★★★★☆What is going on with the Arctic Monkeys? A series of increasingly polished and muscular albums led in 2013 to the rock-solid AM, which turned the Arctic Monkeys into an international stadium-filling proposition. The singer Alex Turner duly got the model girlfriend, bought the Los Angeles mansion and acted like a bit of an idiot at awards ceremonies. Then something strange happened. First Turner grew a beard that made him look as though he were about to saw his assistant in half.…

Source: The Times May 10, 2018 23:02 UTC