Gavin Haynes
UnHerd
United Kingdom
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Past articles by Gavin:
How corporations can delete your existence
Losing a Twitter account for controversial statements is one thing; losing a bank account is quite another → Read More
This week's new tracks: Big Boi, the Chicks, Kanye West
This week we’ve got some smoove R&B, a robust country twanger and a dark difficult banger → Read More
Tracks of the week reviewed: Big Thief, Razorlight, Arca
This week we’ve got a lullaby love song, an efficient slab of 2003 retro, and a half-talking half-rapping slice of art pop → Read More
Tracks of the week reviewed: Muzz, MIA, Squid
This week we’ve got Interpol scowler Paul Banks, the return of MIA and Warp’s latest rock band → Read More
Tracks of the week reviewed: Hayley Williams, Mitski, Stephen Malkmus
This week we’ve got some dark leftfield pop, a slab of pastiche-rock, and a slice of slacker rock that’s simply slack → Read More
Tracks of the week reviewed: Taylor Swift, Adam Green, Bat for Lashes
This week there’s a totally straight gay anthem, a Serge Gainsbourg wannabe, and a slice of washed-out chillwave → Read More
Punch-ups, overdoses and Riverdance: why Hollywood can’t resist an evil rock mogul
Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody positioned the manager as the villain – but were they really that bad? → Read More
Paintball attacks and liquefied rats: why we love sadistic gameshows
From contestants forced to eat cockroaches in I’m a Celebrity or deprived of sleep in Netflix’s new gameshow Awake, we just love to watch human suffering → Read More
Billy Corgan touring with Noel Gallagher: what could possibly go wrong?
The frontmen are on the road together, a co-headline tour following in the turbulent footsteps of Morrissey and Bowie → Read More
Tracks of the week reviewed: Big Thief, Carly Rae Jepsen, Marina
Big Thief’s latest is finger-picking good, CRJ’s is an instant bop, while Marina drops the Diamonds for a downbeat ballad → Read More
The tracks of the weeks reviewed: Lana Del Rey, Westlife, Axl Rose
Lana Del Rey sings an ode to herself, Westlife release their first track in eight years, and Axl Rose teams up with Bugs Bunny → Read More
‘Like Mike Skinner on nitrous oxide’: the hottest (fake) artists of 2019
It’s tip season, when the music industry declares which new acts are going to be big. The only thing holding the following ones-to-watch back is the fact they don’t exist → Read More
Fake snow! Bored Anne-Marie! Ten things to expect from the Christmas Top of the Pops
The festive pop bonanza is back! From stilted autocue links to convoluted statistics and absent rappers, here’s what Fearne Cotton and Clara Amfo might have on the agenda → Read More
2018: the year in pop culture
Featuring Cardi B, Sting and Shaggy, Sharp Objects, Teddy from Atlanta, bad sex, Hereditary, Black Panther’s influence, and... dogs → Read More
Neo-pagan witches and prison sitcoms: what will FKA Twigs do next?
The experimental artist has released another Instagram zine. So what other artistic pursuits might she pursue before making album No 2? → Read More
Going down: how Rosalind’s fatal lift plummet marked the death of LA Law
It was once the cream of the soapy legal-drama crop. As the familiar faces begin to disappear from the series one by one, viewers soon followed suit → Read More
Theresa May Managed to Hang on—Here's What's Next for the UK
She might be bolstered by winning the vote of no confidence, but her authority is still ebbing away. → Read More
Jet-set telly: the shows that guzzled the most carbon in 2018
From Killing Eve to The Crown, TV took globetrotting to a new level this year. We take a thoroughly unscientific look at the corresponding climate impact → Read More
Kate Moss’s fags and Joe Strummer’s notes: should we loot the rock star car boot?
Fans can buy Sonic Youth’s kit off a gear-flogging website. When there’s cash to be made from a the rock retrospective exhibition, it’s a risky move → Read More
The Dirty Story of How Big Tobacco Was Brought Down to Size
This month is the 20th anniversary of a deal that changed the face of smoking—and prompted a bunch of dirty tactics from the tobacco companies in the process. → Read More