In their final London show of 2014, alternative rock outfit SouLost headed to Underbelly, one of Hoxton’s premier live music venues and with their latest track ‘Without Me’ quickly racking up the views on YouTube, we decided to head over…
Rating: Abstract hip hop. That’s how someone described Flying Lotus’ fifth studio album to me this week – and it’s incredibly difficult to offer a better adjective. What Lotus, real name Steven Ellison, has done with You’re Dead! isn’t anything…
Rating: With support for this Brighton band coming in from the likes of BBC Radio 6 and XFM, Chich, Rax and Alex aka The DuBarrys have emerged as a definite ‘one to watch’ and following the release of two tracks,…
Rating: There can’t be a single prouder Bristolian than rapper K*Ners. Despite not dropping an album since 2006, he’s branded his latest album Voice of the City and successfully name dropped the South West settlement in all 13 tracks of…
Rating: For over ten years, Jhene Aiko has been stationed on the border of R&B superstardom, just waiting to place one toe over and break out as the star she so rightly deserves to be. Her new album, “Souled Out”…
Rating: Farrago is the result of Ian Bennett’s endless meanderings along musical desire lines, flying from the face of “proper jobs” for the appealing and endlessly more fascinating life of a musician. Bands put together with school friends soon disbanded,…
Rating: If you haven’t heard of Catfish and the Bottlemen by now, I mean, where’ve you been? Even if you’ve literally been under a rock there’s no excuse. Catfish have been anywhere and everywhere – making it to almost every…
Rating: “Started from the bottom now we’re here” were the exact words uttered as we stepped onto the balcony of London’s iconic ‘Monument’ landmark. Having conquered 62m of spiral staircase, we were short of breath from the hike and even…
Rating: Hailing from Brighton, AK/DK is a two piece outfit that use pinpoint percussion and a myriad of 8-bit noises with a healthy dose of improvisation to create high energy synthpunk. The title of their first full length LP, Synths +…
Rating: “These will not be Frightened Rabbit songs. These will be John’s songs.” When a band starts off as a solo project like Frightened Rabbit did back in 2003 there has to be part of them that wants to try…