Ed Sheeran

Reviews 1

The Minus Touch: Ed Sheeran’s Subtract Reviewed

Articles 12

O Superfan: How Rock & Pop’s Elite Screw their Loyal Supporters – and why it won’t Work

The mainstream music biz reckons that devoted fans are the golden geese that'll keep laying, and the streaming services are about to get in on the grift. Eamonn Forde explains why this makes no business sense

Black Sky Thinking

Addicted To Plastic? Eco-Vinyl And The Impact Of Our Listening Habits

As vinyl is now set to outsell CDs in the UK serious questions have been asked about the sustainability of this environment destroying format. However, says Jono Podmore, there is a greener alternative

Anniversary

How Jack Johnson Burned A Path For Some Of The World’s Worst Artists

There was grey and gravel-flavoured BlokeMusic before him. But, argues David Bennun, the tepid indie-folk mumbler’s commercial success ensured that an awful lot more came after him – and we’re still living with the consequences 20 years on

Books

Unstoppable Spex Machine: When Jim Bob Met Ed Sheeran

In an exclusive extract from his new memoir, In The Shadow Of My Former Self, Jim Bob From Carter USM recalls the time he met Ed Sheeran on his way up

Black Sky Thinking

F***! Mr Agreeable Reviews Ed Sheeran’s Collaborations No 6 Project

After a pre-Brexit shortage of sherry gets his goat, Mr Agreeable is none too pleased to be forced to sit and listen to Ed Sheeran's record of collaborations with his famous mates

Black Sky Thinking

In Which Mr Agreeable Casts Rheumy Eyes Over The Mercury Prize

Could it be Mr Agreeable's piles that have given him an existential sense of discomfort and rage this week or is it yet another arse-crimpingly boring list of Mercury Music Prize nominees?

Television

Game Of Thrones Season 7 – Falling At The Final Hurdle?

Game of Thrones returns, with all of its grandeur intact, but its grace increasingly absent. ***Contains mild spoilers***

Books

Haruki Murakami Reviews: The UK’s Top 20 Singles

“Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.” Well, actually, as it turns out: not so much.

Black Sky Thinking

White Power And Black Pop: The Real Problem With 1Xtra’s Power List

Neil Kulkarni dissects the recent BBC 1Xtra Power List which featured three white acts in the top four...

Black Sky Thinking

Mr Agreeable: Not Just Coldplay Abscond With His Goat

After knocking over the internet with his upset at Coldplay's new album, Mr Agreeable is back and casts his subtle eye over Death Grips' split, Dylan's 'new' stuff, Ed Sheeran's memoir and Jake Bugg's sexist video shoot

Black Sky Thinking

‘A 21st Century Nightmare’: Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus & Media Misogyny

The media's contrasting representations of Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus are symptoms of an age-old misogyny that continues to underpin societal portrayals of men and women, argues Jeremy Allen

Black Sky Thinking

Big Society, Little Hope: False Folk Culture In 2011

From the broom-wielding legions of Clapham to Alex James' cheese and Mumford & Sons, Joe Kennedy examines the current vogue for nu-folk whimsy and its links to Big Society rhetoric

News 3

Vinyl Sales In 2017 Hit 26-Year High

Last year was another record year for vinyl sales hitting their highest level since 1991

UPDATE: Pink Floyd Not Playing Olympics

Band issue statement explaining that they will not be performing with Ed Sheeran at the Olympics closing ceremony

Ed Sheeran And Pink Floyd To Collaborate

Pairing will perform title track from 1973 album Wish You Were Here at Olympics closing ceremony

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Film

‘Ave A Go If You Think You’re Dekkard Enough: Blade Runner 2049 Reviewed

Dennis Villeneuve's sequel to Ridley Scott's sci-fi masterpiece is in cinemas now, Mat Colegate takes a look for The Quietus

Film

All Loud on the Eastern Front: Peckinpah’s Cross of Iron Revisited

Optimum have granted Sam Peckinpah’s Eastern Front opus Cross of Iron a long overdue HD facelift. Andrew Stimpson examines this overlooked masterpiece from the troubled and controversial rabble-rouser.

Film

A French Film And Proud: Gaspar Noé Reaches Climax

The new new film by Gaspar Noé calls itself a "French film and proud". But what does that mean?

