Rating: Portland-based synth-pop outfit Wampire have had an exciting twelve months. Following the release of their debut album ‘Curiosity’ last year, the band have been elevated to new heights, scoring themselves enviable support slots alongside their sonic-contemporaries Unknown Mortal Orchestra,…
For the past few weeks, The Macbeth in Hoxton has been playing host to some pretty special live music events from bands big and small, as well as workshops and Q&A’s. In the intimate venue, Jack Daniels, in association with Spotify…
Ahead of his gig at Jack Rocks @ The Macbeth, we managed to grab a chat with The Libertines drummer and legend Gary Powell, to talk his new project with singer Iris Gold and to get to the bottom of…
Rating: Fuse ODG is currently one of the leading lights in new British Afrobeat. His debut album T.I.N.A. consolidates the rapid progress he has has made over the last eighteen months and features no less than four top 10 singles…
You can’t exactly call it a ‘new album’, because that’s a bit of a lie. Recorded back in 2006, The Coral set about recording 12 tracked album The Curse of Love, and eight years later have decided now is the…
It was the first time I had been to Under The Bridge, a venue which as the name suggests is under a bridge. But this is no ordinary bridge, the bridge in question is Stamford Bridge, the home ground of…
Rating: South- Londoner Jessie Ware’s debut album Devotion was beloved by fans and critics alike back in 2012; two years later the expectation for her follow up is extremely high and leaves Jessie Ware in an extremely daunting position. However…
If you haven’t yet heard of Laura Moody, Avant-Garde singer songwriter and Elysian Quartet cellist, then prepare yourself for some ear melting delight with the imminent release of her debut album Acrobats. Teasing listeners with 5 live video releases of…
Just think about this for one second. In 2010 in her Dutch homeland, Caro Emerald set a new all-time chart record, with her debut album Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor spending its 30th week at number one on the…
I’ve never been to Manchester’s Castle Hotel before tonight; all I know is that it’s a 70 capacity room so it should be pretty special. Man Made are one of the best new bands coming out of Manchester right now…