Rating: Fifty years on the 1960s just won’t go away. More to the point, the ’60s that was refracted through the ’80s is the corpse that won’t stay dead. This is the C860s. In this vein, Literature, a four-piece hailing…
Rating: Hailing from Derbyshire, The Struts are a funny find. You can’t tell whether they’re boy band or rock band, but in an age where we call One Direction rock, what’s the difference anymore? Confident frontman Luke Spiller claims he…
Friday 25th July Friday morning I woke up to disappointing news – Catfish & the Bottlemen announced via Twitter that they would not be playing Tramlines festival in Sheffield on Sunday 27th July. I’d just like to tell the band…
Okay, I’m not gonna lie – the name ‘Vomitface’ was what initially drew me to this band. But, turns out, their music is just as repulsively (in a good way) intriguing and thoroughly awesome as their name would suggest. Coming…
Rating: While it’s not inconceivable that Nick Drake and Joni Mitchell met one another in the former’s lifetime, I’d wager that the likelihood of them having produced any offspring is highly improbable. I don’t know Ellie Ford’s age (she certainly…
Rating: Getting closer to 60, avant garde producer and bassist Bill Laswell seemingly shows no signs of slowing down on the latest collaboration, Arabitronics Lounge, Volume 2, with Kasbah Rockers. Having been the frontman of experimental rock outfit Material, and…
Rating: Having only released two full-length albums since their formation back in 2009, some would deem it odd that Moon Duo have decided that their latest offering would be a live album. However, Live in Ravenna is the perfect document of…
Rating: “I’m happy to see her making records, I just feel like music needs her. It needs someone doing what she’s doing. She’s got a special voice, as a writer, and then as a musician. She’s this great combination of…
Rating: If you’ve never been to the Buffalo Bar, the place is a cramped venue with no distance between the stage and the audience. The combination of red and dark lights, along with the black leather obsessives, tattoos, Doc Martens…
Rating: Having been described as ‘the most exciting and uber-talented rock band in the UK at present’, Damn Vandals released their latest album Rocket Out Of London recently, which saw the band receive the highest of critical acclaim from across…