Film

Dangerous Liaisons: The Legacy Of ‘Dressed To Kill’ At 40

Brian De Palma's erotic thriller Dressed To Kill shocked and entertained in 1980, but its legacy 40 years later feels knotty, one of dangerous influence and still alluring appeal. Steve Erickson investigates

Film

There’s Something About Stanley: Kubrick’s Strange Science Of Obsession

Jasun Horsley examines the impulses that drive Kubrick's formidable oeuvre and asks what it all means to his legion of obsessive fans

Film

Cut! Not Enough Hollywood Directors Know When To Quit

As Steven Soderbergh and Baz Luhrmann consider their retirement from feature films, Tristan Bath argues that it's time for a few veteran Hollywood directors to be put out to pasture

Film

Goose Fare: Only God Forgives Reviewed

Patrick Smith picks a fight with Nicholas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling's follow up to the acclaimed Drive

Film

Girl Interrupted: Revisiting Jane Arden’s The Other Side Of The Underneath

Jane Arden's experimental work about schizophrenia was the only British feature directed by a woman in the 1970s, and remains furiously relevant in its depiction of mental illness, finds Andrew Key

Film

You Leave Me Hanging: Time And Music In Hitchcock’s Vertigo

As its 60th anniversary sees it returning to British cinema screens, Adam Scovell dissects Hitchcock's use of time and repetition in his brilliant 1968 film, Vertigo

Film

Bloodsuckers: Vampires, Antisemitism And Nosferatu At 100

Bram Stoker's antisemitism is well documented, but the villainous image of the outsider, deviant, Jew vampire has been reworked in the 100 years since Nosferatu was released, finds Noah Berlatsky

Film

Notes On Anti-Fascism And Frivolity In Raiders Of The Lost Ark At 40

In 1981, Raiders of the Lost Ark seemed like mindless entertainment – but its legacy as an antifascist statement has only grown stronger in the last 40 years, finds Steve Erickson

Film

Caravan Of Hate: Sightseers Reviewed

Stuart Wright enjoys Ben Wheatley's murderous holiday comedy, which goes on nationwide theatrical release this Friday

Film

Dream A Little Dream: Beautiful Thing, Pride And Thatcher’s Shadow

Hettie MacDonald's 1996 coming-of-age film Beautiful Thing does a rare thing: it gives a gay couple a happy ending. Matt St. Clair writes on the film's enduring bravery

Film

Indie Auteur: A Conversation With Joe Swanberg, ‘Mumblecore’ Lynchpin

Chicago-based indie filmmaker and key figure in the regrettably named 'mumblecore' movement, Joe Swanberg discusses physics, graphic novels and working with non-actors to The Quietus as two of his films, _LOL_ and _Hannah Takes the Stairs_, are released in the UK by ICA films

Film

The Master’s Amusement Park: The Up And Down Cinema Of Bong Joon-ho

To mark the release of the historic Parasite, it seems fitting to track the physical levels of Korean master Bong Joon-ho's cinema, from Memories of Murder to Snowpiercer, finds Joel Whitaker

Film

Moviedrone: The Year’s Finest Film Soundtracks

As 2018 draws to a close, Charlie Brigden sums up the year in film soundtracks – and takes a look at a few of this month's new releases

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Reviews 1

The Minus Touch: Ed Sheeran’s Subtract Reviewed

Articles 12

O Superfan: How Rock & Pop’s Elite Screw their Loyal Supporters – and why it won’t Work

Addicted To Plastic? Eco-Vinyl And The Impact Of Our Listening Habits

How Jack Johnson Burned A Path For Some Of The World’s Worst Artists

Unstoppable Spex Machine: When Jim Bob Met Ed Sheeran

F***! Mr Agreeable Reviews Ed Sheeran’s Collaborations No 6 Project

In Which Mr Agreeable Casts Rheumy Eyes Over The Mercury Prize

Game Of Thrones Season 7 – Falling At The Final Hurdle?

Haruki Murakami Reviews: The UK’s Top 20 Singles

White Power And Black Pop: The Real Problem With 1Xtra’s Power List

Mr Agreeable: Not Just Coldplay Abscond With His Goat

‘A 21st Century Nightmare’: Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus & Media Misogyny

Big Society, Little Hope: False Folk Culture In 2011

News 3

Vinyl Sales In 2017 Hit 26-Year High

UPDATE: Pink Floyd Not Playing Olympics

Ed Sheeran And Pink Floyd To Collaborate

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Previously Read

‘Ave A Go If You Think You’re Dekkard Enough: Blade Runner 2049 Reviewed

All Loud on the Eastern Front: Peckinpah’s Cross of Iron Revisited

A French Film And Proud: Gaspar Noé Reaches Climax

Dangerous Liaisons: The Legacy Of ‘Dressed To Kill’ At 40

There’s Something About Stanley: Kubrick’s Strange Science Of Obsession

Cut! Not Enough Hollywood Directors Know When To Quit

Goose Fare: Only God Forgives Reviewed

Girl Interrupted: Revisiting Jane Arden’s The Other Side Of The Underneath

You Leave Me Hanging: Time And Music In Hitchcock’s Vertigo

Bloodsuckers: Vampires, Antisemitism And Nosferatu At 100

Notes On Anti-Fascism And Frivolity In Raiders Of The Lost Ark At 40

Caravan Of Hate: Sightseers Reviewed

Dream A Little Dream: Beautiful Thing, Pride And Thatcher’s Shadow

Indie Auteur: A Conversation With Joe Swanberg, ‘Mumblecore’ Lynchpin

The Master’s Amusement Park: The Up And Down Cinema Of Bong Joon-ho

Moviedrone: The Year’s Finest Film Soundtracks

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