Recording and performing as a solo artist for nearly as long as he has with The Strokes, Albert Hammond Jr has undergone something of a musical rebirth on his fourth solo studio album Francis Trouble. Inspired by the deeply personal topic of the stillborn death of his twin brother…
Through their signature dreamy psychedelic vibes, Gengahr are easily one of the freshest rising indie acts currently coming out of the UK. Following their monumental debut of A Dream Outside in 2015, the band have now returned with their second feature release, Where Wildness Grows, bringing with them 12…
It’s been three years since George FitzGerald’s excellent debut album, Fading Love, was released, showcasing the London artist as a skilled electronic musician who blends the likes of poppy house and garage, with the more hardcore levels of techno. Things changed for the artist, though, when approaching his sophomore effort.
Back in 2015 when Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats released their eponymous debut album as a band, we all went on a swift, sharp turn down memory lane. Returning, for a moment, to the era of 60s Stax Records and, in particular, the southern soul-inspired rhythm and blues of…
Memories, the long anticipated debut album from soulful singer Ady Suleiman has finally arrived. Suleiman first hit the Brightonsfinest radar when he appeared at The Great Escape, way back in 2015, but he’s been a signed artist in development since 2013. I stepped in to review a live show when…
Alloysious Massaquoi, Graham ‘G’ Hastings and Kayus Bankole form arguably one of the most unique and divisive groups in music. Always difficult to define, Young Fathers have continued to make engrossing music and Cocoa Sugar picks up where White Men Are Black Too left off. Typically unique and exhilarating, the…
Despite headlining festivals and topping charts in the Benelux region, the Editors have only enjoyed moderate success in the UK since the triumph of The Back Room. Nevertheless, the Birmingham band still carry some weight and have continued to evolve and bring out critically-acclaimed records for the past decade. Violence…
At the offset of a career that now spans 15 studio albums in 26 years, Moby had a reputation for an ever-shifting sound – indeed his early albums took in house and rave (on his self-titled debut), ambient (Ambient strangely enough) and even punk (the still-baffling Animal Rights). However,…
The classic line-up of Kim Deal’s cult band The Breeders have reunited for their first album together in 25 years. With her twin sister Kelley on second guitar and vocal, drummer Jim Macpherson and British bassist Josephine Wigg, expectations have been raised exceptionally high. In 1993 the band released Last…
If there ever was an icon of new wave rock, Andrew W.K. was certainly the epitome of it. Following one of the biggest records to come out of the early 21st century, Andrew brought the power of partying to the rock scene, the result being the pure anthem that…