The current noise surrounding indie buzz-band Catfish and the Bottlemen should mean they’re a name you’re quite familiar with. If the name only conjures up bumbly folk impressions and steers you clear of their music, fear not friends, I am…
Having obtained an advance copy of James’ album the previous week I had given it some serious air-time in the lead up to the gig and was quite excited to hear new songs such as ‘Empire’, ‘Broken You’, ‘That Man’…
Even as the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band the world has ever known, you’re going to possess a treasure trove of phenomenal underexposed material. These are the ten best forgotten gems of The Rolling Stones’ mammoth back catalogue. Forgotten maybe,…
Manchester listen up. On Saturday 19th April Clint Boon, XFM Manchester, will be directing a Q&A with legendary Mancunian rapper MC Tunes as well as exclusively playing some tracks from the MC’s long lost master tapes from the follow up…
This November will mark the 10th anniversary of Kings of Leon’s second studio album, ‘Aha shake heartbreak’. To this day, this album is still my favorite from the Deep South, rockabilly tearaways. Sporting mum’s DIY haircuts, bushy beards and super…
It has been more than 70 years since Woody Guthrie changed the direction of popular music when he used the singing voice, an acoustic guitar, and his sanity as a weapon to spread a mindset that slammed injustice and the…
Making my way from Camden Town station to Koko, I’m bombarded by touts selling tickets for tonight’s show – British Sea Power. Arriving at Koko I found a security guard hopelessly trying to explain to a confused old man that…
Good news for Disclosure fans. The brothers are back having teamed up with Friend Within for collaboration on new track ‘The Mechanism’. The track is set for release on 15th April, but you can listen to it below
The members of Foo Fighters have all had involvement in various other projects: Dave Grohl – QOTSA, Probot, Sound City, to name but a few, Nate Mendel – Sunny Day Real Estate, Chris Shiflett – Me First And The Gimme…
Enter the Borderline for Blastbeat’s ‘Hard Daze Night’ and the room is filled with sharply dressed young musicians, parents, friends, and, unsurprisingly after seeing the talent, an abundance of excited fans. The whole evening screamed “Rock n roll”; calm and…