Author Archives: Tom Dibb

REVIEW: Grian Chatten – Chaos for the Fly

Rating: Since the release of 2018’s, ‘Dogrel’ Fontaines DC have become one of the hottest bands on earth. With a number one record under their belt and tours that almost instantly sell out, it’s a matter of when, not if,…

LIVE: Suede @ Leeds O2 Academy 30.03.2023

Rating: Pic credit: Dean Chalkley Suede will go down in history as one of the truly great bands that this country has produced. Their eponymous debut LP recently celebrated it’s 30-year anniversary and was the record that spawned the movement…

INTERVIEW: Inspiral Carpets’ Graham Lambert

The Inspiral Carpets are without question one of the most important and beloved bands to come from Manchester’s 80’s musical boom. After a long 8 year break, the band are back with a massive, career spanning box-set and a near…

REVIEW: The Academic ‘Sitting Pretty’

Rating: In the current musical sphere, Ireland is a hotbed for some of the most exciting post-punk bands around. The Murder Capital, Gilla Band and the unstoppable Fontaines DC are reshaping music in their own image. Now, Mullingar’s, The Academic,…

ALBUM: JW Francis – Dream House

Rating: New York-based jangle popper JW Francis releases his latest album, ‘Dream House’, a record packed full of lo-fi dream-pop that not only revels in its slacker identity, but pays homage to the early 00’s New York scene. Opening up…

ALBUM: Rodolphe Coster and Band ‘High With The People’

Rating: It is without question that within the past five years guitar music has experienced a boom not seen since the indie-landfill days of the mid-2000’s. Fontaines DC, Dry Cleaning and Wet Leg are breaking into the mainstream consciousness with…

ALBUM REVIEW: Third Lung ‘Gameplay’

Rating: Reading based indie-outfit, ‘Third Lung’ explode on the scene with their debut LP, ‘GAMEPLAY’, in a rip-roaring affair that takes inspiration for legendary acts such as James and the Stereophonics whilst still maintaining a modern sensibility. The album opener,…

LIVE: Fontaines D.C @ Leeds O2 Academy 08.11.22

Rating: Not since the early days of the Arctic Monkeys has the excitement around a band reached such a fever pitch the way it has with Dublin rockers Fontaines DC, with them changing the course of popular music seemingly overnight….

LIVE: The Lemonheads – Leeds University Stylus

Rating: In the near 40 years since the inception of The Lemonheads, Evan Dando has carved himself out as one of the enigmatic and captivating frontmen in rock. Since the release of their first album, ‘Hate Your Friends’ he has…

LIVE: Bingley Weekender 2022

Rating: Bingley Weekender returns for a stacked weekend of music in the heart of Yorkshire.   Initially set up in 2019 as a replacement for Bingley Music Live, the inaugural Bignley Weekender had some teething problems that have gladly been…