INTERVIEW: Fear of Men

Named after a rare anxiety disorder, Fear of Men grew out of an ambient short film project by Jessica Weiss that caught the eye of fellow art student Daniel Falvey. The band released their debut album, Loom, in April 2014. We caught up…

ALBUM REVIEW: Royal Blood ‘Royal Blood’

Rating: Royal Blood were winning the plaudits of those in high musical places over a year ago. When Matt Helders of the Arctic Monkeys takes the stage in one of your t-shirts – he did exactly that at Glastonbury last…

LISTEN: SBTRKT streams new tracks from forthcoming album

SBTRKT debuted 4 new songs including a track entitled ‘War Drums’ a BBC Maida Vale Session yesterday (August 21). SBTRKT are due to perform at Reading & Leeds festival this weekend and in preparation for that they appeared on Radio 1’s Zane…

Will and the People LIVE @ The Monument, London 19.08.14

Rating: “Started from the bottom now we’re here” were the exact words uttered as we stepped onto the balcony of London’s iconic ‘Monument’ landmark. Having conquered 62m of spiral staircase, we were short of breath from the hike and even…

ALBUM REVIEW: Erland & The Carnival – ‘Closing Time’

Rating: Erland & The Carnival can easily be filed under the category of ‘underrated’, having been the brainchild of legendary guitarist Simon Tong and Erland Cooper following a chance meeting. Their fusion of Scottish and English folk with a modern…

ALBUM REVIEW: Horsebeach – ‘Horsebeach’

Rating: Unlike many dream pop outfits that have dropped debut albums in recent years, Horsebeach tend to not drench their sound in reverb, but rather decorate the wonderfully entwined basslines and guitar-picking with dashes of it. The vocal melodies are much more prominent than…

ALBUM REVIEW: The Wytches – ‘Annabel Dream Reader’

Rating: Opening track ‘Digsaw’ feels like it’s been here decades. In fact, it could have come from Seattle in the mid-80s. The grunge-esque riff is contrasted by a garage-tinged fuzzy guitar tone, as vocalist Kristian Bell cries “She took all…