Tag: new album

ALBUM: Low ‘Ones & Sixes’

Rating: Two decades on, eleven albums in, and Low are still determinedly testing their limits and composing songs that leave listeners on the verge of apparent breakdowns, whether due to their cataclysmic clout or gorgeous hymnal simplicity. Ones & Sixes…

ALBUM: Queen Kwong – ‘Get A Witness’

After much anticipation, we’re finally blessed with a debut album from LA-based Queen Kwong – aka Carré Carraway. After a sold out four month residency in London earlier this year, the LA punks built up a bit of a reputation…

ALBUM: RADKEY – ‘Dark Black Makeup’

Following the release of three tracks already this year, Missouri trio of brothers – Radkey – now present the world with their debut album. After hearing the tracks ‘Parade It’, ‘Love Spills’ and title track ‘Dark Black Makeup’, I was anxious that…

ALBUM: The Maccabees ‘Marks To Prove It’

Rating: Arriving at their fourth album, The Maccabees have created something wonderfully grown up and immersive with new record, Marks To Prove It. A million miles away from those sweetly romanticised tones on the popular Toothpaste Kisses, seven years on since…

INTERVIEW: Paul Smith

Maximo Park front man, successful solo artist and all round dynamic pop auteur, Paul Smith is back with a new album ‘Contradictions’ performed with his band The Intimations. Creating a more hi-fi progression from his last solo feat, the new…

INTERVIEW: Dave McCabe

Former frontman of The Zutons, talented songwriter, Liverpudlian and all round great guy, Dave McCabe has finally placed himself firmly back on our radars with the announcement of his debut solo album; Dave McCabe & The Ramifications ‘Church Of Miami’….

LIVE: Death and Vanilla @ Birthdays, London 15.05.15

Following the release of new album ‘Where The Wild Things Are’, Swedish psychedelic pop duo Death & Vanilla took to the stage at both London’s Rough Trade and Birthdays, on Friday, for two very special shows. Previewing their stunning tapestry…

ALBUM REVIEW: The Flies ‘Pleasure Yourself’

Rating: Having moved from a major label to their friends from Library Music Recordings, The Flies were free to release their second LP – Pleasure Yourself – in their favourite format, a limited edition octagonal gatefold vinyl, alongside its online…

INTERVIEW: CHILDHOOD

Following the release of their stunning debut album Lacuna, Childhood played an intimate gig in famed East-London record shop Rough Trade. After a mind-blowing set and surrounded by a crowd still buzzing from riff-heavy ‘Solemn Skies’, which brought the set…