The first track on Flesh And Blood, ’Spring To Come’, has a distinct vibe similar to that of Rusted Root and Ben Howard – lots of light acoustic guitar work fielded by some heavy floor tom percussion. It’s brave. It’s beautiful. The rootsy feeling is…
Having first fallen in love with Martin Longstaff, aka The Lake Poets, upon seeing him supporting John Smith at The Union Chapel, I am pretty elated that he will be releasing his debut EP next month. Following recent single, ‘April’,…
Having received acclaim from the likes of Radio 1, as well as ‘Balcony TV’, Brighton Band – Phantom Runners – are now back with their second single ‘Chasing The Feeling’. Produced by Huey Morgan of Fun Lovin’ Criminals and 6music…
Following her critically acclaimed 2011 eponymous debut, Hollie Cook returns with the ethereal and toe-tappingly catchy ‘Twice’, which is due for release on Monday 12th May 2014. Album opener ‘Ari Up’ is a bright and bouncy tribute to the late…
Straight up and to the point, Lily Allen’s latest album ‘Sheezus’ is lyrically so blatant that she might as well have name-dropped pop culture celebrities throughout every track. Its title, a pun on egotistical Kanye’s ‘Yeezus’, gives us the impression that…
The third part of a trilogy can often be the trickiest to produce. It’s the lasting memory, the final impression of everything that has come before it and the full stop to a three-part story. Sultry Swedish songstress Lykke Li…
If you were to mix The Beatles and The Black Keys you’d uncover a bluesy, fresh sound that would be the epitome of British guitar music. Circles, hailing from Birmingham, have worked their inspirations in such a way that their…
Broken Records return with their third album offering since 2010’s ‘Let Me Come Home’. Weights & Pulleys is an album of two halves, of night and day which fans of The National will most probably be playing on repeat in…
Upon receiving his special NME Award for Innovation in February, Damon Albarn spoke of the ‘world before the internet’ which existed at Blur’s inception. How times have changed technologically since the first of his countless musical ventures, a fact he…
The Horrors have, so far, managed to completely transform their sound from album to album, starting off with the haunted-house garage rock of 2007’s ‘Strange House’ to the smoother neo-psychedelic sound of 2011’s ‘Skying’ with the harsher and darker shoegaze album ‘Primary Colours’ from…