ALBUM REVIEW – HAPPY MONDAYS: THRILLS’N’PILLS AND BELLYACHES

Well, it’s safe to say the Mondays are back, and I don’t mean the depressing kind that makes you reluctant to get out of bed because the weekend is over. No, this is the genuine article, Happy Mondays have been touring recently, to much joy from the adoring (mainly middle aged) fans that have long […]

ALBUM REVIEW – GRAHAM HUNT: AMERICAN PYRAMID

There is an appealingly ramshackle quality to ‘American Pyramid’ that brings to mind Personal Trainer and early Pavement. It marks a whole new approach for Graham Hunt. His previous five albums have been homespun, computer-oriented explorations but having moved out of the house that contained his home studio, he chose to record at Minnesota’s Pachyderm […]

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ALBUM REVIEW – WESTSIDE COWBOY: IT GOES ON

Manchester quartet Westside Cowboy are quickly making a name for themselves as one of the UK’s most exciting emerging bands by fusing unlikely genres together and creating a unique sound for themselves. Their highly anticipated debut album It Goes On proves just why there is such a hype around them. The album’s opener, ‘Kick Stones […]

LIVE REVIEW – HANNAH COHEN + FLORA HIBBERD: YES PINK ROOM – 19/08/2026

The double bill at Yes Pink Room is an excellent example of the “two for.” A pair of artists, both of whom I would happily pay to see. Flora Hibberd and Hannah Cohen are mutually complementary acts, different enough from each other to offer contrasts while also not being so disparate as to be jarring. […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 21 AUGUST 2026

Julia Holter       Materia              A seven-track companion album to her acclaimed 2024 release Something in the Room She Moves. The collection, a sequel of sorts, includes new songs written and recorded with her band in between tours, reinventions of Something’s “Materia,” and songs first conceived around the making of the 2024 record. Cornelius          Refractions       Where previous […]

FEATURE: WHO ARE YA – DREAMWAVE – BRISTOL BAND TAKING INSPIRATION FROM THE LIKES OF OSEES, KING GIZZARD, PINK FLOYD, AND ADDING THEIR OWN MELODIC TWISTS TO CREATE A DAZZLING PSYCH ROCK MINDMELT

INTERVIEW: REGENT

ALBUM REVIEW – JIM JAMES: WOWED OUT

As defined by Jim James, being Wowed Out is a contemporary malaise, a state of overstimulation, constantly searching for the latest sensation. It underpins the first solo album in eight years from the My Morning Jacket frontman which seeks a refuge from the spiritual alienation of an existence mediated through screens. In standing firm against […]

EP REVIEW – KATSEYE: WILD

It’s hard to see what Katseye’s intended target audience is with their recent releases. Originating from the survival show ‘Dream Academy’ which saw 20 contestants from all around the world compete for a spot on a global girl group created between the labels HYBE and Geffen Records. Six members were picked to debut in what […]

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ALBUM REVIEW – HAPPY MONDAYS: THRILLS’N’PILLS AND BELLYACHES

ALBUM REVIEW – GRAHAM HUNT: AMERICAN PYRAMID

ALBUM REVIEW – WESTSIDE COWBOY: IT GOES ON

LIVE REVIEW – HANNAH COHEN + FLORA HIBBERD: YES PINK ROOM – 19/08/2026

EP REVIEW – KOJO FUNDS: HELLO IT’S ME AGAIN

I remember where I was when I first heard Kojo Funds. 2018, in the back of my parent’s car on the radio and he has not left my rotation ever since. Being a giant in the Afroswing scene is not an easy feat. Hearing songs like ‘Dun Talkin’ with Abracadabra or ‘Check’ with Raye. There […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 21 AUGUST 2026

ALBUM REVIEW – JIM JAMES: WOWED OUT

EP REVIEW – KATSEYE: WILD

LIVE REVIEW – OMD, PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT, A CERTAIN RATIO: ROCHDALE TOWN HALL SQUARE – 07/08/2026

ALBUM REVIEW – ELANOR MOSS: THE KNIFE, THE NEEDLE

Even though she is a contemporary artist, there is the air of a recently rediscovered psych-folk great to Elanor Moss’s debut album. Her voice has an exquisite beauty which is further emphasised by the backing from classical guitar and strings. However, as its title indicates, ‘The Knife, The Needle’ has a dark edge. These are […]

ALBUM REVIEW – THE SCRIPT: THE USER’S GUIDE TO BEING HUMAN

Formed in Dublin in 2001, The Script are an Irish pop-rock band made up of Danny O’Donoghue, Glen Power, guitarist Ben Weaver, and bassist Benjamin Seargant, following the death of founding member Mark Sheehan in 2023. Their breakthrough came with their self-titled 2008 debut, which produced defining hits including The Man Who Can’t Be Moved […]

INTERVIEW: THE TELESCOPES

EP REVIEW – KOJO FUNDS: HELLO IT’S ME AGAIN

ALBUM REVIEW – ELANOR MOSS: THE KNIFE, THE NEEDLE

ALBUM REVIEW – THE SCRIPT: THE USER’S GUIDE TO BEING HUMAN

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 14 AUGUST 2026

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