Spotify
Why should we listen to celebrities over Joe Rogan?
I’m boycotting Spotify. I am doing this for the same reason as I don’t have a Netflix subscription: I refuse…
Why Neil Young’s Spotify boycott is a mistake
When Neil Young issued his threat to Spotify – get rid of Joe Rogan’s podcast or remove my music from…
The death of the mainstream band: Black Country, New Road reviewed
Twitter was awash with mockery last week, after Adam Levine, the singer of the American group Maroon 5, was interviewed…
'I like upsetting people': Steven Wilson interviewed
Michael Hann talks to the cult rock star Steven Wilson about why it’s harder to write a pop song than prog
Englishness vs California dreaming: Meghan and Harry's Archewell Audio reviewed
On Archewell Audio, Harry and Meghan’s new podcast, ‘love wins’, ‘change really is possible’, and ‘the courage and the creativity…
Wholesome, intimate and suspiciously vague: The Michelle Obama Podcast reviewed
Back in March, I made a long-odds bet that Michelle Obama would be the Democratic party’s vice-presidential nominee. I knew…
Thank god for the return of the generation gap in pop
In June, a 20-year-old man called Jahseh Onfroy was murdered after leaving a motorcycle dealership in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Onfroy…
We’re swamped with nonsense gizmos and it’s all Steve Job’s fault
I keep being told that the big hot technological gizmo of the moment is a box that sits in the…
The world belongs to Taylor Swift now. There will be no free-trial period
All hail Taylor Swift. How she must give baby boomers the fear. Not just baby boomers. Also those who came…
That’s not a ‘sharing economy’: that’s an invitation to sell your whole life
The sinister, manipulative side of Uber and Airbnb
Spectator letters: Oxfam’s Ebola appeal; what Cumberbatch should have said; and why Prince Charles is right and wrong
In defence of Oxfam Sir: Mary Wakefield rightly praises Médecins sans Frontières but makes many misinformed claims about Oxfam and…
Spotify: saint or sinner?
We have all read about the current woeful state of the CD industry — how it is 28 per cent…
