Author: Keri O'Shea

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Mothra: Doom Engine

12/08/2020

A demanding listen, this cult album seeks to push boundaries and shows that the band is dedicated to their own, distinctive modus operandi. ...

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The Forme to the Fynisment Foldes Ful Selden

01/08/2020

A strong line-up balances reverence for old forms against modern storytelling in this worthwhile release to round off the Dark Britannica project....

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Art = Discovering Infinite Connections in Art History

20/07/2020

Interesting categorisation in this engaging tribute to the Metropolitan Museum of Art provides a different way to think about and see art....

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La Breiche: Le Rite

07/07/2020

La Breiche's new album is a force of nature, immersive and carefully constructed, combining unorthodox elements but retaining a careful touch....

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21 Years in Hell: Marilyn Manson by Perou

12/06/2020

A stylish photo study that's at least as much of a charm thanks to how photographer Ralph Perou places each image into context in his own inimitable way. ...

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A Very Queer Communion

29/05/2020

This charming and disarming homage to a unique figure provides a backbone to the kinds of invasive physical performance for which Ron Athey is best known....

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Tunnels of ĀH Menaces in a Deathless Mind

11/05/2020

Discordant industrial noise fractures into something new entirely, emphasising a rich, overwhelming soundscape....

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The Unnatural History Museum

01/05/2020

Where many other, more famous museums may pay a nod here and there to the strange, the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities is devoted to it....

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Bravado, Humility and Bloody-Mindedness

03/04/2020

Alongside writer Olivier Bocquet, comic book artist Jean-Marc Rochette has created an unusual autobiographical account of his experiences as a climber....

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Soviet Space Graphics: Cosmic Visions from the USSR

20/03/2020

A comprehensive collection in which to get lost and marvel at a time when whatever was plausible was seen as achievable....

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When It Disappears, the Energy Is Left

22/01/2020

This meticulous first monograph on Adrián Villar Rojas notes an artist who has created some of the most memorable, unusual pieces in the past two decades....

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Video/Art: The First Fifty Years

20/12/2019

Barbara London, the curator who founded MoMA's video programme, recounts the artists and events that defined video art over the last 50 years. ...

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French New Wave: A Revolution in Design

04/12/2019

This meticulously researched book from Reel Art Press is an extensive collection of French New Wave posters, which were equally as innovative as the films themselves....

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The Dance of Death: A Vanitas

30/10/2019

In this collection of cartoons loosely based on the Danse Macabre, Martin Rowson takes aim at a number of targets from 21st century life he deems significant....

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Harry Lange and the Design of the Landmark Science Fiction Film

01/10/2019

The 2001 File: Harry Lange and the Design of the Landmark Science Fiction Film is a scrupulous study of a film’s inception and its progression through to finish....

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Black Sabbath: Black Magic

18/09/2019

Whatever Tony Iommi was thinking when he wrote the riff to "Black Sabbath", he conjured something into being which made metal and the devil indivisible forever. ...

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An Inoculation That Never Quite Gets off the Ground

04/09/2019

Tool's Fear Inoculum has some gorgeous moments, however, much of the album feels like promising intros which never quite get off the ground....

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