Author Archives: Eleanor Langford

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ALBUM: Being As An Ocean ‘Being As An Ocean’

Rating: Little over a year since their last release, these melodic hardcore masters from California are back with a self-titled album and boundless passion. Being As An Ocean’s latest srelease follows in their well-established sound, which takes elements of hardcore,…

EP: The Coronas ‘How This Goes’

Rating: As one of the best loved bands on the Irish music scene, it was about time that The Coronas followed their hugely successful album, The Long Way, with some new music to match their growing success. Their new How This…

Introducing Interview: Rhodes

After a very late start that was nearly a no-show, singer-songwriter Rhodes and his band finally graced the stage at The Ruby Lounge on the first date of Dot to Dot Festival to an expectant crowd and played a sadly…

INTERVIEW: The Riptide Movment

At their first time at the Manchester date of Dot to Dot festival, Malachy Tuohy and JPR Dalton of The Riptide Movement take a little time in the van before their intimate set at The Roadhouse to chat about the…

EP: The Decoy ‘Parasites’

Rating: Fresh onto the alt-rock scene are welsh trio The Decoy, who have described their sound as a blend of early Biffy Clyro with melodic tech rock influences, and a touch of The Police’s reggae sound. In order to live…

ALBUM: The Mothmen ‘Pay Attention!’

Rating: The Mothmen were an interlude band for a number of artists in the early 1980s who are a mystery to many of us, and yet their album ‘Pay Attention!’ has been remastered and is to be rereleased by On-U…

LIVE: Dot To Dot Festival, Manchester 22.5.15

The three city spectacular Dot to Dot festival has built a strong reputation over the last 10 years for showcasing the best upcoming talent and giving stages to fresh new artists across Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol. The stages in Manchester, as…

ALBUM: Rose Windows ‘Rose Windows’

Rating: Seattle psychedelic rockers Rose Windows announced the end of their musical journey at the end of March, but still left behind a little gift for their loving fans in the form of a nine track self-titled album. Though perhaps…

ALBUM: The Weather Station ‘Loyalty’

Rating: In their third album, The Weather Station – musical vehicle for songwriter extraordinaire Tamara Lindeman – present an unconventional folk masterpiece, which speaks of convoluted conceptions of trust and deceit in the human experience. Loyalty is a storybook style account of…