A second record can always go one of two ways for a popular chart band. They can either churn out another 40 minutes of fine pop songs, with one or two hits to cater towards their radio-friendly audience, or they can experiment with their sound and completely change their audience’s…
As a band quickly gaining attention on the local music scene, Brighton group Orchards are definitely ones to watch. The four-piece consists of Lucy Evers on vocals, Sam Rushton on guitar, Dan Fane on bass and Will Lee-Lewis on drums. My first introduction to them was back in 2017,…
“It just seemed obvious that we couldn’t write a contemporary record without talking about life on the internet. It’s almost not even a critique, it’s just that’s literally what it means to be alive right now,” stated lead singer Ben Hozie about BODEGA’s debut album Endless Scroll. Indeed, modern technology,…
Last year’s Humanz, Gorillaz’s first album for seven years, certainly split people down the middle. While we called it “A fantastic demonstration of talents from a multitude of genres”, some were unhappy about its overblown, collaboration-heavy rhythm. Not to worry for those people, though, because Damon Albarn has you…
Life can be tough if you’re Drake. Sure, he’s one of the most decorated rappers of his generation, garnering Grammys and breaking streaming records daily, but he can’t seem to receive any respect from his contemporaries. He’s been in heated feuds with everyone from Kendrick Lamar to DMX and, most…
It’s immediately apparent from the atmospheric instrumental opener ‘Whitewater’, which features some quality distorted cello playing from Jenny, that Let’s Eat Grandma’s second record, I’m All Ears, is a significant step up from their debut, at least in production terms. That first record, I, Gemini, was written and recorded when…
Who would have guessed that an on-the-spot singing audition in the toilet of a club in 2006 would result in Florence Welch headlining the Pyramid Stage less than ten years later? It’s been some journey for this most unlikely of pop stars. It is this, her fourth album, that marks…
The revival of a sound which has been long since lost from the rock and roll world, Loa Loa have brought forth a truly colossal debut which will be sure to shake the very foundations of the Brighton music scene. Keep their name in mind as this is one…
Back with his third solo release, My Morning Jacket vocalist Jim James returns with Uniform Distortion, an 11-piece record which sees the artist once again triumphantly breaking the barriers of being in a band in order to successfully explore their own musical desires. The album touches on everything from…
Never ones to think inside the box, David and Stephen Dewaele, better known as the Belgian beat makers Soulwax, have decided to put their stamp on the BBC Radio 1 Sessions by being the first to record an hour-long set for the show rather than mixing existing material. Recorded in…