STEVE JOHNSON relishes a celebration of the commonality of folk music and its links with the struggles of working people the world over
Everything Hits at Once by Spoon
This thriller is a politically charged and morally complex dive into climate activism and police repression, judges JENNY FARRELL
Cat show killer, avenging the pawns, women hunt the Ripper, and running dry in the outback
The Bard reflects on sharing a bed, and why he wont go to Chelsea
MARY CONWAY applauds a new play that foresees the unscrupulous tactics of a future far-right minority government
RON JACOBS is moved to tears by an eloquent journal of heartfelt intensity and human portraiture
ROBERT OVETZ recommends a case study, from the University of Leicester, in their struggle against precarization, AI, privatisation, outsourcing, and work intensification in higher education
Spoon
Everything Hits at Once
(Matador)
SO YOU thought rock music was dead?
Having formed in 1993 in Austin, Texas Spoon have released nine studio albums of post-punkish indie guitar music.
More from this author
New releases from Steady Habits, Jeff Tweedy, and Tom Skinner
IAN SINCLAIR welcomes a lucid critique of a technology that reproduces and enables oppression, power, and environmental devastation
Reviews of new releases by Wednesday, Suede, and Nation of Language
Reviews of new releases by Jens Lekman, Big Thief, and Christian McBride Big Band
