About Melissa Svensen
Melissa, 22. Editor. Student, music journalist, probably talking about Blur or Bowie
Take a look at The Turning just over a year ago, and you see a band beginning to realise their potential, beginning to wander from their home city and test the waters in the rest of the UK, and even…
Despite its lyrics and melody being written by a heartbroken Rikki Turner fourteen years ago, this new track, ‘Brown Eyes’, from The New Southern Electrikk is finally being announced as part of their Brown Eyes EP, which was released Valentine’s…
With the sudden rise in tattoo chokers and the likes, it’s clear the 90s is making its way back into fashion; but we suggest you ditch the chokers and go about 90s nostalgia the right way. But what is the…
With 23rd February seeing the release of his self-titled debut album, American ‘dreamer’ Dalton presents us with latest track ‘What Never Should End’. Travelling round the USA – currently settled in LA – Dalton (A.K.A Nate Harar), has a rather…
Who’s up for some high-spirited, lustful, indie-pop?! If so, you might just like Birmingham band The Jacarandas’ latest demo, ‘Get Her Off My Mind’. Whilst the band sing “I can’t get her off my mind”, I’m having a similar issue with the…
I’m often very skeptical about new singer-songwriters; surely there can only be so many capable of bringing something fresh? Clearly, there’s still stuff to be done, as St. Albans-based Freddy Cass proves. As well as a BBC Introducing session, Cass…
Turn up to Shepherds Bush Empire the night that The Twang and The Enemy are playing and, unsurprisingly you’ll find yourself completely overrun by football hooligan-types in Fred Perry shirts and Harrington Jackets – the type who, even when singing…
Drawing towards the end of one of his most exciting years yet, we spoke to Beans on Toast (aka Jay McAllister) before he closed his UK tour at Camden’s Electric Ballroom. Slightly bedraggled from the rain, I’m quizzed mercilessly by…
Rating: While it was originally released in North America in 2013, Krill’s Lucky Leaves has only just hit the UK – and with 2 bonus tracks for its UK release. Kicking off with ‘Theme For Krill’, vocalist Jonah Furman makes…
Rounding off a UK tour (and a very exciting year) there’s no better place for Beans On Toast to be than Camden’s Electric Ballroom. Despite the weather – both freezing cold and raining – fans began gathering outside over an…