A Line of Charlie Backline techs are, like I said, my cup of tea. These fellas are quite often younger (or young enough, anyway. Don’t judge.) and a lot of fun. They don’t have to get up the earliest, they…
Pete MacLeod is one of the handful of select artists signed to Alan MacGee’s 359Music label. He’s been about for a while though, releasing music through his own label both here and in the States, gigging along side. With new…
Having received acclaim from BBC Radio 1’s Ally McCrae and supported the likes of Ben Howard and King Krule, Scottish singer songwriter Michael Cassidy is set to release his new single next month. ‘Everybody’s Scared’ is a charming folk-pop ballad…
“A formidable band lurks in the shadows…” – Rolling Stone, 1995. What an apt prediction from Rolling Stone upon first hearing Foo Fighters’ self titled debut back in 1995. Eighteen years and nine albums on and they are one of…
A couple of years ago, when electronic music had completed it’s resurrection into the mainstream, many of our beloved genres seemed to be getting bastardised, without much consumer research. Major labels have a knack of praying on consumer laziness and…
Schlomo is probably the best beatboxer in the world. He’s a Guinness World Record Holder, performed to 10,000 people at Glastonbury (albeit plunged them into darkness first), a World Loopstation champion, and Tim Westwood thinks he’s Harry Potter. So yeah,…
I arrive at the Lexington; the shabby baroque style of the downstairs pub area makes it look like some sort of mash-up between an American style lounge and Bordello from the 1920’s. Along the back wall of the bar there’s…
Walking into a bands dressing room you are always heading somewhat into the unknown. I’ve seen it all. The drugs, the groupies, the fights. I’ve also seen the other side of book reading, ironing and bizarrely, juggling. As I head…
Fatboy Slim has released the video for his latest single ‘Eat Sleep Rave Repeat’ remixed by Calvin Harris and featuring Riva Starr. The song was inspired by a man the DJ saw ranting on the streets of Brooklyn about his…
Jake Bugg has unveiled the video for new single ‘Slumville Sunrise’ in the run up to the release of second album ‘Shangri La’ on November 18. The young lad turns actor in the video which was directed by Shane Meadows…