Monument Valley is the solo project of Ned Younger whose 2012 7” single ‘Your Cover Blown’ has been waiting far too long for a follow up album. Well, here it is. Released last week, Walking On Skin is a beautifully…
With the folk revival laying waste to the charts since the start of the decade, bands such as Mumford and Sons, Fleet Foxes and The Lumineers have been enjoying healthy careers as of late. Acoustic guitars are flying off the…
You can get away with arrogance as a frontman to a certain extent, if you can back it up with your music – Alex Turner and the Arctic Monkeys, say no more. Thus far, Tom Meighan has guided Kasabian through…
Despite beginning the recording of the album in the harsh months of January, ‘Circa’ brings to us coastal sounds which burrow under the emotions with it’s evocative melodies bringing us tales of rites of passage. All against a backdrop of…
“Asadinho is the Kendo Nagasaki of deep house” – Bill Brewster Not a bad quote to prick up the ears, and instantly I can see what ole Bill is referring to. For those who are unaware of the cult masked…
It’s 9.45 in a Camden pub on a Tuesday evening. Take an over-crowded room and a heavy heat, along with agitated and impatient people, and you’re almost there. Although it has to be said I didn’t feel like that when…
“Sorry, mate. I don’t have your name on the list.” The words no reviewer wants to hear. I ask the man holding the clipboard to check again; still no joy. I explain that I’m here to review Tom Hickcox, and…
Following a two year gap since their last release, northern funk duo Smoove and Turrell return with their third album, ‘Broken Toys’. Having supported disco legends Nile Rogers & Chic and Motown hit-makers Martha and the Vandellas since 2012’s ‘Eccentric…
Imagine this. James Brown, Mick Jagger, Little Richard, Prince, Jimmy Swaggart and Sly Stone all happen to be in the same bar. In the same town. At the SAME TIME. After ditching the formalities they end up swapping notes and…
“We’re the Daily Star Artist of the Week”, Tim Booth tells the excited crowd crammed in between the CD racks at the Arndale Centre’s HMV. “Apparently, we’ve made an album about sex and liberation… And I thought I was writing…