Observer

Phil Spector: L.A. Proved Too Much For Blake and Spector: Bring On the Trials

Report by Deanne Stillman, Observer, 19 April 2004

TWO VERY STRANGE courtroom spectacles are about to unfold in Los Angeles: the murder trials of Robert Blake and Phil Spector. I've been covering these ...

The Young Gods: Super Ready/Fragmenté

Review by Chris Campion, Observer, 20 May 2007

HOW MANY bands can you name who have been cited as an influence by heavyweights including U2, David Bowie and the Chemical Brothers? Only one. ...

Lightning Bolt: Earthly Delights

Review by Chris Campion, Observer, 4 October 2009

IF ONE HAD TO SUM UP LIGHTNING BOLT in two words, "awkward" and "delirious" would be as good as any. The experimental bass and drums ...

Four Tet: There is Love in You

Review by Ben Thompson, Observer, 24 January 2010

KIERAN HEBDEN'S latest captures all that was special about dance music's mid-90s heyday ...