Black Country

An astonishingly good new album from Black Country, New Road

19 April 2025 9:00 am

Grade: A Is that a kind of nod to Oasis in the album title? I can’t think of a band…

Pretty astonishing: Black Country, New Road's Ants From Up There reviewed

19 February 2022 9:00 am

Grade: A+ It is not true, fellow boomers, that there is nothing new under the sun nor no good new…

The death of the mainstream band: Black Country, New Road reviewed

13 March 2021 9:00 am

Twitter was awash with mockery last week, after Adam Levine, the singer of the American group Maroon 5, was interviewed…

When the Welsh go it alone, blame me

13 September 2014 9:00 am

Oh dear. I think I may have inadvertently contributed to the dissolution of Great Britain. I’m not claiming sole responsibility.…

Riding back from Scotland with Ron Burgundy in the privy

25 January 2014 9:00 am

When the ticket collector asked to see my ticket, I took the opportunity to ask what time my connection left…