Guy Oddy

Articles By Guy Oddy

Album: Deap Lips - Deap Lips Wednesday, 11 March 2020 Read more...	Album: BTS – Map of the Soul: 7 Saturday, 22 February 2020 Read more...
Napalm Death, O2 Institute, Birmingham review - the Grindcore progenitors hit the spot Friday, 21 February 2020 Read more...	Album: Elephant Stone - Hollow Monday, 10 February 2020 Read more...
Asking For It, Birmingham Repertory Theatre review - victim-blaming and abuse in small town Ireland Thursday, 06 February 2020 Read more...	Slipknot, Arena Birmingham review – Iowa metal-heads tear the roof off Sunday, 26 January 2020 Read more...
Album: Black Lips - Sing In A World That’s Falling Apart Thursday, 23 January 2020 Read more...	Album: Las Cobras - Selva Tuesday, 14 January 2020 Read more...
Albums of the Year 2019: Imperial Wax - Gastwerk Saboteurs Saturday, 14 December 2019 Read more...	Dinosaur Pile-Up, O2 Institute, Birmingham review - grungy punk poppers end the weekend on a high Tuesday, 10 December 2019 Read more...
CD: Rob Halford - Celestial Saturday, 07 December 2019 Read more...	CD: 10.000 Russos - Kompromat Saturday, 30 November 2019 Read more...
Vampire Weekend, O2 Academy, Birmingham review – clean-cut Americans fail to ignite Tuesday, 12 November 2019 Read more...	CD: Land of Kush - Sand Enigma Friday, 01 November 2019 Read more...
Sunn O))), The Crossing, Birmingham review – ambient metallists bring the noise Monday, 28 October 2019 Read more...	CD: Underworld - DRIFT Series 1 Saturday, 26 October 2019 Read more...

It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.

It followed some...

“Forest and the Shore” by Keith Christmas is remarkable. In his essay for Gather In The Mushrooms, compiler, author and Saint Etienne...

Marina Diamandis is a proper pop star, brilliantly full-on...

There was a neat conjunction of commemorations to this concert, the most obvious one being the fact that that 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of...

Hamad Butt studied at Goldsmiths College at the same time as YBAs (Young British Artists) like Damien Hirst and Gillian Wearing; but whereas they...

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When Van Morrison last released an album of original songs, during the Covid pandemic, it didn’t go down well. Indeed for many,...

John Wick’s simple story of a man and his dog became a bonkers, baroque franchise in record time, converting Keanu Reeves’ limited acting into Zen...

In 2022 I called caroline “perhaps the best band in the U.K” in my article about their debut, which I named my album of the year....

With WOMAD not happening this year, where could one go for a feast of...