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Madrid’s most exciting young band – four piece garage rock outfit Hinds – played an incredible show at the Tunbridge Wells Forum on Sunday 21st June. In preparation for their appearance at Glastonbury later th […]

‘The Western Book of the Dead.’

True Detective’s debut season last year was something of a phenomenon in Television. It had two leading men who were noticeably movie actors – Woody Harrelson and Matthew […]

If you like some of The Vaccines’ earlier work, Birdy or Slow Club, Masakichi might be worth having a listen to. Three London-based musicians – Hannah Cartwright, Reuben Gotto and Hattie Williams – make up the […]

Opening with a neat hook which wouldn’t be out of place on a Blur record, The Jackobins’ latest offering ‘Waiting On The Sun’ has a sense of urgency that makes it impossible not to groove along to. The track is […]

Hyde Park – the regular stomping ground of Alex, Dave, Damon and Graham, and the scene of perhaps London’s most breath-taking, astounding and utopian music moment in a number of years. In the foreground of a […]

Mikky Ekko’s debut album Time isn’t due for release until the first week of September, which is quite a while away. However, since the album has been released in the US since the beginning of 2015, a handful of […]

Title: Anna Karenina

Author: Leo Tolstoy

What I think so far: I was hesitant whether to read this book for a number of reasons; firstly, I am not generally a fan of the ‘Classic’ novel – whilst I enjoy the […]

Bill Condon’s latest movie, Mr Holmes, features a story inspired by Arthur Conan-Doyle’s infamous literary character and sees Sir Ian McKellen star as a version of Sherlock Holmes that we’ve never really seen […]

Netflix’s latest phenomenon that is set to sweep the world by storm, Sense8 has become the necessary viewing to engage in conversations in both the real world, as well as our online social spheres. More often th […]

Pulp Fiction is not only an iconic film – it is also the face of iconic fashion. In the throes of the post-modernist phenomenon, its central femme Mia is symbolic of the concepts of mystery and the unknown. […]

Parka is a familiar name to Sheffield’s most devoted gig goers – the Chesterfield based band has played across the city on many an occasion, with a highly spirited gig at Plug being the talk of the town back in […]

While trends from the past decades have been making appearances in more recent lines, one of the major themes this fall is the rebirth of the 1970s. I’m not suggesting you dig out your mother’s old bellbottom […]

Irène, the first of Pierre Lemaitre’s award-winning Verhoeven Trilogy (which was recently translated into English by Frank Wynne), is the novel which marks the beginning of Camille, a troubled, cynical and […]

Newcomers Gleam are what’s left of Wide Eyed – a band who emerged amongst the burgeoning ‘B-Town’ scene of a few years back, but perhaps didn’t find the audience they were looking for as a result of being shadowed […]

Valentine’s day, New Year, a break from school meaning your perpetual alone-state is feeling particularly prominent. You pop on Netflix, joggers and indulge in a fictional relationship (or ten). Everyone has d […]

Shallows are a four piece indie/post-punk band hailing from Birmingham, and their single ‘Can’t You See’ is a great manifestation of their sound.

It consists of two contrasting riffs that battle for excitement […]

The Courteeners playing to a roaring home crowd of 25,000 honourable fans is going to be seen as the turning point for Liam Fray and the band. The moment Britain’s biggest underground band finally engraved their […]