Following the already impressive music line-up featuring the likes of Beck, London Grammar, Bonobo and more, Festival No. 6 has announced its first wave of arts and culture acts. Whether it’s best-selling authors, comedians, poets or film-makers, the three-day event will have some of the most prolific names of acts in their specific fields: A special […]
It’s been a while since the release of The Body of Christ and the Legs of Tina Turner, but Fight Like Apes are back with a new four-track EP, entitled the ‘Whigfield Sextape EP’. You can check out the full EP streaming on Soundcloud here. Together with UK indie label Alcopop! Records, the Irish four-piece […]
As she returns from her US tour supporting Warpaint, Cate Le Bon has just announced her latest single to be released on the 5th of May. ‘Sisters’ is the third single to be taken from ‘Mug Museum’ and follows up in the theme set on the album, as it explores the female relationships in Cate’s […]
As he prepares to drop his third album ‘Luck’, Tom Vek has announced a new video for his forthcoming Single ‘Sherman (Animals in the jungle)’, which is due for release on the 9th of June on Moshi Moshi Records. Inspired by Tom Wolfe’s novel, the Bonfire of the Vanities, it’s described as a searing comment […]
Following his recent Brit Award nomination, John Grant has announced what is likely to provide the most fitting setting for his catalogue as he plans to take to the stage accompanied by The Royal Northern Sinfonia for a seven-date UK tour in November. Building on the success of his critically acclaimed second album Pale Green […]
On the brink of an extensive run of European tour dates, stretching from Portugal to Sweden, Hercules & Love Affair have released another exciting collaboration with one of 2014’s sexiest voices. Nominated for a Brit Award, John Grant was the answer to Hercules & Love Affair’s Andy Butler’s constant quest for incredible voices. To be […]
tUnE-yArDs have always had a bit of a thing for the quirky, oddball feel of things. So it’s to be expected that this would translate to their music videos too. In anticipation of their new album Nikki Nack, due for release on May 5th on 4AD, the band have now premiered the album’s first video. […]
It’s no hardly a secret anymore that synth is where it’s at these days. The 80s have had a full fledged revival and the accompanying beat driven steamrollers are all encompassed in anything from indie to electro to house to funk. You could say, the only thing missing is a pioneer for the Minneapolis sound 2.0. […]
Former Roxy Music member and legendary music producer Brian Eno has been announced as one of the curators for the music categories for NOISE Festival 2014. Run by a Manchester based, national arts charity called NOISE Festival.com, the British legend will be Music & Arts Curator for the annual event and cast his eyes and […]
Having been dumped by their fourth consecutive label, with an impressive statistic of a release of one album per label, they recorded their latest effort at Faust Studio in Germany. Produced and released on their own terms, the new LP featuring twelve songs is available on a 180g vinyl only. If that doesn’t have you […]
GIG GUIDE
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ALBUM REVIEW - MCKINLEY DIXON: MAGIC, ALIVE!
ALBUM REVIEW - WET LEG: MOISTURIZER
ALBUM REVIEW - BARRY CAN'T SWIM: LONER
ALBUM REVIEW - CORY HANSON: I LOVE PEOPLE
INTERVIEW - CORY HANSON
EP REVIEW - LEI HOPE: INERTIA
ALBUM REVIEW: MADE KUTI - CHAPTER 1: WHERE DOES HAPPINESS COME FROM?
SINGLE REVIEW - ALKALINE TRIO: OBLIVION
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 18 JULY 2025
ALBUM REVIEW - BUSH: I BEAT LONELINESS
