Having recently been taken on by the same management as The Libertines and Charlie XCX and recently supported Proffesor Green at Wembley Arena, don’t be surprised to see Frankie go big with his small town brand of Streets / Jamie…
Let’s leave that godwaful, twee name to one side, and concentrate on the tuneage. Despite the tropes and trappings of folk, this is as pop as they come. Their music is strangely familiar, already benefiting from an infinite number of…
Rating: South-East London Afro-Grime artist Afrikan Boy is no newcomer to the music scene. Although The ABCD marks his first official album, he has been an artist with a cult following since he shared the genius and now notorious ‘One…
Rating: Finding himself playing guitar for the iconic Happy Mondays, co-launching the ‘Getloaded’ club night at London’s Turnmills nightclub, supporting the likes of Glastonbury 2014 headliners Kasabian and developing Rick Genest AKA Zombie Boy’s music project in LA last year, it seems…
Rating: Lonely The Brave had an unbelievably successful 2013; the band held an opening slot for Deftones in Paris, played a set at Reading and Leeds festival as well as having made a crucial signing to Hassle Records. It seems…
Rating: Since catching unsigned band Modern Faces live earlier in the year at their epic Alhambra gig in Dunfermline, I have been keeping an eager eye on these 5 lads from Fife. Current release ‘Matter of Time’ continues in the vein…
Swedish indie-pop trio Like Swimming will release their debut album this September, but Claes Carlström, Ida Hedene, and Petter Wesslander have been writing irresistible tunes together for seven years—and it shows. Heavenly harmonies, big electro acoustic catchy gems.
Rating: With such a long and productive career, it’s not surprising that Ryan Adams has done the whole reverential thing once or twice, in 2010 ‘Orion’ saw him turn away from softly-softly alt country all the way to sci-fi metal. This…
Rating: Listen up because Brighton boys The Kooks are back in town and by the sounds of their latest release, they’re here to stay. Even though the world had grown tired of The Kooks’ feel-good pop anthems by 2011’s release…
Rating: In recent years, I’ve come to regard Interpol with a similar affection to how you might feel about an ex who you no longer fancy but still retain some very fond memories of. Back in 2002, Turn on the…