Quartz Carousel are a Manchester based three-piece, currently making noise doing the rounds on the city’s fantabulous music circuit. They have very recently released their 8 song debut EP Goop, which yours truly has had a wee listen to… Goop…
Rating: There are very few bands that ruin their chances of mainstream radio play before they’ve even played a note. Unfortunately with a name like Fucked Up that comes with the territory. The Canadian punks have been away for a…
Rating: “This isn’t protest music. This isn’t The Clash” insists Leon Of Athens – or Timoleon Veremis of Athens to give him his full and proper title – warning the more cynically grounded of us, seeking a gritty Grecian response…
Rating: As an Oasis fan I always wondered why Bonehead left when he did. I still don’t know the answer to that one, was pleased to find Bonehead and his new(ish) collaboration Phoneys & The Freaks – featuring Alex Lipinski…
Rating: I’m not sure what I expected as I travelled across London to see Saint Agnes play. The Old Blue Last pub/venue was graced with my presence fairly early in the evening and straight away I could hear the bass…
Rating: Here we have a bedroom auteur in thrall to the ‘80s. Do we need anymore? On the evidence of this, yes. This is an album that likes a bass sound, running the full gamut of phat, phunky, phrobbing, phumping,…
Rating: “Me, Serge and Chris started this band in a shed in 1997,” a clearly overwhelmed Tom Meighan tells 60, 000 revellers in Leicester’s Victoria Park, following thanks and praise to the crowd from other members of the band throughout…
Rating: For weeks, if not months, Leicester has been buzzing with the prospect that its biggest export (apart from Walkers Crisps) would be coming home in style. Having not seen an outdoor music event on this scale since 2003 Victoria…
Following singles including ‘Kathleen’ and ‘Rango’, everyone’s favourite Welsh indie-rockers are back with new tune, ‘Fallout’; and, having already received acclaim from Radio 1, Xfm and 6Music, it would seem that Van and co. have done it again. Catfish And…
Rating: Servant Jazz Quarters is an intimate venue, slightly off the beaten track as associated with the usual hustle and bustle of London town. But without a doubt an awe inspiring place which is no bigger than the average sized…