Lewis Oxley

From their first few singles, it is clear that Low Island has an appetite for sophistication. The electronic quartet have manifested this sophistication into atmospheric pop that evokes the abstract concepts of […]

TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains references to self harm and anorexia, which some readers may find distressing.

On 1st February 1995, the Manic Street Preachers were preparing to start an American tour, […]

The producer behind the ‘wall of sound’ and convicted murderer Phil Spector has died at 81. Spector was serving 19 years to life for the fatal shooting of actress Lana Clarkson in 2003.

Spector is credited for […]

Manchester Legends New Order are back with their first material for five years. The track, ‘Be a Rebel’, is the band’s first release since their comeback album Music Complete in 2015. 

This track reminds us of […]

Record shops up and down the country were swamped this bank holiday weekend, as a postponed Record Store Day took place with social distancing measures.

The event, which was due to take place on April 18, has […]

Talking Heads were at the core of New York’s underground punk scene in the mid to late 1970s. The hive of their activity was the legendary Punk venue, CBGB, playing alongside their fellow Punk Rock alumni: P […]

In 2018, Glass Animals drummer Joe Seaward became involved in a tragic cycling accident; it was unknown whether or not he would recover. Since the accident, the drummer has made a full recovery to play on the […]

It would be fair to say that no new band has made quite the impression that Fontaines D.C. has. The Dubliners depict Irish life through a synthesis of dirty post-punk and Joycean lyrics. The band’s new album, A H […]

Denise Johnson’s role in Manchester’s music scene was rather ironically an unsung one. The singer, who has untimely passed away at the age of 56, featured as a prevalent backing vocalist to both the Man […]

The Golden Age sets further on the hills of Hollywood with the passing of Olivia De Havilland, at the age of 104. Havilland was one of the few left from Hollywood’s Golden Age, an era of glitz, glamour, heroes a […]