Our guest reviewers discuss glo-fi and why Pitchfork’s not as good as it used to be. Photograph: Danilo Krstanovic/Reuters The Divine Comedy – I LikeHitchcock taught us well. While our more murderous cousins were trained to flock-attack actors to death, we – the crack music criticism squadron – were indoctrinated with the need to find, [...]

Wyclef Jean – rumours have circulated for some time that the Haitian-born recording artist may enter the 2010 presidential contest. Photograph: Richard Drew/AP Musician Wyclef Jean is considering a run for president of Haiti but has not decided whether to seek a five-year term as leader of the country, the musician’s family said yesterday. There [...]

The Jolly Boys: (from left) Joseph ‘Powda’ Bennett, 73; Albert Minott, 72; Derrick ‘Johnny’ Henry, 71; Allan Swymmer, 82, and Egbert Watson, 84. Photograph: William Richards A barbarously sticky afternoon in Jamaica and I’m in Kingston inside a windowless room with a low ceiling and brown carpet on the walls watching five old men. They [...]