Chris Roberts

Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? Jimmy Webb Interviewed

The genius behind 'MacArthur Park' and 'Galveston' discusses his past at Motown with Chris Roberts, and predicts the invention of robots used for sex in the future...

Not Your Typical Mackems: Field Music Interviewed

Chris Roberts talks to David Brewis about sibling relationships and a love for Led Zeppelin - apart from "their Tolkien stuff", of course...

M For Montreal: A Quest For New Canadian Sounds & Leonard Cohen’s House

Chris Roberts travels to the M For Montreal festival in Canada to take in the country's finest sights, bands and night life... Photograph by Alexandre Bedard

U2 Live Under A Slate Grey Claw: Chris Roberts Reports From Wembley

Giant contraption fails to divert attention away from the fact that Irish megastars aren't quite as good as they used to be. Gallery of band close-ups, Jim Dyson

Mickey Rourke Interviewed: Plus Hollywood’s Greatest Comebacks

Chris Roberts gets personal with Mickey Rourke and The Quietus remembers more of cinema's greatest comeback stories

New Patti Smith Documentary: Dream of Life – Reviewed

_Patti Smith: Dream of Life_ is an impressionistic portrait of a true rock legend. Chris Roberts is awestruck.

Beyonce

I Am Sasha Fierce

Did Oliver Stone Go Easy on George Bush? W. Reviewed

Oliver Stone has been praised for his restraint in this timely character study of the soon-to-be ex-president, but Chris Roberts kinda wishes Stone had gone for the jugular.

Quantum Of Solace Reviewed – Is It The Worst Bond Yet?

_Casino Royale_ may have been Bond's _Batman Begins_ but _Quantum of Solace_ ain't no _Dark Knight_. The 22nd Bond film lacks both the edge of _Bourne_ and the campy charm of the original. Chris Roberts picks apart this debacle.

Look Back In Stavanger – We Visit Norway For Serena-Maneesh’s Festival Among The Mountains

Our man with a well-thumbed passport, Chris Roberts, disembarks in Norway. He is there to find an alternative music festival featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serena-Maneesh but ends up with kamerad & spelemann as well.

The Dandy Warhols

...Earth To The Dandy Warhols...

The Dark Knight of the Soul? Chris Roberts on Heath Ledger’s Untimely Death

Has Heath Ledger's tragic death complicated our viewing of his final performance? Chris Roberts untangles the man from the clown.

The Sugarcubes

Singles Box Set

In the light of The Sugarcubes singles collection, Chris Roberts explains why they're more than "Bjork's old band"

Primal Scream

Beautiful Future

Donna Summer

Crayons

Shearwater

Rook

Scarlett Johannson

Anywhere I Lay My Head

Black Sky Thinking: The Joy Division Industry

More offcuts from the factory, by Chris Roberts. Illustration by Stu Green