MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
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Anna Of The North, Village Underground, London
The Norwegian singer-songwriter sets the electropop bar high with songs from her new album
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ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
Anna Lotterud — Anna of the North — has placed herself well and truly at the forefront of the electropop revival with her tour-de-force debut album Lovers.
Artists like Charli XCX and M.O are putting a different kind of pop back on the map and Lotterud is among those whose intelligent song-writing and effortless ability to turn a catchy tune proves the versatility of the genre.
Kitted out with inflatable exotic birds, the stage brings a taste of summer to the decidedly gloomy and bunker-like Village Underground venue and it’s there that, dressed in white, Lotterud treats her already dedicated fanbase to a complete run-through of Lovers plus a few new numbers.
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