ALBUM REVIEW – NIA ARCHIVES: EMOTIONAL JUNGLIST

It got to a point where anytime I’d turn on the radio and a song came on that I liked, it was by Bradford-born Nia Archives. A quick listen to 2024’s Silence Is Loud and I realise that radio was right: this is an artist who absolutely needs to be heard. And we’re not the […]
Leeds’s homegrown post-punk sons Yard Act are back with a new striking addition to the vinyl collection following 2022’s critically acclaimed debut, The Overload. Building on from their first album has come a well-crafted and polished piece of work, with that same pronounced satirical lyricism combined with James’s unique style of delivery, reminiscent of a […]

ALBUM REVIEW – YARD ACT: WHERE’S MY UTOPIA?

ALBUM REVIEW – THE LAST DINNER PARTY: PRELUDE TO ECSTASY

I am always suspicious of hype. The build them up to knock them down process seems unhelpful to all involved. Add in that the choice of acts or scenes for mass championing has often been bewildering with, in many cases, the recipients being distinctly ordinary. The buzz surrounding The Last Dinner Party has grown deafening […]
After toil and graft, the effervescent Spring King announce their debut album Tell Me If You Like To – set for release by Island records on 10th June. In addition to the announcement, the band are streaming new single ‘The Summer’ – following it being Annie Mac’s Hottest Record in the world. With no desire […]

SPRING KING ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM – TELL ME IF YOU LIKE TO

ABBY ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND RELEASE NEW SINGLE

On 2nd October, German quartet ABBY unveil their second album, Hexagon, via Island Records. With no demos prepared before entering the studio, Hexagon was recorded over the course of 16 months, giving the band time to explore and expand their sound in every conceivable direction. Most notably, the band has embraced techno influences, running alongside […]
Riding on the wave of a No.1 album, the diversely talented Bombay Bicycle Club have announced ‘Come To’ as their next single. This will be released on August 18th through Island Records, and will undoubtedly be the soundtrack to the summer festival season. The album ‘So Long, See You Tomorrow’ – their fourth in five […]

NEWS: BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB NEW VIDEO

NEWS: BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – INTERACTIVE VIDEO FOR ‘CARRY ME’ + NEW LP

Bombay Bicycle Club, North London’s most prolific and underrated band, have unveiled details of their fourth album in five years (due out on February 3rd 2014 through Island Records) as well as the record’s first single ‘Carry Me’. The first single from the new album, ‘Carry Me’ is a monumental fists in the air dance anthem that is probably the […]
Icelandic alternative folk sensation Of Monsters and Men have emerged as the breakthrough international act of 2012. Whilst the excitement around the UK release of their debut album ‘My Head is An Animal’, out 27th August on Island Records, continues to grow, the band announce details of a 2013 UK tour. Of Monsters and Men’s […]

NEWS: OF MONSTERS AND MEN – UK LIVE DATES

Album Review: DJ Shadow – Reconstructed: The Best of DJ Shadow

He sounds like a dark superhero nemesis haunting the alleys and sidewalks of some fictional North American future city. Or perhaps the murky pools that lie within the darker recesses of our psyches. In fact, he is Josh Davis, ironically from the Northern Californian town of… Davis, and for the last 20 years he has […]
21 year old Salford born singer Ren Harvieu, whose breathtaking  voice has had the critics reaching for the superlatives and whose critically acclaimed debut album “Through The Night” stormed into the UK chart this week at no. 5, releases her new single “Tonight” on July 16th through Kid Gloves/Island Records.  Ren has just announced her […]

VIDEO: REN HARVIEU – ‘TONIGHT’