MARJORIE MAYO recommends an accessible and unsettling novel that uses a true incident of death in the Channel to raise questions of wider moral responsibility
Ribald rock ‘n’ roll
Punk rock attitude
MIK SABIERS wallows in a night of political punk and funk that fires both barrels at Trump
Reasonable radicalism, death in Abu Dhabi, locked-room romance, and sleuthing in the Blitz
SIMON DUFF recommends a new album from renowned composer and oud player Anour Brahem.
JAMES WALSH has a great night in the company of basketball players, quantum physicists and the exquisite timing of Rosie Jones
A New Awakening: Adventures In British Jazz 1966 - 1971, G3, and Buck Owens
JAMES WALSH is moved by an exhibition of graphic art that relates horrors that would be much less immediate in other media
The Darts (US)
100 Club, London
HERALDED as a garage rock all girl group bringing their twisted slumber party to town, the 100 Club’s hallowed stage is home to The Darts all the way from the USA. They’re dropping into town for the only UK date of their ambitious 16 dates in 16 days European tour.
Opening the set with My Heart is a Graveyard, there’s a tried and tested formula. It’s all thumping bass, hard rocking beats, a rockabilly guitar riff merging with a ’60s-style Farfisa organ while singer Nicole Laurenne screams over the top.
It brings to mind The Dead Weather crossed with The Cramps topped with a good dose of 1950s B-movie schlock.
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