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The Covid era seems to have destroyed our critical faculties As Britain’s arts return, we need to abandon our forgiving standards and appetite for trash, and bring some rigour back to the conversation The picture of disappointment: Grayson Perry and his Art Club became a pandemic hit Credit: Channel 4 During the past year, the damage to the arts has been greater than at any other time in recent history. We have seen vast job losses at institutions such as the National Theatre; all major event...

Local indie band aged from just 14 appear on album mixed by Oasis producer Brits and Pieces II is out later this month Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up to the Grimsby Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscri...

The band Tramp Stamps, who are accused of being industry plants Credit: YouTube The first two posts you see on Tramp Stamps’ Instagram tell quite the story. One, uploaded April 14, is the video for the Tennessee band’s new single I’d Rather Die, a colourful, defiantly-spirited pop-punk affair in which they (twentysomethings Marisa Maino, Caroline Baker, and Paige Blue) declare that, “I’d rather die than hook up with another straight white guy”. Three days later, the next post. “He...

Tyron (2021) arrived almost exactly two years after his debut album Nothing Great about Britain (2019). The intervening period witnessed Slowthai’s popular and critical success, as well as a backlash prompted by the rapper’s public behavior. More significantly, the period saw the outbreak and intensification of the global pandemic that continues to claim lives. On Tyron (which is Slowthai’s real first name), the rapper engages little with social developments, instead taking stock of his...

Midnight In A Perfect World: Meemo Comma photo by Ken Street Meemo Comma is the solo alias of Lara Rix-Martin, a Brighton, UK-based electronic musician who runs the Objects Limited label and is also one-half of the duo Heretic alongside her partner Mike Paradinas aka μ-Ziq. As Meemo Comma, Lara creates adventurous genre-blurring music, often through a unique conceptual lens. Her brand new third album Neon Genesis: Soul Into Matter² takes inspiration from Jewish mysticism and classic Japanes...

Boris Johnson isn’t ‘following the science’ until raucous live events are back The medical advice is clear – large events are safe. Its time to set Britain free again, but is the Government prepared to listen? 30 April 2021 • 12:54pm A vision of the summer to come? The Pyramid stage at Glastonbury  Credit: Mick Hutson/Redferns It is time for Boris Johnson to throw caution to the wind and let his people rock. British venues have been silent for long enough. Following successful pilo...

The Cribs, Greentea Peng And Ghetts Among Support Acts Announced For South Facing Festival Thursday, 29 April 2021 The first support acts have been announced for the inaugural South Facing Festival. On August 14, Dizzee Rascal and The Outlook Orchestra will follow sets from Ghetts, Flohio, Dreya Mac, Alicai Harley and Sir Spyro, while The Cribs (pictured) will open for Supergrass on August 20. Greentea Peng, The Skinner Brothers and JJ Rosa will join The Streets on August 22.  The...

Limited tickets available Other acts lined up to perform include Nottingham’s Jake Bugg, The Kooks, DMAs, Pale Waves, The Pigeon Detectives, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Everything Everything, Blossoms, Dizzee Rascal, The Fratellis, Sundara Karma and Derbyshire’s own Lucy Spraggan, from Buxton. Representing Sheffield will be bands including The Sherlocks, The Reytons and folk favourites Everly Pregnant Brothers. Tramlines 2018 being rocked by Sheffield favourites The Sherlocks, who return again thi...

The Streets, Royal Blood And Richard Ashcroft Announced For Tramlines Tuesday, 27 April 2021 The first acts have been announced for this years Tramlines in Sheffield. Following its cancellation in 2020 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the event will return to Hillsborough Park in July. To celebrate the festivals comeback, organisers have revealed the first 40 names for its line up, including headliners The Streets (pictured), Royal Blood and Richard Ashcroft. Tramlines Festiva...

Aaron Bishop , April 27th, 2021 07:57 Aaron Bishop selects his highlights from the UK underground scene including projects and singles from names such as DC, Central Cee, M1llionz and Enny It is a well-known fact that London is the birthplace of grime and UK drill. For years London artists have served as the gatekeepers of the scene and the main beneficiaries of the music industry and all it has to offer – money included. But more recently we’ve seen a changing of the tide. Over the last f...