WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: November 22, 2021
Latest releases from Courtney Barnett, Nation of Language and Henry Parker
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
Courtney Barnett
Things Take Time, Take Time
(Marathon Artists)
★★★★
THE third album from Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett continues to mine the rich seam that she has made her name with – seemingly mundane observations and everyday concerns sung like she has just got out of bed, accompanied by slackerish indie guitar licks.
It’s an engagingly refreshing mix – the melodies and witty phrasing are brilliant, and she is able to voice millennial angst as well as any musician I can think of. Single Write A List Of Things To Look Forward To is positively sunny, while on If I Don’t Hear From You Tonight she gives a glimpse into living through the pandemic in Oz: “It’s so quiet outside/with this curfew lullaby.”
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