ALBUM REVIEW – FRANK TURNER: UNDEFEATED

Never before has an album title felt more fitting. Frank Turner’s ninth album, 2023’s FTHC, was a record about reconciliation – battling through the chaos to recover what’s been lost amid trying times. An intensely cathartic and frequently unflattering listen, Frank Turner’s blunt observations about the pandemic along with his ravishingly personal songwriting made the […]
There are so many bands coming out of Ireland currently, with Fontaines D.C and Inhaler is there room for another Indie band out of Ireland? Brand New Friend is here with their new EP, ready to answer that question. The four-piece from Belfast made up of frontman Taylor Johnson along with his sister Lauren along […]

EP REVIEW: BRAND NEW FRIEND – A CURE FOR LIVING

ALBUM: FRANK TURNER – BE MORE KIND

Frank Turner has now been releasing solo albums for over ten years, yet it only seems like yesterday since he launched his first sonic blast of social commentary and personal poetry into an unsuspecting musical scene. He’s had his fair share of criticism though, mostly stemming from the fact that he went to Eton, and […]
This May, Essex born folk songwriter Beans On Toast, takes to the road on a tour of some of the UK’s finest boozers and local pubs. The Down The Pub Tour is a 19-day adventure from Preston to Bridgwater via Plymouth, Hastings and beyond. Paying homage to the classic British mainstay that is the public […]

BEANS ON TOAST INVITES US OUT ON HIS ‘DOWN THE PUB’ UK 2017 TOUR

Album Review: Beans on Toast – Rolling up the Hill

December is a time of year when long-standing traditions are celebrated. A less heralded one, but a ritual that should be, is the annual release from Beans on Toast. The seventh album, Rolling Up the Hill, has continued the pattern of the first day of the month seeing a new album emerge. The significance of […]