Rating: Laura Mvula’s new album is and isn’t a new album. Mvula’s second album is a rerecording of her debut Mercury Prize nominated album, Sing to the Moon, featuring the Metropole Orkest. Her debut album was a triumph, an excellent…
Rating: Nostalgia can be an interesting phenomenon. While to some extent all things are derivative, the value of wholly derivative art is often (and quite understandably) criticised. Originality and innovation are obviously wonderful traits to find in any art form,…
Rating: Hailing from Brighton, AK/DK is a two piece outfit that use pinpoint percussion and a myriad of 8-bit noises with a healthy dose of improvisation to create high energy synthpunk. The title of their first full length LP, Synths +…
Hello friends! I’ve been charged with helping you find a light within the cavernous armpit of this week’s new releases. And as it’s summer, a lot of people think every song needs to sound straight outta Magaluf, either musically or…
Rating: With 99.9% of grime artists coming from the UK, it can be difficult for overseas acts to gain inclusion into the scene. However, one man who has accomplished this is Tre Mission. The Toronto born MC, who has been…
You may be familiar with South East London rapper Afrikan Boy if you were – lucky enough to catch MIA at Glastonbury this year; an avid 6Music listener (like myself); or just simply really cool… Wherever you may have come…
Eugene McGuinness: The Crueller Kind – The stand out tune from Eugene’s brilliant new album Chroma. Beatles-ey beats, killer catchy chorus, clever lyrics. It may not be on this album but one day this lad is going to be MASSIVE. For…
Stepping out onto the gloriously muddy main stage, as a part of a big line up on the muggy Saturday night was Bath brothers The Family Rain. So far this summer The Family Rain have taken over many small English…
Rating: You’d expect the headliner for the first day of a festival to kick things off big-style and to set the tone for the rest of the weekend; Chase & Status did exactly that with their hit-filled, bass-heavy set on…
Big Deal Big Deal are a band that never seem to stop touring; playing at the majority of festivals this summer, straight after getting off tour with Peace, Big Deal have reignited interest in themselves again. The band are always…