Reviews

LIVE: Wildlife festival, Brighton, 08.06.15

This weekend Brighton hosted the inaugural Wildlife festival, curated by Rudimental and Disclosure who also closed the show on each night. Artists over the weekend, handpicked by the two hosts, included George Ezra, Earl Sweatshirt, Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, Jamie xx…

ALBUM (TRACK BY TRACK): Everything Everything ‘Get To Heaven’

Rating: Everything Everything instantly set themselves apart from the indie quartet archetype by cultivating a distinct sound, aided by Jonathan Higgs’ falsetto and instrumental that flows with glitchy synths. Man Alive and Arc, released in 2010 and 2013 respectively, displayed…

ALBUM: Major Lazer ‘Peace Is The Mission’

Rating: With two albums out of the way and the summer just about to start, electronic dance trio Major Lazer have set their sights on dominating the summer months with the release of their third record, Peace Is The Mission….

Tracks Of The Week, 08.06.15

A gripping whirlpool of suffocating beauty and poignant heartbreak, Swedish songstress, Sea Lion, is commanding waves of an elated nature on her latest offering, ‘Ghostlands’. The minimalist radiance of the folk singer’s new track gracefully lulls the listener into a…

LIVE: Field Day – Sunday 07.06.15

Mac DeMarco If you need any tips on how to completely steal everyone else’s thunder at a festival, look no further than Mac DeMarco. Bang on time, looking like an indie teenage girls dream in army print dungarees, DeMarco kicks…

ALBUM: Bathymetry ‘Bathymetry’

Rating: I’m sorry to keep banging on (he said, banging on) but there is more happening in Liverpool than re-re-hashed Merseybeat. There is something weird going on the banks of The Mersey. Strange times dictate strange music. To answer your…