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Arts Desk, The

The Arts Desk (theartsdesk.com) is a British arts journalism website containing reviews, interviews, news and other content related to music, theatre, television, films and other art forms, which was launched in 2009.

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The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form

Review by Nick Hasted, The Arts Desk, 21 May 2020

The band's fourth album lunges for meaning with its monologue by Greta Thunberg and foresees social isolation. ...

David Bowie: The Next Day

Review by Kieron Tyler, The Arts Desk, 27 February 2013

The return of the Thin White Duke after a ten year silence does not disappoint ...

Gene Clark: No Other

Review by Kieron Tyler, The Arts Desk, 3 November 2019

Deep-digging revisitation of one of the pre-punk 70s' best albums ...

Shirley Collins: "There was no way I could ever sing to be popular"

Interview by Kieron Tyler, The Arts Desk, 25 January 2019

Ahead of next week's Roundhouse concert, the voice of traditional English music reveals some unexpected musical likes and much more. ...

The Doors: The Soft Parade/Dance on Fire

Film/DVD/TV Review by Kieron Tyler, The Arts Desk, 4 June 2017

Jim Morrison and Co.'s confusing visual legacy suffers from lack of upgrades ...

Elbow: Giants of All Sizes

Review by Nick Hasted, The Arts Desk, 10 October 2019

Brutal times put Guy Garvey at bay. ...

Donald Fagen: Sunken Condos

Review by Adam Sweeting, The Arts Desk, 10 October 2012

Sly and sardonic new songs from the Steely Dan veteran ...

John Foxx, Ultravox: Q&A: John Foxx

Interview by Kieron Tyler, The Arts Desk, 2 September 2016

The leader of the original Ultravox on challenging the punk era's orthodoxies and the band as an art project ...

Anna von Hausswolff: 'Forget about space and time, it's eternal and mysterious'

Interview by Kieron Tyler, The Arts Desk, 2 March 2018

The Swedish singer-songwriter on her new album Dead Magic   ...

The Honeycombs: Have I The Right? The Complete '60s Albums & Singles

Review by Kieron Tyler, The Arts Desk, 16 February 2020

Exhaustive box set dedicated to the Joe Meek-produced hit-makers ...

Norah Jones: 10 Questions for Norah Jones

Interview by Graeme Thomson, The Arts Desk, 26 April 2012

NORAH JONES is back. New haircut, new sound, new producer. The first of these, while very nice, needn't concern us too much. The second, meanwhile, ...

Judy Henske & Jerry Yester: Farewell Aldebaran (Omnivore)

Review by Kieron Tyler, The Arts Desk, 28 August 2016

The mystical Farewell Aldebaran gets its first-ever legal reissue. ...

Lykke Li: Village Underground, London

Live Review by Kieron Tyler, The Arts Desk, 9 May 2014

A bold night of new songs from Sweden's sorrowful singer-songwriter ...

Agnes Obel

Interview by Kieron Tyler, The Arts Desk, 15 October 2016

The Danish singer-songwriter opens up about her third album Citizen of Glass ...

One Direction: Crazy About One Direction, Channel 4

Film/DVD/TV Review by Kieron Tyler, The Arts Desk, 16 August 2013

Lazy and shallow look at the fan phenomenon surrounding the world's biggest boy band ...

The Residents: Q&A: Homer Flynn, spokesman for The Residents

Interview by Kieron Tyler, The Arts Desk, 28 October 2017

A revealing face-to-face conversation with the man closest to the eyeball-headed musical outsiders ...

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