Under the Spotlight: Mercury Prize Nominees 2015
The Mercury Prize is an award which, year-in year-out, manages to unearth talent from all walks of British music. However it never does...
Little Comets - Interviewed
Little Comets hit our atmospheres with their debut release 'In Search of Elusive Little Comets' in 2011, spawning hit singles such as...
Introducing... TVAM
Introducing... TVAM. Photo: Press Who is TVAM? Joe Oxley. How would you describe your sound? Ren & Stimpy hissy fit. You recently...
Pit Ponies - Magnificent Second Occupation - Reviewed
Released this Summer, ‘Magnificent Second Occupation’ remains one of my stand-out albums of 2015. Starting with the ‘Mountains’, a strong...
Baby Strange / Halfrican - Night and Day Café, Manchester - 08/10/15
Night and Day is a good venue, and as Baby Strange are one of my favourite bands on the present scene, this was a night I’d been looking...
Track of the Week #71& 72 - Editors - The Law
'The Law', track six of Editors' latest LP 'In Dream' - probably not everyone's first choice, but from my personal perspective, it's the...
The Evolution of Tame Impala
In the past decade or so, there has been a growing psychedelic rock movement coming out of both Australia, and here in the UK. Many of...
Track of the Week #69 & 70 - Sundara Karma - Vivienne
Reading's finest Sundara Karma unveiled their new single 'Vivienne' last week. Powerful, intense yet delightful and sweet - 'Vivienne' is...
Peace (+Splashh & Yak) - o2 Academy Liverpool - 24/09/2015
I’ve been waiting to see Yak again since their mind-blowing gig at The Great Escape in May. It’s made it a long summer but it was worth...
The 5 Most Important Joy Division Tracks
Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris came together at a Sex Pistols in June 1976 to form the band we know today as...