LIVE REVIEW: WET LEG – VICTORIA WAREHOUSE: 29/05/2025

Victoria Warehouse has always been one of my favourite venues. The exposed brick, the industrial charm, the rawness of it all – it’s the kind of place that brings out the best in a band. Or at least, it should. When Wet Leg first burst onto the scene, they were electric, weird, witty, offbeat and […]
Every now and again, you come across an album so breath-taking that just the thought of articulating the profound sensations and emotions it evokes in you is enough to deter you from doing it at all. Perhaps irrationally, you fear, in trying to describe the music, failing to do it justice, or even taking away […]

ALBUM REVIEW – CAROLINE: CAROLINE 2

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 30 MAY 2025

A busy week full of top-quality releases. Here is our round up. Goddess           Goddess           A new collaborative project curated by Fay Milton, drummer with Savages. It an epic 10-track opus of post-punk, electronica, dream-pop and indie-rock, the album is performed by a revolving cast of vocalists, bringing their own unique flavour and flair to each […]
“I had to grow my own garden”. The Spring season is in full swing; the flowers are blooming, the sun is out and shining, the weather is perhaps ever so slightly too warm for my liking. All of these aspects have returned to our life. But something is missing, something is yet to be added, […]

ALBUM REVIEW – AMINE: 13 MONTHS OF SUNSHINE

ALBUM REVIEW – LAVINIA BLACKWALL: THE MAKING

Anyone listening to Trembling Bells for the first time would have been struck by Lavinia Blackwall’s vocals. A classically trained soprano, she brought a purity of voice to their freak folk music, soaring with grace yet also having a lived-in edge. It would not be hyperbole to draws comparisons with Sandy Denny. Unsurprisingly, her second […]
Rivers of Nihil are a band that has never been scared to experiment between different metal subgenres. Even though they are considered a progressive death metal band, they often blur the lines between progressive metal, death metal, and on their self-titled album, jazz and blues as well. This combination of different music genres creates a […]

ALBUM REVIEW – RIVERS OF NIHIL: RIVERS OF NIHIL

ALBUM REVIEW: STEREOLAB- INSTANT HOLOGRAMS ON METAL FILM

If ever there was a time for calming and uplifting synth riffs to ease the tensions of a world on edge, then it’s now, and so welcome back into the musical landscape the uniquely groove laden tunes of Stereolab! 2025 is fast shaping up to be the year of the reunion and although not strictly […]
Marc Ribot      Map of a Blue City     While it’s not a traditional singer-songwriter album, it is his first to centre his plaintive, wise voice quite so prominently throughout. Map of a Blue City showcases songs colliding disparate traditions: roots, bossa nova, no wave, noise, free jazz, and sounds that have no genre associations. There is […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 23 MAY 2025

SINGLE REVIEW – THE KOWLOONS: I DON’T CARE

With each pluck of a string and every beat to a drum, The Kowloons present their undeniable talents upon a polished platter of silver.  An upbeat rhythm with an infectious nature, ‘I Don’t Care’ draws a hit of jaunty acoustics before exhaling a sweet summer sound. Revealing a narrative, this track is “spoken like a […]
“You seem like a rowdy northern crowd if that isn’t too much of a stereotype.” From the roars of the boisterous crowd, they relish Ezra Furman’s description. Record shop in store shows can be strange events. Audiences tend to be more restrained as they are often clutching CDs or vinyl, precious cargo compared to the […]

LIVE REVIEW – EZRA FURMAN: LIVERPOOL ROUGH TRADE – 21/05/2025