Rating: I’ve pretty much been in awe of Laura Marling since she first graced our ear-drums back when when she was just 17. Now she’s reached the ripe old age of 25, I remain impressed (and slightly jealous) by just…
Rating: A simple and effective album if you like your blues white rather than black, and with an unexpected emotional depth: Roy’s Gang: Served with sidewinder distortion and reverb, this opener is a straight-ahead six-minute 12-bar slide blues work out,…
With ‘Rather Be’, classical/dance crossover act Clean Bandit created a record breaking anthem. Not only did the Grammy Award winning, Jess Glynne featuring number become the most streamed track of 2014, it also became the fastest selling January single since Babylon Zoo’s…
The first single ‘Marriage’ from The View’s highly anticipated 5th studio album, produced by Albert Hammond Jr & Gus Oberg (The Strokes) and mixed by Justin Gerrish (Vampire Weekend) is released on Cooking Vinyl on April 27th 2015. The album,…
Rating: If you’re a fan of Fat White Family, you’ll be familiar with their filthy, rough-around-the-edges vibe that makes you feel as if you need a shower after listening. Craig Louis Higgins Jr. aka Mutado Pintado, makes songs in a similar…
Little Comets play Manchester’s Club Academy tonight, the second time I’ve seen them in this venue. It’s tough for a band who primarily tour the UK and have a consistent but not particularly growing fanbase to mix it up. There’s…
Rating: The Cribs have always been in a league of their own. No other band can inspire heart-in-your-throat dedication in quite the same way as the Wakefield trio. It’s been eleven years since they released their debut record, giving us over a decade…
Rating: Get ready to be thrown into a pit of ’80s synth fuelled psychedellica, with the release of Mini Mansion’s second full-length studio album, The Great Pretenders. The LA 3 piece are a band that are elegant yet still manage to remain…
There are these moments that are so short that they end before you realise they are happening, but so intense that they leave your body shivering, gasping for breath and utterly confused but longing for more. Coves’ Thursday night gig…
Rating: Following the success of their debut album, Megalithic Symphony, electronic rock group AWOLNATION returned from their two year tour in 2014 and got straight back in to the studio. Run carries a similar sound to their previous material, including…