INTERVIEW: Jack Garratt
Before we watched Jack Garratt‘s electric set on the Sunday of Barn On the Farm Festival, we took to the cornfields to have a little chat with the bearded man himself. The interview was fast flowing and high energy as…
Author Archives: Fran Welch
LIVE: Barn On The Farm, Over Farm, Gloucester 03-06.07.15
Rating: Barn On The Farm isn’t a festival, it’s a family. It’s that same feeling you get when you arrive home after a long trip, to find everything you’ve ever loved all in one place. You probably wouldn’t believe me…
Chet Faker LIVE @ The Coronet, London 20.11.14
Rating: Someone challenged me to write this review without mentioning his beard and to that I say: sod it let’s put it in the opening line. All beards aside, Chet Faker cannot be reduced to a bunch of well groomed…
LIVE: New Faces Tour @ Art Bar, Oxford 07.11.14
Rating: If there was ever a reason to worship the ground Communion Music walks on, their ‘New Faces’ tour would be it. Perfectly curated by Communion hero Maz Tappuni; Amber Run, Fyfe, Kimberly Anne and Pixel Fix took to storming…
Will and the People LIVE @ The Monument, London 19.08.14
Rating: “Started from the bottom now we’re here” were the exact words uttered as we stepped onto the balcony of London’s iconic ‘Monument’ landmark. Having conquered 62m of spiral staircase, we were short of breath from the hike and even…
TRACK REVIEW: Saint Raymond ‘I Want You’
Rating: It truly amazes me how the mighty Callum Borrows, aka Saint Raymond, can keep churning out summer hits. I was naïve to think ‘Young Blood’ would be the soundtrack to the multitude of festivals I was attending: ‘I Want…
Side Door Society Launch @The Kings Head Members Club, Hoxton
With only hours of prior notice we ventured into Hoxton to be greeted with a mysterious treasure map, the prize being a destination. Convinced we had arrived at an abandoned pub, it came as a shock when moments from leaving…
Cool For Catfish – Gigslutz Focus on CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN
The current noise surrounding indie buzz-band Catfish and the Bottlemen should mean they’re a name you’re quite familiar with. If the name only conjures up bumbly folk impressions and steers you clear of their music, fear not friends, I am…
Saint Raymond, The Mispers LIVE @ Oxford 02 Academy 24.3.14
It’s not every Monday that I find myself crammed into the O2 academy, being splashed with beer from overexcited youths. However, it was only a matter of time before I had joined them, cider in hand. Queen of Afros, Kimberly…
TRACK REVIEW: Amber Run ‘Spark’
I don’t know about you, but Amber Run sure as hell have sparked a flame inside of my heart. Their new single is effortless and smooth, gliding over you like the warm golden sun we’re experiencing in this miraculous turn…