CATHERINE STEEL relishes a compelling novel about Augustus’s right hand man, but misses the politics, the cultural shifts, and more detail about his restoration of Rome
Latest editorial
Album reviews: November 4, 2020
By Mik Sabiers, Steve Johnson and Tony Burke
TONY BURKE speaks to JOEL McIVER, co-author of the biography of bluesman John Mayall
A misfit couple unhappily ever after, a dead man walking, dodgy journos, and trench art trucking
New releases from Javon Jackson, IZE Trio, and Mal Waldron Trio
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage
Cults
Host
(Sinderlyn)
★★★★
New York’s Cults are back with their fourth album and a newish direction, albeit still beholden to the otherworldly dream pop that is their musical shtick.
While much is the same as before, Trials has singer Madeline Follin’s child-like vocals front and centre, the 1960s-like sound has expanded.
Similar stories
New releases by Interpol, Phoebe Bridgers, Lambchop
New releases from Old Spot, Chris Marksberry, and Clementine Lovell
New releases from Shearwater, Florry, and Navy Blue
New releases from Ninebarrow, Amit Dattani, and Lonan