Author Archives: Luke Scanlan

ALBUM: Anteros – ‘When We Land’

It has been a long journey for Anteros. When We Land delivers magnificently on the new material front, whilst giving a revamped splash of colour to familiar tracks. The bass-line on ‘Ring Ring’ now has a wonderful wah-wah moan and…

LIVE: Saint Agnes @ Camden Monarch, 23.01.19

With a DIY and “us versus them” mentality powering Saint Agnes, it was not surprising to see a completely packed out Monarch on January 23, 2019. Most faces in the crowd were long-haired and ready to headbang. Thankfully, the month…

INTERVIEW: Saint Agnes

Set to release their debut album Welcome to Silvertown in May, London rockers Saint Agnes are raring to go. We caught up with lead guitarist Jon James Tufnell and lead singer Kitty Arabella Austen just hours before their headline show…

Nile Rodgers & Chic to headline Standon Calling 2019

Standon Calling have announced Nile Rodgers and Chic as the final headliners for this year’s festival, joining the already announced Rag’n’Bone Man. With Standon Calling 2018 being a huge success, the family-friendly festival has once again delivered a host of…

The Kooks to headline Community Festival 2019

For its third year, Community Festival has announced The Kooks will be claiming the top spot of this summer’s line-up. More nostalgia will wash into North London as Kate Nash rolls into town, armoured with hits from 2007’s Made of Bricks….

Big In 2019 Interview: Lauran Hibberd

Lauran Hibberd’s brand of pop-punk is gaining a lot of attention due to her true-to-life lyrics and delicious riffs being impossible to resist. Already being tipped by Huw Stephens and BBC Introducing, she has already released some wonderfully memorable pop-punk…

LIVE: Our Girl @ The Garage, London 25.10.18

Our Girl’s sound is textured and disguises itself in an amalgamation of fog – made up of short burst of heavy guitar and back into slower, waltzing soul-rock. One way to describe their sound and their live presence is in…

ALBUM: The Ting Tings – ‘The Black Light’

Katie White and Jules De Martino, aka The Ting Tings, return under a new guise in their fourth studio album, The Black Light. Following up 2014’s disco-inspired Super Critical, the Salford duo have opted for a serious tone in this…

LISTEN UP: Breathless – Loveday

Due to the release of Loveday’s third single ‘Breathless’ (September 7 2018) an insight has been given into how ‘intimacy of a modern relationship and being obsessed with each other in the moment’ can effect music. This is definitely the…