ALBUM REVIEW – LIP CRITIC: HEX DEALER

Let me preface this review, of NYC group Lip Critic’s debut album ‘Hex Dealer,’ with an admission: these guys are my favourite musicians of the moment – to me, they are the musicians of the moment, for reasons you’ll be exposed to throughout my hopefully slightly coherent ramblings to follow. As I just said, though, this is […]
– Partisan, Manchester – When I arrive, Partisan offers us a quarter circle of sofas for viewing. Behind that, more chairs of plush and non-plush kinds. Though there’s a sizeable free space on the floor, with people clustering around the edges. I’m admittedly entering with some bias and expectation. I saw Cult Party (the collective […]

LIVE: KIRAN LEONARD/CULT PARTY – 08/09/2018

NEWS: EAGULLS – COVER KILLING JOKE’S ‘REQUIEM’

Leeds punk rock quintet Eagulls have just released one of the most blistering singles of the year, in the form of ‘Nerve Endings’, and are now unveiling the B-side – a cover of post-punk heroes Killing Joke’s classic ‘Requiem’. Bursting at the seams with barely concealed bile and rage, ‘Requiem’ is a perfect match for […]