As the lights dim, melancholy melodies flow smoothly from the cello before Laura Doggett takes to the stage at XOYO – appearing as if by magic in a cloud of natural ethereal beauty and celestial sparkle. Immediately drawing in the…
Rating: Running With The Wolves, the debut EP from Aurora Aksnes, has managed to blow minds, especially with the help of the title track – the fourth to be revealed. The 18 year old, hailing from Norway, exposes a single which…
After picking up the guitar five years ago and teaching himself to play by watching BB King videos on YouTube, hugely talented 20-year-old singer-songwriter Kelvin Jones fell in love with the simplicity of being able to connect with someone through…
In anticipation of his upcoming UK tour, we caught up with US rocker Jesse Malin at London venue The Social to record a live session. Little did we know that Mr Malin was going to be kind enough to exclusively…
I made a typo. I put Downton Boys into Google rather than Downtown. It came up with an article by Woman Magazine about the “dashing hunks of Downton Abbey”. It’s quite the read, but I could have done without seeing…
As I arrive at The Lexington, bang on time for the opening act of the night, I start to worry about the lack of people in attendance, as is often the case at 8pm on a weekday evening when an…
North London-based duo, Arron Sans and Vinnie Shimia, aka Panic Island, first met in Spain in 2012 and soon realised they shared a passion for energy-infused live music and catchy guitar hooks. The rest, as they say, is history. Delivering…
It’s pretty tough to find some really good alt-folk at the moment. Mumford & Sons are releasing crappier music by the day, and the only other demonstrations are from up and coming duos like Hudson Taylor or the increasingly average James Bay….
The Curious Incident are an international four-piece hailing from South Africa, Italy and Indonesia, as well as sunny England. Cavey Roberts and Diego Diaz met at school in The Netherlands before Cavey moved back to South Africa. Years later, with Diaz…
This week from 14-16 May, The Great Escape Festival is celebrating its 10th birthday in Brighton. Spread over three days in over thirty different venues; 350 musicians are travelling down to the seaside to share their sound with the crowds…