After last year’s release of the ‘Water EP’, fans could breathe a sigh of relief as Brighton duo Blood Red Shoes seemed still to be able to go back to their origins through a tunnel of raw sounds worthy of…
“What’s your zodiac sign?” “I’m Aquarius” were the 2 tweets that ended the long silence from Metronomy in autumn last year. Their fourth album ‘Love Letters’ hasn’t gone far from their previous material but they’ve evolved and delved deeper into creating…
Neneh Cherry has come a long way since her debut ‘Raw Like Sushi’, released 25 years ago this coming May. Far from her post punk roots that she seeded in The Slits, it fused together R&B, funk, and dance while…
Retaining credibility after 10 years, half a dozen albums and a slew of overplayed singles is no mean feat for a band of today. Maximo Park are a band who have never been far from our consciousness since their debut…
Thirteen years have passed since Ed Harcourt’s first release ‘Maplewood’. ‘Time of Dust’, the new album of the English songwriter, released this month couldn’t be much different. The six-tracks mini-album is a “collection of evil songs”: deep and dusky sounds, cycling synth…
It’s not often you’re asked to cover an album launch party and when you are you never really know what to expect. Those 3 words often conger up mental images of top execs drinking cheap champagne while Z list celebs…
“Thanks for being a part of this, get home safe, We’ll see you with a new record in 2014” A promise from Josh Franceschi at their last UK tour date, in late 2012. Since Josh uttered those words You Me…
If Warpaint’s first album, ‘The Fool’, felt like the band were swimming in a dazzlingly mystical lagoon then their self-titled follow-up feels like they’ve found their feet and are marauding through an enchanted forest. Their blend of shape-shifting guitars, flowing…
The first time I saw Toy was supporting the Horrors a couple of years ago and to be honest, I was a bit underwhelmed. I’d been expecting great things, but – and maybe it was nerves, or maybe they weren’t…
For northern bands it’s always been a rush and a push to get their name under Earls Court’s ‘playing tonight’ board. But Cold Summer, a band arising from Wakefield and being based in Leeds, could be the next ‘it’ band –…