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SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
Crazy Arm
Dark Hands, Thunderbolts
(Xtra Mile Recordings)
★★★★★
EXTINCTION-RESISTANT octet Crazy Arm rise like a phoenix with this fabulous collection, which owes as much to masterly musicianship as their lived collective, creative spirit.
Crazy Arm is all about musical and philosophical agitation, rich in stupendous syncopation, in-your-face assertiveness and echoes of Appalachian harmonies combining symbiotically song after song.
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