Author Archives: Melissa Svensen

About Melissa Svensen

Melissa, 22. Editor. Student, music journalist, probably talking about Blur or Bowie

Tracks Of The Week, 30.11.15

Swim conspire to make music for late evenings, precious moments of solitude, drives along the beach, and the last throbbing hour on the dance floor; as impossible as this may seem, they’ve done it. Their debut single ‘Next To Me’…

Introducing Interview: Déjà Vega

Having released their single ‘Pentagrams’/’Skeletons in the Florist’ at the beginning of this month, we caught up with Déjà Vega to find out a little bit more about the psych-rockers… Hey, how are you? Hello, I’m very good thank you….

Tracks Of The Week – 18.11.15

It’s been a while since Fever released their last single, but as their latest track ‘Sucker’ proves, it’s been anything but unproductive. Gritty, raw and driven, ‘Sucker’ is, quite frankly, a bloody good grunge track. It not only carries the…

TRACK: HAWK – ‘Once Told’

Following ‘Glass’ – their previous release which focused on the Marriage Equality Referendum in Ireland – HAWK are back with ‘Once Told’, yet another track with activism at its core. This time the focus is on Ireland’s abortion laws and wider…

EP: Parquet Courts ‘Monastic Living’

Rating: I’ve never been quite so stumped by an EP as I was by Parquet Courts’ Monastic Living. I thought I didn’t like it, yet I’ve found myself slightly infatuated with it; it sort of just sounds like chaos, yet it…

Tracks Of The Week, 06.11.15

Following their first album Some Dogs Think Their Name is No, Black Casino And The Ghost are back with ‘Veggie Tarantula’ – their latest single in anticipation of their second album. The two year gap between albums has undoubtedly been a productive…

Ones To Watch: Sun Club

Sun Club are, as the name would suggest, gleefully sunny: with their carefree vocals and twinkly earworm hooks, Sun Club are summer put into songs – with an added dash of madness. Their debut LP Dongo Durango proves this madness,…

Ones To Watch: Mayflower

It’s no secret that Manchester is a hotbed for musical talent. So, it’s no surprise that it’s blessed us with yet another exciting new band. Mayflower have only been together for twelve months, yet they have a deeply mature sound, and present…