Is it coincidence that the week Pharrell Williams released his first solo album in eight years, the sunshine returned to the shores of the UK? Of course it was, he’s not magic. What ability Pharrell lacks in weather manipulation however…
Over the last few weeks I’ve been listening to iTCH’s debut album, The Deep End. Even now, I’m not entirely sure what to make of the offering from the former The King Blues frontman. Its one of those albums where…
The Twang have coined this tour ‘intimate’. Well if you consider a cramming a few hundred club kids, football hooligans and lairy couples into a beer soaked underground intimate…well maybe we need to redefine intimate. As a group they are…
The last time we heard from Black Lips was back in 2011 with ‘Arabia Mountain’ but we’re soon to be graced with ‘Underneath the Rainbow’, the band’s seventh studio album. The lyrics “I don’t want to wait” from Track No….
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…
“I’m pretty unconvinced, but my girlfriend made us come so yeah…” The anonymous man standing stage left’s comment goes a long way in describing the type of crowd that’s packed out the iconic upstairs room of The Old Blue Last…
“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…
The 100 Club is known for catering to an eclectic breed of the finest new acts to clamber their way onto the plinth of credible, new guitar music. So it seems only natural that the most sullenly appealing hallmark of…
A couple of years back a friend posted a link on Facebook and declared “this guy is gonna be the next big thing”! My initial thought was “heard that one before” but I proceeded to click-on the link and was…
On a par with that recurring nightmare of being in a public place then realising you’re naked is Dev Hynes aka Blood Orange pulling you on stage to dance – cue mixed mortification and elation. Luckily for my ego the…