Rating: It would take up the first paragraph of this review to list the talents and skills of Canadian rapper Socalled. I thought I had an impressive CV, but Josh Dolgin has had a varied, full and creative life. Already…
Returning with their powerful blend of ‘80s rock and sounds from the late Britpop era, the Essex quartet of your not-so-quintessential rockers, Asylums, are bringing us joy in a more than small wage. The band have been said to capture…
As the early birds slowly filter into Brixton’s O2 Academy, Argentina-born Tei Shi delivers a unique blend of shoe gaze and r’n’b. The beats pound, forming a foundation for a series of grinding synth-loops and Tei Shi’s vocals, which switch from floating,…
Having sold out recent shows at the Joiners in Southampton and the Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms, Kassassin Street are a band on the up. ‘To Be Young’ is the bands third single, recorded with Tristan Ivemy (Frank Turner) and mixed by…
They may claim “it’s complicated”, but, according to the colossal debut release from Scotland’s biggest independent band, The LaFontaines – producers of a slick, exciting alternative-hip-hop-classic-rock hybrid – it’s as clear as crystal: this band are the future of music….
Following up their debut ‘Pretty DJ’ EP release Bristol four piece The Jacques next release comes in the form of brilliant ‘Artful Dodger’. Signed to Gary Powell’s 25 Hour Convenience Store label and a firm favourite on these pages, these…
This autobiography starts with a memory in Manchester’s legendary Hacienda club and ends with a promise that the party will go on. If anything, the words of Laurent Garnier will go on. Electrochoc was first published in 2003 in French….
Rating: Franz Ferdinand+Sparks=FFS? Yes, you heard me right. The collaborative album between an indie Franz Ferdinand and a synth/rock Sparks was never going to be a dull concept, and the two opposing groups show more similarities than you might think. The…
Space-punk pioneers CuT are set to release a new single on, Camden based record shop label, Ra-Ra Rok Records on the 15th of June 2015 and it is one you definitely need to be checking out . ‘This Way That Way’, self produced and engineered by Sean Read…
The name “Vangoffey” doesn’t immediately conjure up a rich past of musical history, however search the name Danny Goffey and you’ll find a life lived by a man having been in both Supergrass, a power house of the ’90s britpop era,…