Joni Michell: Both Sides Now is a collection of original conversations between Malka Marom and Joni Mitchell. They are lifted from three interviews that took place in 1973, 1979 and 2012. In the introduction Malka explains how she came to…
Finally, the clocks are chiming, the red carpets are rolling and dawn has finally broken: the release of the follow-up record to the mesmerising, Wait To Pleasure, by No Joy, is almost upon us. Harbouring intense darkness, frequent rip-roaring bursts…
Reading articles and festival brochures commenting on how ‘hot’ and ‘in’ Peace are, I had dismissed this as typical trivialisation and hype. A few minutes into their set however, and a realisation strikes me about the relevance of this well…
It’s been almost three decades since skiffle/cow-punk act Terry & Gerry reached the peaks of the indie charts, filling a Lonnie Donegan inspired sound with the politics of the present, and receiving critical acclaim from the likes of John Peel and…
Ethan Proctor, Josh Redman-Thomas, Henry Matthews and Joe Lane, aka BRIDGES, are most certainly ones to watch on the UK indie-pop scene right now. Having supported the likes of George Ezra and To Kill A King, and played a number…
Rating: Last night saw my second Vaccines gig of the year so far, both in very unique settings, with the first being at Manchester’s beautiful Albert Hall back in April and the second being on the picturesque docklands of Liverpool…
They started out as a rock ‘n’ roll covers band and ended up defining their own genre. Pete Cary catches up with The Jam’s former drummer Rick Buckler to talk about his newly-released autobiography, That’s Entertainment: My Life in the…
Rating: The ever-irascible Mark E. Smith has, amongst other names, been called a tyrant, dictator, despot; a one-man operation/wrecking ball autodidact, with his propensity for hiring and firing garnering almost as much copy as the music itself. He’s post-punk’s Captain…
With two successful albums under their sleeves, having featured on the soundtrack to the popular HBO series Girls, and with plenty of airplay over here on 6Music, things are looking pretty great for Oklahoma band BRONCHO right now. Currently on a…
Back once again like the renegade masters that we are, here is our weekly round up of some of our favourite tracks that we’ve stumbled across recently. Compiled as always by our Urban Music Editor Matt Tarr, the list features…