Thom Yorke’s the Smile sound a lot like Radiohead – and that’s no bad thing
This is a sublime record that shows the benefits of only slightly rearranging a tried and tested formula.
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Ellen Peirson-Hagger is assistant culture editor at the New Statesman.
This is a sublime record that shows the benefits of only slightly rearranging a tried and tested formula.
By Ellen Peirson-HaggerThe school, which had campuses in London and Wigan, closed without warning on Monday, causing turmoil for 284 students…
By Ellen Peirson-HaggerYoung Mungo by Stuart, The Barefoot Woman by Mukasonga, Made in China by Qu and In the Shadow of…
By Ellen Peirson-Hagger, Sophie McBain, Christiana Bishop and Michael Prodger“This had better be an April fool’s joke,” said Jarvis Cocker, whose band Pulp played their first gig at…
By Ellen Peirson-HaggerEd Sheeran is defending his hit “Shape of You” in a landmark case – and he’s not the only…
By Ellen Peirson-HaggerHarding’s fourth record Warm Chris is a brave and rousing piece of work, at turns silly and melancholic.
By Ellen Peirson-HaggerThe Shame Machine by O'Neil, The Trouble With Happiness and Other Stories by Ditlevsen, Here Again Now by Nzelu…
By Sarah Manavis, Ellen Peirson-Hagger, Katherine Cowles and Gavin JacobsonHow a station devoted to the obscure and alternative survived a near-death experience and conquered British digital radio.
By Ellen Peirson-HaggerCLR James: A Life Beyond the Boundaries by Williams, Recitatif by Morrison, Moon Witch, Spider King by James and…
By Michael Prodger, Lola Seaton, Elliot Hoste and Ellen Peirson-Hagger