Reviews
Pearl Jam
Dark Matter
Pearl Jam’s latest combines ground-breaking guitar solos and intense drums with Eddie Vedder’s raspy vocals. It’s 1991 all over again.
Broken Records
Underrated and under-appreciated: the Edinburgh art-rockers bring the thrills regardless of venue
If Only I Could Hibernate
Quietly emotive Mongolian coming-of-age story finds warmth in its frigid location
Beyond the Raging Sea
Pure hubris at work in this well-intentioned but infuriating doc as two landlubbers try to row the Atlantic
Back to Black
Strangely sanitised biopic of Amy Winehouse fails to remotely touch on what made her famous
wojtek the bear
shaking hands with the NME
The Glasgow band’s third album forges its own defiant, idiosyncratic path
J Mascis
The Dinosaur Jr. frontman makes no concessions for a solo show; best to just immerse yourself in the guitar god’s world
Dry Cleaning
For a band best exemplified by subtle touches, the spacious St Luke’s isn’t quite the right fit
James V: Katherine
Scaled-back instalment of the James Plays series offers a story of heresy, heartache, and hope
Wanted Man
Dolph Lundgren with a thoroughly expendable entry in the current trend of geriatric actioners
Phosphorescent
Revelator
Mired in melancholy, but still daring to hope, Matthew Houck provides a revelation of what modern Americana can be
Civil War
Immaculately staged and harrowingly immersive action masks a certain moral hollowness in this alternate-reality dystopia
