EP: The Cheap Thrills – ‘Glare’
Liverpool four-piece The Cheap Thrills are charming audiences from their native town and beyond with the hypnotic indie-psych sound of their latest EP Glare.
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ALBUM: Brian Jonestown Massacre ‘Third World Pyramid’
Rating: The theatrical intro to Brian Jonestown Massacre‘s latest album is not what you were expecting, as it eases you beautifully into the mystical workings of Anton Newcombe’s weird and wonderful world. It may have been 20 years since Newcombe…
LIVE: Blossoms – Manchester Academy 30.9.16
OK, so first things first… When did the middle of the road boys get so big? Blossoms drew an impressively large, sweaty crowd that filled the academy to the brim on Friday night – and the atmosphere was electrifying. The…
LIVE: Declan McKenna (Supporting Blossoms) – Manchester Academy, 30.9.16
Declan McKenna received quite the welcome from The Academy on Friday night. Quite a bit of the crowd seemed to be there for him and trailed off after his set, despite being the opening act for the NME’s men of the…
FESTIVAL GUIDE: Together The People 2016
Name: Together The People. Where: Preston Park, Brighton. Headliners: Brian Wilson (performing the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds in full) and Suede. Also Featuring: The Horrors, Peter Hook and The Light (Best Of Joy Division and New Order set), Gaz Coombes, Fickle Friends,…
ALBUM: Sex Pistols – Live ‘76
Rating: “Ever get the feeling that you’ve been cheated?” – John Lydon’s closing words at one of the Sex Pistols‘ last gigs. I actually had a similar thought upon my first listen to Live ’76, the Pistols’ latest release; which…
LIVE: YAK – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff 09.06.16
I really do think that it’s a huge shame that YAK have been thrown to the margins of the bottomless pit that is “landfill indie” with the likes of Rat Boy, especially when they have so much to offer, especially…
ALBUM: Radiohead ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’
Rating: So, erasing their entire internet presence and releasing a new album with two days’ notice is probably the most Radiohead-like stunt that Radiohead could’ve pulled. A Moon Shaped Pool is an eerie, puzzling triumph that exudes passion and anxious…
ALBUM: Primal Scream ‘Chaosmosis’
Rating: The opening track may have “borrowed” the piano riff from the Happy Mondays’ ‘Step On’ but we’ll let that one go. Gillespie really is digging deep on Chaosmosis and strangely, the air has been cleared. There’s no drug infused…
ALBUM: Underworld ‘Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future’
Rating: The first proper Underworld album in almost five years is surprisingly emotional lyrically, considering the fact that when when hearing their name you usually go back to 1996 in your head and start aimlessly chanting “LAGER, LAGER, LAGER”. The opening track, ‘I…