An exact science
8.5/10
In ‘Dear Science’ TV On The Radio have finally delivered on the early promise of their EP ‘Young Liars’ with the dazzling art-rock album they’ve long threatened but somehow neglected to deliver. Although ‘Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes‘ and ‘Return To Cookie Mountain‘ had some great individual songs, overall I found them frustratingly [...]
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London one Saturday in 2003
8/10
Saturday shows Ian McEwan is still at the top of his game. Brain surgeon Henry Perowne is caught up in a road rage incident with an unpredictable thug called Baxter, who he recognises as having a degenerative neurological disorder. Perowne’s prognosis saves him from an imminent beating, but Baxter harbours a [...]