Old Joint Stock, BirminghamOne millennial’s lifelong infatuation with the star could have been interesting but this spirited solo performance fails to engageOops she did it again. Britney mania has got another millennial teenager obsessed. Still, Jean …
Kanye West, Billie Eilish and Harry Styles to headline Coachella 2022
It remains unclear if the North America’s largest music festival, rescheduled four times since 2020, will go on due to the Omicron surgeKanye West, Billie Eilish and Harry Styles are expected to headline the 21st Coachella music festival in April, Vari…
Disco Elysium’s Aerostatic Pilot Jacket: The Kotaku Fashion Review
I have been afraid, for a very long time, that Lieutenant Kim Kitsuragi—your fellow detective in Disco Elysium, a game which I love—was cold. Revachol is a harsh, coastal city—one defined by high winds carrying winter in from off the water. It rains an…
Podcasting Hasn’t Produced A New Hit in Years
An anonymous reader shares a report: Dawn Ostroff wants to find more hits. The chief content officer of Spotify is upset that her company isn’t producing enough new popular podcasts, and has been putting pressure on her in-house studios to deliver. I’v…
Cat Power: Covers review – the healing work of a singer reborn
(Domino)Chan Marshall’s third outing deconstructing the songs of others, from Nick Cave and Frank Ocean to Lana Del Rey and the Pogues, is her best yetDancing, ceremony, aural wallpaper: the uses of music are legion. Often, though, succour is key, a ki…
新しい映像表現で魅せた宗谷いちか2ndワンマンライブ「Ichika Souya 2nd Q Re:18:2」
「東京」×「VTuber」を盛り込んだ世界観演出 CGWORLD（以下、CGW）：まず、「Ichika Souya 2nd Q Re:18:2」とはどういったイベントでしょうか？ ななし氏（以下、ななし）：774inc.代表のななしです。「Ichika Souya 2nd Q Re:18:2」は、774inc.所属のタレントである宗谷いちかの誕生日を記念して開催したオンラインライ…
Grammy awards 2022 postponed indefinitely due to Omicron
A recent surge in Covid cases forced the delay to the annual awards ceremony that was set to take place this monthThis year’s Grammy awards has been postponed as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.A statement confirms that the ceremony has been …
Folk review – a beautifully brooding tale of song and sisterhood
Hampstead theatre, LondonThe songs that unite two grieving sisters are collected and ‘tidied up’ by Cecil Sharp in this historical dramaThis beautifully brooding slice of English pastoral places Cecil Sharp, the godfather of folk music who collected th…
Female conductor takes the helm in first for Italian opera
Ukrainian Oksana Lyniv makes history with three-year posting at Bologna’s Teatro ComunaleA female conductor will take the helm at an Italian opera house for the first time in January.The Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv said she was surprised to learn …
Classical comeback: the pandemic proves the need to support musicians and orchestras
Covid may have put an abrupt halt to cultural life but the response shows the sector is part of national recoveryIn March 2020, live classical music and much of cultural life worldwide came to an abrupt halt overnight. Since then, we have seen the grad…