Rating: It truly amazes me how the mighty Callum Borrows, aka Saint Raymond, can keep churning out summer hits. I was naïve to think ‘Young Blood’ would be the soundtrack to the multitude of festivals I was attending: ‘I Want…
Rating: More cynically-minded Tame Impala fans might’ve walked out of the Manchester Albert Hall last night wondering what the point of all that was. More than a year and a half after second album Lonerism was released, the Australian psych-rock…
Rating: My day began with a tired yawn after Pixies the night before at Castlefield Bowl (which was incredible) and a super speedy get ready to catch the train into Liverpool from Manchester Piccadilly. I saw some amazing bands at…
Rating: It doesn’t get much better than seeing one of your favourite bands in a small venue. As a warm up for their T in The Park and Benicassim festival appearances, on Friday night (July 11th) The Charlatans made that…
Quattro Amigos is the new EP from 4-piece Loose Joints. This blues-rock band from Essex go all out on this release with some killer songs, making it their best EP record yet (you can hear their previous releases on their…
Shepherd’s Bush Empire always takes me a bit by surprise. Not just because it’s so pretty – although it is – but because I always forget just how intimate gigs here can feel. If you turn around on the ground…
Last week the much-anticipated Svengali, written by and starring Johnny Owen, arrived in cinemas nationwide. It tells the familiar story of Dixie, a mod from South Wales, whose deepest desire is to find and manage the next big band. It…
Band of Skulls are back, with third album ‘Himalayan’. There’s a raft of live dates scheduled to accompany its release, and I for one can’t wait to see which of the new tunes will be getting the biggest sing-alongs. They…
Ever been to a party at your local community centre? To see your mates band at the pub? You walk in and everyone is awkwardly standing at the edges of the room, drinks in hand. You can almost taste the…
“Thank you for coming to our first gig as a top ten band,” Metronomy’s founder and frontman Joseph Mount tells a surprisingly lively Monday night crowd, continuing with how saying that felt (with a bang on the drum for each…