct quote from the great aviator in answer to the question of why she undertook such challenges.
It’s a song that goes down well with the Brighton crowd, vocals expertly provided, as they are for much of the night by EERA. It’s also indicative of the journey of growth this band is still on, these days embracing vocals just as much as their trademark spoken-word samples.
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