★★☆☆☆
The truth hurts. This much is true. And whilst You Me At Six attempt a return to their authentic selves on their eighth studio album, Truth Decay often wallows a bit too much in self-pity, with its more impressive melodic aspects too far and few between.
★★★☆☆
Tennis's new album is the ideal soundtrack to a 'cool, artsy, backroom party' taking a break from Father John Misty. Read our Pollen review.
★★★★☆
After a hefty six-year hiatus, Kelela is finally back on the scene with her second studio album RAVEN. The singer re-emerges to add to the sanctified canon of her previous discography, all the way from her mixtape Cut 4 Me, released a decade ago, to her 2017 debut album Take Me Apart, with a scattering of features on tracks from the likes of Solange and Gorillaz along the way.
★★☆☆☆ Steven Soderbergh and Channing Tatum return to conclude the stripper saga in Magic Mike’s Last Dance. Read our review.Â
★★★★★
Merely nine months after headlining Alexandra Palace to 10,000 people, Mogwai have returned to the capital for an intimate extravaganza of 600 attendees. However, the shrunken surroundings only add to the triumph and impact of their unexpectedly successful songs.
★★★★☆
With Kojey Radical securing a nomination for Best New Artist at this year’s BRITs, his ascent to mainstream stardom is nearly complete. His performance at Shoreditch’s XOYO on Friday proves this conversation is one that Kojey himself is simultaneously humbled and deserving of being a part of.
Tango Gameworks serve up a joyful rhythm-action brawler that brims with Dreamcast-era charm. Here's our review of Hi-Fi Rush.
★★★★☆ As much a tragic view of rural Poland as a cautionary tale on our relationship with animals, EO charts a donkey’s journey across two countries.
★★★☆☆ Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner star in the West End-debut of Sam Steiner’s character-limited dissertation on the importance of words.
When Peter and Debbie meet the terrifyingly outgoing Elsa, they do everything in their power to stop themselves inviting her to stay.
★★☆☆☆
Enys Men is Mark Jenkin’s attempt to repeat the success of Bait but it’s a disorienting, alienating tale of isolation and memory.
Writer Jeb Stuart’s comeback keeps the killer acting and practical effects yet lacks the action and simplicity that drove his Vikings spinoff’s debut season.
★★★★☆
If Covid analogies must bombard us over the next few years, let them all be as entertaining as White Noise.
★★★★☆ Ahead of the 1968 convention season, a faltering news network shakes up its format with a debate between two intellectual heavyweights in Best of Enemies, playing in the Noel Coward Theatre until February 18.
★★☆☆☆ Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial sees the infamous court transcript on stage for the first time; but the chains of legal accuracy keep it pinned down.
