Rating: The name of the band is interesting but unfortunately this release, Hold My Home, is not. I do not know much about Cold War Kids but I was expecting something different, perhaps an experimental outing with politics thrown in for…
Rating: It’s been a long two and a bit years since Imagine Dragons smacked the world round the eardrums with their hit-packed debut album, Night Visions, containing the explosive ‘Radioactive’, ‘On Top of the World’ and other such bangers. Having blown…
Rating: ‘Glory Days’ as the opener to Carl Barat‘s latest LP, Let It Reign, is reminiscent of the blues of The Rolling Stones, coupled with an impassioned delivery á la Strummer. Barat is proud of this assault on your eardrums, you…
Springh, a grunge pop duo from London have just released their debut single ‘Silhouette’, and it’s one not to be missed. The track’s concise sound is down to the chemistry within the band. Guitarist Sam Swift-Glasman and violinist Lisa Sara Jenkin first met…
Rating: When recording a debut album it helps to tick a few boxes up front: Get Josh Hommes’ mate and lead singer of Eagles of Death Metal to produce it… Tick. Record it in an uber-cool musical Mecca in California… Tick….
Rating: There has always been something paradoxical about Tom Vek, something quietly contrary. Coming out of nowhere with his first album We Have Sound in 2005, his uncompromising and assuredly wry style set him apart and found him adorning the…
The new single from The Sherlocks cements them as one of the best new indie bands today – strong vocals and undeniably catchy riffs power through this unstoppable tune. These two sets of brothers from Sheffield have worked themselves up…
Rating: I didn’t check the set list, I avoided the deluge of reviews from the opening nights, I stuck my fingers in my ears and shouted down anything that sounded even remotely like it might be about to become a…
Rating: Rock duos are everywhere. It’s like an invasion. A fuzzy, groove filled invasion…World War two turned up to eleven. It would be easy to right off the influx of these acts in one full sweep, I mean how different…
This week, Green Man festival announced their day-by-day stage line-ups, and – damn it – it has thrown up a few conundrums. Slint or East India Youth? The War On Drugs or Panda Bear? Neutral Milk Hotel or Kurt Vile,…