ALBUM REVIEW: Jungle – ‘Jungle’
Rating: Once only known as the secretive duo of ‘J’ and ‘T’, it took a while for Jungle’s true identity to be revealed. Being unknown at the beginning is becoming the in-thing to do; it’s worked for Superfood and now…
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Gigslutz Focus on SUPERFOOD
The days where you’d google “Superfood” and find nothing but pages of sites listing which fruit and veg are packed full of promises about curing your lifelong problems are long behind us. It’s been over a year since the unveiling…
EP REVIEW: Wolf Alice ‘Creature Songs’
The main criticism for new bands is that they either fit themselves into a niche too quickly or rush to release a debut album. Wolf Alice have done neither with their last major EP ‘Blush’ being released last year and…
Watch: Morrissey plays new material alongside classics as he kicks off American tour.
Former Smiths singer Morrissey opened up his US tour in San Jose, California last night (May 7) with an hour and a half set bursting full of new and old songs Moz fans would die to hear. The 20-song strong…
EP REVIEW: Circles ‘Gonna Get To You’
If you were to mix The Beatles and The Black Keys you’d uncover a bluesy, fresh sound that would be the epitome of British guitar music. Circles, hailing from Birmingham, have worked their inspirations in such a way that their…
Howler LIVE @ Birmingham Institute 28.3.14
In support of their second album World Of Joy, Minneapolis’ surf-punk Howler popped into Birmingham on March 28 to play a set crammed full of boisterous antics and amps turned up loud enough to make sure no-one could leave without…
ALBUM REVIEW: Howler ‘World Of Joy’
A band’s second album is always seen as the hard one. They want to develop sound and style without distancing themselves too far from their debut. Minneapolis four-piece Howler released their debut album ‘America Give Up’ just over two years…
ALBUM REVIEW: Metronomy ‘Love Letters’
“What’s your zodiac sign?” “I’m Aquarius” were the 2 tweets that ended the long silence from Metronomy in autumn last year. Their fourth album ‘Love Letters’ hasn’t gone far from their previous material but they’ve evolved and delved deeper into creating…
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘So Long, See You Tomorrow’ Bombay Bicycle Club
Bombay Bicycle Club have never been the band to label as predictable so you can’t be surprised when listening to their 4th album ‘So Long, See You Tomorrow’. It’s been the longest wait we’ve had for an album from the…
Black Sabbath LIVE @ LG Arena, Birmingham 20.12.13
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. “Can you believe we’ve been doing this for 45 fucking years?”, frontman Ozzy Osbourne said with disbelief on the penultimate date of their tour in Birmingham; no one can quite believe it. The release of their 19th…