INTERVIEW: The Rifles
Ahead of the release of their new double album, we sat down with The Rifles to discuss the future of touring, growing up and helicopters… So let’s start with the album, or rather ‘double album’, Big Life… Was that purely…
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A first date with: Tired Lion
In the midst of EP releases and festival dates (including Glastonbury and Latitude) Tired Lion found a bit of time to take us on a first date… So, are you excited for our first date? Yep of course, but as…
LIVE: The Struts – Dingwalls, London, 05.07.16
A piece of life advice for anyone and everyone: should the chance arise, go and see The Struts. It’s rare to say – and most of the time I wouldn’t give a band the satisfaction of saying so – but…
LIVE: Barn on the Farm, Over Farm, Gloucester, 1.07.16-3.07.16
There is so much choice for the festival goer at the moment, especially as we approach the heart of the summer when there seems to be something on every week. If you are looking for big stages, crowds and rides then…
ALBUM: Lovelace ‘Lands’
While constructive criticism is rarely discouraged, sometimes excessively gushy, overly positive reviews are necessary. Particularly when the review in question is of something as wholly wonderful as Lovelace’s Lands. Lovelace herself (AKA Rebecca Whitbread) is someone to look up to in…
Tracks Of The Week, 03.07.16
Drawing comparisons to Mac DeMarco and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Mild High Club’s ‘Homage’ is the latest addition to your off-kilter summer playlist. Described as telling the tale of a “private investigator attempting to trace the steps of…
Premiere: By The Rivers – ‘One Step, Two Step’
By The Rivers are back! The Leicester band have just released their new EP ‘What You See’ which features a track that will be a summer essential ‘One Step, Two Step’. Alongside the EP the band are taking in a…
Introducing Interview: The Cult of Dom Keller
With their third album Goodbye To The Light due for release next month, we sat down with Jason and Al of The Cult of Dom Keller for a cheery chat about albums, Brexit and the sad state of the world… First of all,…
LIVE: The Stone Roses – Etihad Stadium, Manchester, 18.06.16
Playing four nights in a stadium is an impossible dream for most people. In theory, it seems pretty tiresome too. Yet we have to remember that The Stone Roses have been at this for almost 40 years, and while for…
New Track: Haley Bonar – ‘Kismet Kill’
Age is something we can all – presumably – relate to. Likewise is the feeling of growing up too fast, whilst never growing up at all. And while I’m yet to find myself dreaming of teenage memories, Haley Bonar’s latest…