“So dignified in your well-pressed suit. So strategised, all the eyes on you / Sashay away to your best seat / It’s the best seat, in the best room / Oh he’s so smug. Mr. ‘Always Wins’” sings Taylor Swift on ‘Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor’s Version) [From the Vault]’. Although the song was written over twelve […]Read More
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How does a band of construction workers from a wee town in Scotland get to number 1 in the UK charts with their debut album just one week after it was released? That’s the question many people were asking themselves as The Snuts took on global superstar Demi Lovato to land the top spot on […]Read More
What sets Northern Irish singer-songwriter nicha apart from her contemporaries is her ability to absorb musical influence wherever she goes. Originally from Belfast, she packed up her things and left for Australia at the tender age of 18. After spending time busking in Sydney and Melbourne, she spent a stint of time in Kathmandu. The […]Read More
Death From Above 1979 are here to stay. This is the message that bassist Jesse F. Keeler and drummer and vocalist Sebastien Grainger seem keen to leave. After dropping a stone-cold classic in 2004 with You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine, the band abruptly broke up just two years later. This was in spite of winning over audiences and critics […]Read More
Tomorrow Ed Cosens makes his debut onto Sheffield’s music scene with solo album Fortunes Favour, having hereunto forged a successful career as a guitarist and co-songwriter in Reverend and the Makers. Reverend and the Makers are known for their rousing working-class anthems, with the band’s artistry often overshadowed by frontman Jon McClure’s political Twitter tirades. […]Read More
While 2020 marked a period of devastation for many in the creative industries, it was fertile ground for Meath duo Twin Diver. Ben Spelman and Jonathan Cooke Allen (formerly of The Girl Talk) found themselves stranded in London with nothing but time to hone their sound. Their latest single ‘Television’—a gloomy, reverb-heavy number—fits perfectly in […]Read More
As a warm summer edges closer and closer, a lot of us will be imagining what our summers will be like after the fabled June 21st. With the ability to plan ahead becoming more certain, thoughts will turn to outfits, events and most importantly, music. Enter South-London based songwriter and producer FJ Law. His latest […]Read More
Trash Boat’s Ryan Hyslop speaks to James Riding about recording in Belgium, flaming tour buses and opening a guitar shop. Like everyone else’s, Trash Boat‘s lead guitarist Ryan Hyslop’s 2020 should have been so different. The punk band was due to play Slam Dunk Festival in England and France, then hit the road for a […]Read More
There is something about Molly Burman’s almost conversational style of singing which makes the listener feel as if she is speaking directly to them from across the room. Burman manages to pull off combining witty lyrics – which vocalise pent-up frustrations – with dreamlike instrumentals and willowy vocals in her new single ‘Fool Me With […]Read More
From the head-turning, ever-so-confusing, but extremely polarizing name, to the mark of individual styles and voices, the up-and-coming girl group BOYS WORLD – meaning “best of yourself” – continues to astound with each new single release. Introducing Olivia Ruby, Queenie Mae, Lillian Kay, Elana Carceres and Makhyli, BOYS WORLD is clad in pastel neon and […]Read More
Sweden met Zara Larsson at a mere ten years old as she sailed through her home country’s version of the ‘Got Talent’ shows. She’s now three—two international—full-length releases from then; at only twenty-three, the artist is one of the youngest old-timers making waves on the global pop stage. Larsson’s latest, Poster Girl emerges from a […]Read More
In late January, Nantes duo Adèle Castillon and Matthieu Reynaud, better known as Videoclub, released their debut album Euphories, following several successful singles including viral hit ‘Amour Plastique’. The album looks to follow up on a number of 80’s inspired, poetic electro-pop singles with the titular Euphories, Enfance 80, En Nuit and Roi. The latest […]Read More
As their name might suggest, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets’ fourth offering – SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound – is a mind-melting, forty-minute blur of ‘chemical enthusiasm’ to fuel your week-long bender. Having teased us with the release of lead-singles ‘Mr.Prism’ and ‘Tally-Ho’ back in 2020, the latest album features some of their most explosive material to date. With the Aussie lads off-the-road, […]Read More
Prolific Aussie outfit King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard return with a third and final foray into microtonal tuning after the ingenious Flying Microtonal Banana (2017) and the more recent K.G. (November 2020). It’s their seventeenth studio album in a decade-long run as well as their eleventh release in a year (including retrospectives and live […]Read More
Wolf Alice have announced that their long-awaited new album, Blue Weekend, will be released on 11 June. Having first teased their comeback last week, the band kept fans eagerly waiting an announcement with hints on social media. Their newest single, ‘The Last Man on Earth’ was finally unveiled on Wednesday, on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio […]Read More
