Live Review: Hozier @ O2 Academy, Newcastle
If you’ve heard Wyvern Lingo’s debut E.P. ‘The Widow Knows’, you’ll be familiar with their raw, stripped back sound, punctuated with haunting harmonies. In an industry saturated by genericness, their….
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Album Review: Bill Fay – Who Is The Sender?
English singer-songwriter and pianist Bill Fay has proven to be one of the real enigmas of the decade. After releasing two highly-regarded but commercially underwhelming albums in the early 1970s,….
Album Launch: Ben Montague @ Hard Rock Café, London
After being named as Hard Rock Café’s Artist of the Month, singer-songwriter Ben Montague, holds a special media launch event for the release of his upcoming album “Back Into Paradise“…..
Album Review: Hard Left – We Are Hard Left
In times of increased political tension, music is often the go-to outlet for many to get their voices heard and their message across. You have the likes of Bob Dylan….
EP Review: Jet Pack – And You’ve Had Your Six
After spending the last few months touring with a number of high-profile pop-punk bands, including Paramore, You Me At Six and Blink 182, Jet Pack have released their latest studio….
Live Review: Bonobo @ Rainbow Venues, Birmingham 25/04/15
In preparation for this gig, as many do, I turned to the internet to find my favourite albums from the man they call Bonobo before seeing him live for the first….
Album Review: Braids – Deep In The Iris
Despondency has never sounded so alluring. Calgary art-rockers Braids have returned with a follow up to their excellent 2013 album ‘Flourish//Perish’. Three years and nine songs later, the trio have….
Live Review: Young Kato – Barfly, London – 30/04/15
A sold out Camden Barfly played host to Cheltenham sextet Young Kato with the very capable support of Dalaro and Peasant’s King. The show at Barfly had been sold out….
Live Review: The Wombats – O2 Academy, Birmingham 10/04/15
For a band that had their golden year and apparent career-peak in 2007/8, a tour eight years later could only be considered to be an embarrassing attempt to regain a glory-era lost….
Review: Crypt of the NecroDancer
“They told me I was too young. They told me I needed more training. I told them to drop dead. How ironic.” Crypts, skeletons, ghosts and dragons. – Wait, what?….