On arrival at the Grand Eagle Hotel I am swiftly greeted by my hosts for the evening – Mr and Mrs Undine. Feeling a little overwhelmed, having never attended a Secret Cinema event, I look around to see an array…
I first started following Mac Miller purely because of the love for the photography in his video “Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza’ but after a few more videos I compelely fell in love. His mixtape in 2010 ‘K.I.D.S’ was a…
After winning best newcomer of the year at the 2011 Ibiza DJ awards as well as ranking at number 9 on Resident Advisor’s 2011 “DJ Poll”, it is understandable that the weeks preceding the release of Maya Jane Coles’ well…
New Order are more than just a band. They are more than seminal band even. They are pioneers and aren’t far off genius having repeatedly touched perfection with their stupendous back catalogue. I can sort of understand those that have…
London town had the immense fortune of hosting the Fat Freddy’s Drop worldwide launch gig of their long awaited ‘Blackbird’ album. The seven-piece kiwi band brought the house down with a high-energy performance to 500 die-hard fans at the sold…
Irish suppliers of Anthemic Pop, Kodaline, started their musical career as 21 Demands back in 2005. A change of name in 2011 seemed to herald a new success for the Dublin quartet leading to a nomination for the BBC’s ‘Sound…
It gets off to a rocky start tonight. Mistaking support act Gabriel Bruce for Gabrielle Bruce, I envisaged a sweet, female acoustic guitarist. What I got, however, was a slightly terrifying grown man with vocals so low he’d give Leonard…
Following the success of her album, Into The Light and last years performance at the Olympics, Elissa Franceschi is back with a five track EP, Devoid of Rue. The EP starts strongly with, All These Days, the first sentence really sets precedence for the…
I arrive at the notorious Camden Barfly excited to see Reading four-piece, Tripwires – a band who, despite having been together since school, are just releasing their debut album, ‘Spacehopper’. Sitting on the rather well-worn sofas in the bar, I…
I was under the impression that I was going to be blown away by The Strypes. Everyone from Elton John to Noel Gallagher is positively tripping over themselves to sing the band’s praises. Yes, they are obviously talented, but I…