Adding to my long list of anti-freshers events I could attend as a fresher in Manchester, Wednesday saw a trip to The Deaf Institute for Pretty Vicious. Although the venue wasn’t devoid of freshers – particularly since Pretty Vicious themselves…
Perhaps it’s due to the strength of their personal connection that’s existed since high school days, or perhaps it’s due to their sheer talent (though it’s no doubt down to both) that Dilly Dally (Katie Monks and Liz Ball) have…
After playing a fantastic Bestival set to round their run off nicely, we caught up with Girlpool – LA punk-rockers Cleo and Harmony – before they headed off for even more lives shows… So how are you guys? Enjoying the rare…
Adding to a long list of new bands emerging from Scandinavia, Swedish electro-pop act Death In The Afternoon (AKA Christian and Linda) have released their latest single ‘We Don’t Have To Go Out Tonight’. Overflowing with coolness, Death In The…
Hidden in the upstairs of a small pub in Manchester’s Fallowfield, Fallow Café is seemingly the perfect place – despite the size perhaps – for a band like The Bulletproof Bomb. Clearly on their way to breaking Manchester (aided, but…
Despite it being the last of the summer, Bestival seems to be constantly on everyone’s minds throughout; it’s the grand finale of festival season, bigged up to the point where it’s almost impossible to imagine it living up to expectations….
Making a point of taking time with her songwriting, having saved up songs for when she could record them the way she wanted, Norwegian singer-songwriter Tina Refsnes proves that patience really is a virtue. Her new single ‘Upside Down Clouds’,…
In a new solo adventure, Katie Harkin – of Sky Larkin and Sleater Kinney – presents her debut track as Harkin; a cover of Apostle of Hustle’s ‘National Anthem of Nowhere’. To release a cover as a debut is perhaps…
Rating: Believe it or not it’s been a stammering 11 years since The Libertines made an album. That’s an entire decade – and then some – since the divisive London scallywags released The Libertines. What’s perhaps harder to believe (granted,…
After much anticipation, we’re finally blessed with a debut album from LA-based Queen Kwong – aka Carré Carraway. After a sold out four month residency in London earlier this year, the LA punks built up a bit of a reputation…