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Daddy Long Legs, Paper Dress Vintage London
Storming set from New York blues rockers
ROCK’N’ROLL AT ITS RAWEST: Daddy Long Legs
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
NEW YORK’S Daddy Long Legs descended on the depths of Hackney to play two sold-out shows as part of a worldwide tour in a vintage clothing shop by day and a bar-cum-club and general hangout by night.
Daddy Long Legs are right at home in front of a packed house in what’s an unusual venue, with guitarist Murat Akturk, looking like the long-lost brother of Johnny Marr, getting sounds from his guitar that set the scene, while Josh Styles on drums and maracas — sometimes on both at the same time — could’ve walked straight out of the 1960s.
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