ALBUM REVIEW – ARLO PARKS: AMBIGUOUS DESIRE

It’s hard to believe that it was only five years ago that Arlo Parks released her debut album Collapsed In Sunbeams. An ensemble of observation masked through melody; it was the perfect introduction to who Parks was as an artist. Fast forward, these qualities only greaten in Ambiguous Desire, her third studio album. By extracting […]
Anyone looking for a heart-warming documentary would be advised to watch the 2019 film ‘Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story’. It tells a remarkable life story incorporating becoming one of the first black students to attend McGill University in Montreal; releasing albums in the 1970s that mixed classical, spiritual, jazz and blues influences; writing for […]

ALBUM REVIEW – BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND: LAUGHTER IN SUMMER

EP REVIEW – SPARKS: MADDER!

The biggest constant throughout over half a century of Sparks has been their willingness to try something new. In the case of ‘MADDER!’, it is one of their least revolutionary acts, merely their first ever EP, and acts as a companion piece to ‘MAD!’ which achieved their highest ever UK album chart position. What is […]
A glance at a record’s list of songtitles often offers an indication of its type of music. The Antlers’ ‘Blight’ is deceptive in that respect. In addition to the title track, there are songs called ‘Carnage’, ‘Calamity’ and ‘A Great Flood’ which suggests that they could be accompanied by some brutal, pummelling Napalm Death type […]

ALBUM REVIEW – THE ANTLERS: BLIGHT

ALBUM REVIEW – THE NEW EVES: THE NEW EVE IS RISING

Eve ate from the forbidden fruit, the Book of Genesis tells us, and God punished her by making her “pains in childbearing very severe”. Would you say the punishment fit the crime? Was it a crime to disobey God’s orders in the first place? Ask Brighton-based quartet The New Eves and you’ll get the same […]
Self-describing as being like getting punched in the face by a gorilla but then being cuddled afterwards, UNIVERSITY are definitely something like that. To be totally honest this EP is a little bit difficult to listen to but let’s just call that an artistic choice. Frantic and disorganised, ‘Title Track’ is an obvious attempt at […]

EP REVIEW – UNIVERSITY: TITLE TRACK

JULIA JACKLIN REVEALS ‘COLD CALLER’ – TAKE A LISTEN THEN CHECK OUT HER NOVEMBER 2017 UK TOUR DATES

‘Cold Caller’ is the second track from Julia Jacklin’s ‘Eastwick’/’Cold Caller’ AA-side single which has been released digitally, and on limited edition vinyl on Transgressive Records. Following the release of the video for ‘Eastwick’, ‘Cold Caller’ is an ode to Jacklin’s sister. Jacklin explains how ‘Cold Caller’ and the 7” came to be: “I started […]
Alvvays will head on a UK tour to promote their self-titled debut album later this summer. The Canadian indie-pop band will play Manchester’s Academy 2 as well as shows in York, Sheffield, Cardiff, Bristol, Nottingham, Brighton and Glasgow, finishing in London. The band released their self-titled debut album on Transgressive Records in July last year, […]

ALVVAYS ANNOUNCE MORE UK DATES

ALVVAYS ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL MANCHESTER DATE

Canadian band Alvvays have announced a new Manchester date in advance of their upcoming gig at the Deaf Institute. The five-piece, who hail from Toronto, will play Academy 2 on September 10, after their Deaf Institute date on January 21. The band released their self-titled debut album on Transgressive Records in July last year, which […]
Canadian indie rockers Alvvays have announced a new tour for next year and previewed their new single. As part of the tour, the five-piece will play at Manchester’s Deaf Institute on January 21. The group’s new single, Next of Kin, is taken from their well received self titled debut album released earlier this year via Transgressive […]

ALVVAYS ANNOUNCE NEW TOUR AND PREVIEW NEW SINGLE