Author Archives: Jake Marley

EP: Scarlet ‘Fishes’

Rating: Fishes. The debut EP from Jessie Robinson’s alt-pop brainchild Scarlet. It’s quite simply majestically dark alt-pop at it’s pulsy and vibrant best. The EPs opener is also its lead single ‘Anyway’. The track was played by BBC Radio 6 Music in the wake of it’s release…

ALBUM: Nadine Shah ‘Fast Food’

Rating: Nadine Shah: An artist who’s debut album quietly slipped under the radar in 2013.  Despite receiving generally positive reviews from those aware of it’s existence, you could easily be forgiven for thinking her 2015 release, Fast Food, is in fact her debut album….

ALBUM: The Sundowners ‘Sundowners’

Rating: The Sundowners debut, self-titled album has been highly anticipated as the standout release on the Mersey scene in 2015, and it doesn’t dissapoint, providing a beautifully crafted release you can listen to again and again. The album is strong in distorted…

Ones To Watch: The Jackobins

No-one deserves to sign on the dotted line more than Liverpool’s The Jackobins. Creative, anthemic and polished, they’re the Rolls-Royce of the unsigned scene. The Jackobins are a five-piece made up of Dominic Bassnett (Lead Vocals), Veso Mihaylov (Lead Guitar),…

ALBUM: Björk ‘Vulnicura’

Rating: The amount of music Björk has wowed us with over the years means that her “mind-blowing” ninth studio album Vulnicura – released a full two months ahead of schedule after internet leaks – should come as no surprise to our ears. Björk’s albums are that…

Top 10 THE CORAL Songs

Following the release of their latest album The Curse Of Love, it’s only fitting to mark nearly two decades of The Coral with a countdown of their 10 best songs. Formed in Hoylake, Merseyside in 1996, the band have released…

Courteeners LIVE @ Echo Arena, Liverpool 21.11.14

The Courteeners are easily some of the most loved Mancunians to ever enter Liverpool. Probably helped by the large amount of Manchester folk packed into our increasingly famous yet still relatively new Echo Arena. Touring in support of their latest…