Rating: In today’s music scene, the ability to release an album which offers everything loyal fans love, while taking risks and demonstrating something fresh, is something that’s becoming rarer and rarer and thereby more revered. It may come as a…
It’s 8pm on Saturday in Edinburgh’s Halfway House, where tonight the locals and stray tourists are joined by several Sleaford Mods fans. Huddled together in the small, crowded bar, they eulogise the Nottingham band, who are described as ‘proper’, ‘quality’ and ‘the real deal’. Listening to their conversation,…
Photos by Philip Vernon.
Rating: It has been three whole years since the last Foo Fighters album, and as any music fan is made to be very well aware, the ‘nicest man in rock’ is not one to hang around. In that space of…
Rating: Having found fame/gone viral via frontman Samuel T. Herring’s dance moves during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in May (refreshed on this side of the pond with Jools Holland in September), Future Islands sold out the 2000 tickets…
What drives musicians to go solo? One can only assume that it is, ultimately, a sense of creative freedom that underpins such a decision. Having previously dabbled in music and bands for almost 20 years, Essex singer-songwriter Matt Phillips decided…
Northampton singer/songwriter Billy Lockett has been announced as the main support for Nina Nesbitt on her December UK acoustic tour. The Scottish songstress will take Billy Lockett out on six dates, commencing in London on December 2nd at Union Chapel…
R&B/Soul singer songwriter Luke Pickett has shared his brand new single ‘The Star In My Movie‘. Luke Pickett delivers a startling new voice to music with an R&B infused lyrical mix, merging a smooth, soulful beat with vocals that simply…
There was an electrifying buzz at the Leicester O2 Academy on Thursday, with queues snaking around its walls as The Kooks kicked off their 2014 UK tour. Opening for them, was the highly memorable Walking On Cars. This band are…
If you’re going to blank and forget your lines three times in a stand-up set, you really want to hope that your audience like you. Thankfully, Sara Pascoe had nothing to worry about there, and while it may seem unfair…