michael waters

Features

Xiu Xiu
For the entire 21st Century, Xiu Xiu - Jamie Stewart and an often dramatically rev...
High Places
The dance-pop of Rob Barber and Mary Pearson is tinged with an esoteric eclecticis...
The Warehouse Project - Preview
Held at Store Street, in a disused space beneath Piccadilly Station – a car park t...

Soundtracks

Bodysong - Jonny Greenwood
Bodysong (Best British Documentary at British Independent Film Awards, 20...

Film Reviews

Black Pond
Will Sharpe, Tom Kingsley
The understatement that defines the film’s style, reigning in both the humour and ...
The Future
Miranda July
Most aspects of this film are compelling enough, but it is far from free of forced...

Live Reviews

Aphex Twin - Hudson Mohawke - Zomby
Thrasher (Aphex Twin) - Warehouse Project
The eleventh Warehouse Project acts as a farewell to the Store Street sub-railway-...
Gold Panda
Gold Panda - Leeds
It’s Light Night in Leeds tonight, and, presumably unbeknownst to Gold Panda or hi...
Beirut
Beirut - Manchester
A few years ago, a friend of mine, once a fervent Zach Condon follower, fell out w...
Various
"Beacons Festival"
Tom Vek, Jamie xx, Willy Nelson, Jamie Woon, Summer Camp....
Various
Tramlines 2011 - New Music Stage
Tramlines is a fledgling festival a mere three years of age, where Sheffield’s div...

Album Reviews

Radiohead
TKOL RMX 1234567
First listens of The King of Limbs presented a cohesive and concise recor...
Plaid
scintilli
Andy Turner and Ed Handle, the mystical pair of Londoners wearing the Plaid......
The Books
The Way Out
 The latest instalment in The Books' library is tinged with a more prominent sense...
Extra Life
Dream Seeds
Extra Life are one of the most intriguing bands to come out of one of the most int...
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