To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
POLITICALLY incendiary with a strong pop sensibility, Behave Myself, the new album from the Wirral-based singer-songwriter Louisa Roach, is released on October 8.
Ian Sinclair: Alongside dark, slightly claustrophobic electro-pop, Behave Myself targets, amongst other things, corruption, abuse, inequality, the patriarchy and the ruthless ruling class. What message do you hope people will take from the album?
Louisa Roach: I like to poke holes in the status quo from different angles, dipping into different genres, like left of field pop but with a kind of punk spirit underneath.
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New releases from Allo Darlin’, Loyle Carner and Mike Polizze
New releases from Toby Hay, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars
RON JACOBS welcomes a survey of US punk in the era of Reagan, and sees the necessity for some of the same today


