WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
New acts show promise and resolve
Cody Frost
[Mik Sabiers] 
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
BBC Introducing… Cody Frost and Daisy Brain
Lexington, London
AFTER yet another hiatus, London’s Lexington has reopened for live gigs, this time with a showcase from the BBC Introducing series.
Cody Frost — a former teenage contestant on TV talent show The Voice — opens the night.
She starts simple, pared back, with just keys and her voice to the fore, but soon segues into an emo metal melee that has much to offer.
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