John Calvert

Coronabollocks 4: Culture During The Time Of C-19

C-19 is making John Calvert fear the worst. Luckily Tracey Emin is here with her lifestyle to take his mind off things

The Cult Of Steve: Morrissey Live At Wembley Arena

John Calvert is dragged by his lifelong Smiths fan girlfriend to Wembley - but will he finally see what all the fuss is about?

Overview Of A Vampire: A Closer Look At The Weeknd’s Lyrics

John Calvert is a "guilt-ridden ultra-fan" of "misogynist" Canadian R&B star The Weeknd and here, instead of brushing the themes of his music under the carpet or attempting to explain them away as 'theatre', he takes a forensic look at his lyrical content

Requiem For A Scream: Suicide’s ‘Punk Mass’

John Calvert witnesses Suicide's 'last stand' at the Barbican. All pictures by Paul Heartfield

“The Spirit”: Mike Watt Of The Missingmen’s Favourite Albums

Currently in the middle of a European tour, the Minutemen, Dos and Firehose founder pares down his record collection to give John Calvert his thirteen all-time top LPs

The Dread Magnificence Of Perversity: Teeth Of The Sea Interviewed

John Calvert talks to Teeth Of The Sea about sex, violence and D.I.S.C.O.

All The Kids Are Dead Kids: Fat White Family Live

Fat White Family are the seediest, strangest, nastiest guitar group in Britain today, and The Quietus loves them. We sent John Calvert to review a recent gig in a derelict hospital. Photographs thanks to Lou Smith

Flash & Blitz: Beyoncé Live In London, By John Calvert

Caught up within the two-hour long human/machine synergy of Beyoncé's London performance, John Calvert reflects on its peculiar mix of sincerity and cynicism and the functional brilliance of her signature sound

The Echo Of Youth: My Bloody Valentine Live

John Calvert takes his teenage dreams down to the Brixton Electric for a rare intimate gig by My Bloody Valentine.

Bottled Lightning: Kendrick Lamar Live In London By John Calvert

John Calvert heads to a cold Hammersmith to be blown away by Kendrick Lamar - "A private epiphany, the rest is history"

In The Company Of Wolves: Wild Beasts Live

John Calvert gets hot under the collar at an intimate gig at the Lexington from Wild Beasts, as they play their great album Smother and a load of other fruiter bangers. No other band does sex quite like they do, he argues

A Ladder To God: Swans Breathe With Space, Live In London

The Swans play live in Koko. John Calvert breathes in and out with them and the universe. Photographs by Valerio Berdini

Pleasure In Suffering? The Problem With Death Grips Live, By John Calvert

A scholar of Death Grips, John Calvert expected to prostrate himself before the menace of MC Ride and Zach Hill. But is this the punk he was looking for?

The Power’s Doubt: Liars Live, By John Calvert

After a few months touring WIXIW, Liars are turning into a magnificent, at times malignant, psyops weapon, discovers John Calvert. Live photo by Valerio Berdini

The Power & The Glory: Vatican Shadow Live

At the Blackest Ever Black label's Corsica Studio showcase, John Calvert is confronted with Vatican Shadow's war of attrition. Pic thanks to Oliver Clasper

Join In The Chant: Liars Interviewed

John Calvert meets Liars in an ugly hotel lobby to talk about beautiful music

In Tha Murder Business: Angel Haze Live, By John Calvert

In the latest Calvert Report, our man John Calvert starts to feel unusual as he sees Angel Haze live at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen

An American Nightmare: Lana Del Rey Live By John Calvert

This week The Calvert Report attempts to understand Lana Del Rey live, "chart music where death is a 'dark paradise'". Live photo by Katja Ogrin

This Megalith Reality: Lady Gaga Live

In the second Calvert Report, we send John down to Twickenham to experience the Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball, a lurid pop Nuremburg Rally with 90s Athena poster aesthetics. Main photo Yoshika Horita, all others Picture Group

100% Shock & Awe: Skrillex Blasts Tiny Venue

At Skrillex's tiny London show for Eat Your Own Ears this weekend, dancers and moshers alike were flattened by sonic junk and wave upon wave of bass, "the pitiless God that reigns supreme in the EDM universe". Words John Calvert Pictures: Pete Fallan

Alive & Wriggling: Animal Collective’s Centipede Hz Track-By-Track

John Calvert gives us a track-by-track run-through of Centipede Hz and finds that amidst all the familiar Animal Collective hippy tropes, there's much new - and exciting - to be found

The Future’s Bright: Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange Track-by-Track

John Calvert heads along to a London studio for a first listen to the forthcoming album (much anticipated round these parts) from Frank Ocean

Traxman

The Mind Of Traxman

Death Grips

The Money Store

Stay +

Arem

Gang Colours

The Keychain Collection

Addison Groove

Transistor Rhythm

Black Dice

Mr. Impossible

Nicki Minaj

Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded

Death Grips’ The Money Store: Track-By-Track

Slot machines in hell. 2-Live Crew meets Tetsuo: Body Hammer. A grenade at a debutante's ball. An upside down sermon on the mount. John Calvert gets to grips with The Money Store

Die Antwoord

Ten$ion

The Twilight Sad

No One Can Ever Know