Russ Coffey
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- Bio
- Russ directed the award-winning documentary Hookers For Jesus and has also written on serial killer Dennis Nilsen, the Church of Scientology and been a contemporary music critic for the Daily Telegraph and The Times.
Articles by Russ Coffey
CD: The Cult - Choice of Weapon
Sunday, 20 May 2012
The end had long been nigh for The Cult, when it first came in 1995. It wasn’t just the booze and the arrival of grunge. It was as much that smart-arse Brit Pop was never going to have much truck... Read more... |
Jimmy Cliff, indigO2
Saturday, 19 May 2012
Often it can seem the sheer struggle of early reggae gets lost in all that happy, spliff-smoking Rastafarianism of Bob Marley's Legend. For one-time label-mate Jimmy Cliff, however, there was never... Read more... |
CD: Keane - Strangeland
Sunday, 06 May 2012
To recap the Keane story so far: in 2004 three precocious middle-class boys stormed the charts with bland anthemic radio-friendly rock that used no guitars. Over the next six years, they then went on... Read more... |
Ian Anderson, Hammersmith Apollo
Saturday, 28 April 2012
This may be the Thick as a Brick 2 tour, but it’s also the 44th year of Ian Anderson’s performing career, mainly as Jethro Tull's front man. In that role he's variously been a bluesman, a rocker and... Read more... |
Gomez, Koko
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Some say that since Gomez beat Pulp to win 1998’s Mercury award, their progress has been a little disappointing. After two or three albums their infectious frazzled blues became replaced by anodyne... Read more... |
CD: Jack White - Blunderbuss
Friday, 20 April 2012
Sometimes I feel I’m the only one who finds Jack White’s music overrated. Although he's undeniably a prodigious axe man, I've never found his trademark raw, “underproduced” sound as convincing. That... Read more... |
CD: The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
Thursday, 22 March 2012
First a word of warning: The Mars Volta is not for everyone. Their hardcore progressive metal may contain light and shade, but it's also there to show the world that Muse is for sissies. And, for all... Read more... |
Sting, Hammersmith Apollo
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Unlike his old buddy, Phil Collins, who now claims to be considered the “Antichrist of Music”, public consensus on Sting seems elusive. His popularity in the States has never wavered, but back home,... Read more... |
Simone Felice: Video Exclusive part 2
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
In the final instalment of our exclusive Simone Felice video series, the singer and poet from New York's Catskill mountains takes us on a tour of three further locations that kept him sane, whilst,... Read more... |
Simone Felice: Video Exclusive Pt 1
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Simone Felice has both a back story to make Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon seem like a graduate of Fame, and the poetic gifts to make it as real to you as the air you breathe. In a two-part exclusive, he... Read more... |
CD: Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
Monday, 12 March 2012
From Amy to Adele there’s been so much retro of late, frankly it’s becoming old hat. Literally. But if you’re tempted to consign all your wannabe Seventies albums to the bin, hold your horses.... Read more... |
CD: Lionel Richie - Tuskegee
Wednesday, 07 March 2012
When an artist releases an album of new readings of old material, there’s usually cause for concern. But not with Lionel Richie’s new release, a foray into light country. In fact, given Richie’s... Read more... |
Marina and the Diamonds, Shepherds Bush Empire
Monday, 27 February 2012
The way Marina Diamandis was tweeting last year – samples include “I hate pop” and “I want to disappear into a k-hole of Cheetos and beer” – some were half expecting the girl who used to be pop’s... Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Musician Stephin Merritt
Saturday, 25 February 2012
For those unfamiliar with his work, Stephin Merritt is like a modern-day Cole Porter: prolific, highly camp, and with a genius for beautifully crafted witty three-minute songs. He performs with the... Read more... |
Rodrigo Y Gabriela, O2 Academy Brixton
Saturday, 25 February 2012
Rodrigo y Gabriela’s flamenco gymnastics have gained such a reputation over the past couple of years, it’s been suggested that watching them is like being at a circus. Ever since these two Mexican... Read more... |
CD: Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth
Thursday, 09 February 2012
Not many realise it, but Diamond Dave and the Van Halen brothers have actually been back together since 2007. It’s true they only actually managed one tour before Eddie was back in rehab. But, boy,... Read more... |
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