Rating: Can you think of a pop star with a career and persona that evokes so many contradictory emotions in the public? Although Morrissey has his die-hard haters, he also attracts one of the most devout fan bases of all time. With The Smiths between 1982 and 1987…
Rating: It’s amazing when you consider the amount of millions of pounds floating around the music world, with big money record deals being signed left right and centre. However, some unsigned acts rely on the faithful support of their fans…
Rating: Last year Manic Street Preachers were taking a solemn approach to their past with the angst-ridden ‘Rewind The Film’ which took them back to Thatcher-era Blackwood, full of social decay and backwards politics. However less than a year later…
Psychedelic rock seems to be on the rise now again nowadays, and the latest album to be added to The Moons’ arsenal, Mindwaves, provides us with clear evidence why. Opener ‘Luna’ leaves us anxiously waiting for what is about to…
If you’re a fan of winsome and introspective men with acoustic guitars, who write songs about the indeterminable nature of love and how fragile their emotions are, then Brighton singer-songwriter Jacko Hooper’s new EP – For You – may indeed…
Rating: With the face of a boy and the deep baritone of a well-built man, George Ezra has erupted on to the scene with his triumphant debut Wanted On Voyage. Bursting at the seams with beautifully written blues-folk influences, Ezra…
Quartz Carousel are a Manchester based three-piece, currently making noise doing the rounds on the city’s fantabulous music circuit. They have very recently released their 8 song debut EP Goop, which yours truly has had a wee listen to… Goop…
Rating: There are very few bands that ruin their chances of mainstream radio play before they’ve even played a note. Unfortunately with a name like Fucked Up that comes with the territory. The Canadian punks have been away for a…
Rating: “This isn’t protest music. This isn’t The Clash” insists Leon Of Athens – or Timoleon Veremis of Athens to give him his full and proper title – warning the more cynically grounded of us, seeking a gritty Grecian response…
Rating: As an Oasis fan I always wondered why Bonehead left when he did. I still don’t know the answer to that one, was pleased to find Bonehead and his new(ish) collaboration Phoneys & The Freaks – featuring Alex Lipinski…