Since their 2014 album success Hold My Home Cold War Kids have kept relatively quiet, recently becoming signed under Capitol Records and generically speaking ‘hitting the big time’. This spring, they have returned with a full length album dedicated to LA titled accordingly: L.A Divine. The band have said…
Pure Comedy – what can we say about Pure Comedy? The opening lines put us right there: “the comedy of man starts like this/ Our brains are way too big for our mothers’ hips.” The pain of human birth leading to the need for a family unit, creating childhood,…
Hardwicke Circus is the name of a seven-piece from Carlisle who specialise in bringing some heavily melodic rhythm and blues music in a complete package that really packs a punch. Following their self-titled 2015 EP, the band have now returned with Social Music, another a five tracked EP…
When I saw Blaenavon a fortnight ago, I said I felt that I had come away from their show feeling like I had discovered the UK’s next biggest artist. Now, and with the release of their debut album That’s Your Lot, I not only stand by that statement,…
'Bad Bohemian’ is the first single from the Cumbria/Brighton/Isle of Skye band. It's all summed up in that title, isn't it? The raison d'etre of British Sea Power, one of the most important British guitar-based bands of the 21st century. Intelligent, thoughtful, and yet playful and downright fun. Bohemian…
“I think writing an album is like being lost in a wood,” says Will Gregory. “You’re trying to figure out an interesting path. You don’t know whether it’s going to be a dead end or somewhere interesting and you never know when to stop because around the corner…
By definition an automaton is a machine designed to imitate human actions, which led me to expect a detached electronic vibe rather than an album as loose as this. It's been seven years and Jamiroquai are back with new album Automaton proving that they can still sound every…
Tall Ships is a name that those following the music scene will recognise progressively popping up more and more. There is a very distinctive buzz around this Brighton band that is somewhat unparalleled. Now, returning with their second album since 2012, Impressions,are the band living up to expectations,…
Fischer-Z are back! A headline that is probably not going to turn many heads in the UK but in Europe it’s quite a story. Fischer-Z, aka John Watts, have been going for 40 years and this is John’s 20th album but his success has mainly been in Europe and…
Once upon a time, about 2008 to be more exact, Johnny Flynn, along with Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling and Noah and the Whale, spearheaded the young ‘folk’ movement, a decisive rebellion against the purity and sometimes sanctity of ye olde English folk. We’d been here before, of course.