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Fergal Kinney , March 15th, 2021 10:24 By 1995 Stereolab should have been at the peak of their powers, so why didn't it feel that way to Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier? Fergal Kinney examines the series of events that saw the band escape the dead end they'd ended up in culminating in the release of one of their most celebrated albums Viewed from the outside, by 1996 Stereolab must have seemed like a unit that could only ascend. Half a decade into the project, affectionately termed “the groop” by its nucleus members, the couple of Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier, Stereolab appeared to be going ...

Published Feb 26, 2021 Earlier this week, a new ad campaign appeared to reveal a new St. Vincent record titled  Daddy's Home, and while Annie Clark hasn't officially begun the album rollout yet, she has shared some insight on her latest effort in a new interview. Speaking with music journalist Ted Kessler for the inaugural issue of newsletter  The New Cue, Clark described the forthcoming album as "the sound of being down and out Downtown in New York, 1973. Glamour that hasn't slept for three days." "In hindsight, I realized that [2017's  MASSEDUCTION and its tour were] so incredibly st...

Last modified on Thu 25 Feb 2021 05.31 EST The former editors of Q magazine, the British music monthly that folded in July 2020 owing to the pressures of publishing during the pandemic, have joined the growing newsletter revolution. The New Cue, a weekly publication edited by erstwhile Q editor Ted Kessler and staff members Chris Catchpole and Niall Doherty, launches on 26 February with new interviews from artists including St Vincent, Arlo Parks and Tony Visconti, along with playlists and recommendations. “What’s exciting to me is being able to deliver a music publication directly to the...

Steps VS Anti-Fascist Action Steps vs. AFA 3rd August 2000 Top pop band Steps took an unfortunate "step" into the political arena at the end of June when they were interviewed by the Sunday Express in an article which was later picked up by gay paper The Pink. The band - not known for their political views (or much else of any interest really) - launched into an attack on asylum seekers amongst other things. Lee from the band stated “I think there should be more jobs for English people” while Claire chimed in with “Why are we paying for all these people to come into the country anyway?�...

Spring 2021 Laura Owens, Untitled (2016). Courtesy of the artist; Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, Rome; Sadie Coles HQ, London; and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, This exhibition is a homecoming of sorts for Laura Owens. The wide-ranging and experimental painter grew up close to Cleveland in Norwalk, Ohio, and spent many hours exploring the Cleveland Museum of Art’s encyclopedic collections as a teenager. Owens, who has been based in Los Angeles for the past three decades, has developed this unique exhibition with high school students involved with the Cleveland museum’s Arts Ma...