Colossal insight
“The saga goes from tangent to tangent here in the primal decibel of infinite tribal dub-wise mutation show me your skank face, let’s get feisty.” Roots Manuva “explains” his new single Facety 2:11. Listen here.
Zach’s entertainment
The trailer for heist movie Masterminds says that the film is “based on a true story”. Which we don’t buy, given that it features Zach Galifianakis shooting himself in the buttocks and promising to open “a teen camp for at-risk horses”. Looks good, though. Watch here.
Double fantasy
A good week for bewildering musical pair-ups: Diplo and Robert Plant are in the studio, while Four Tet and Skrillex DJ together on Sunday in Camden.
Fools’ gold
The second series of House Of Fools was better than the first. No word on a third outing yet but it should get one: it’s public-service titting around.
Crazy for you
“If you refer to Tidal as Illuminati, you are paying us the highest of compliments”: Madonna on Jay Z’s streaming service, not exactly helping to cool the tin-foil hat brigade.
The show might go on
Brian May has stated that Sacha Baron Cohen is not returning to the Freddie Mercury biopic project he left two years ago – two days after the band’s manager confirmed that he was.
Treme tune
The best opening credits sequence on TV is back: David Simon’s otherwise patchy New Orleans drama Treme returns for its final season this Thursday on Sky Atlantic.
