Live Review: Judas Priest, Wolverhampton 26.11.15
Leather, Spikes and Roaring Motorbikes! So where to start reviewing such Legends of metal? After numerous changes (how many drummers?) and constant evolution of their sound over 45 years the Midland Metal Gods are making a return to their homelands, and what could be better? With Black Sabbaths “War Pigs”, blasted to introduce the band, …
See: I Set the Sea on Fire release ’Tastes Like Funk’ video
“The trippy video features the band sat politely at a table before wildly swinging their instruments around, dicking about and setting fire to things” Sheffield-based funk-rockers I Set the Sea on Fire return with their new single, “Tastes Like Funk”. The trippy video features the band sat politely at a table before wildly swinging their …
Album Review: Majical Cloudz – Are You Alone?
It is 2am on a Monday morning, I am sitting and relaxing in my bed with the windows open and my lights dimmed. I decide to listen to the Magical Cloudz album I’ve been meaning to get around to. I am pleasantly surprised. ‘Disappeared’ is a gorgeous, slow paced starter, in its best moments recalling …
Track: Pusha T – Untouchable
Pusha T has mastered the art of not becoming satirized. This is something he cites in the opening of his new track “Untouchable”. He states, “ I drops every blue moon/ to separate myself from the kings of the Youtube.” “Untouchable” is Pusha T’s first Timberland beat featuring a Notorious B.I.G sample. Although the affiliation …
Track: Red House Glory – Pray Now
London quartet, Red House Glory, have been releasing EP after EP for the best part of four years. Their true Brit-rock, matched with their glorious melodies and pop-infused choruses makes them an outrageously catchy band and one the whole family can enjoy. Ahead of their next EP, All Out of Love, the band treat us …
Track: Raury – Devil’s Whisper
Raury is new age rap. At just 19, Atlanta Georgia’s Raury, is miles beyond his years. “Devil’s Whisper” conceptualizes just this. It is a song identifying everyone’s struggle between good and bad in the 21st Century. Raury begins with the prose “You better run, run from the devil” over the top of a boom clap …
Film Review: Jorn Threlfall’s “Over”
The cork pops and the water of life generously fills many large tumblers played by an enthusiastic professional orchestra. This short whiskey commercial is a fascinating display of musical and cinematic skill long enough to unforgettably entertain the audience and infuse it with energy bursting from the commercial’s London-based director Jorn Threlfall. Threlfall’s enthusiasm is equally …
News, Don Broco announce full support for December tour
Broco are back, and this time they’ve brought some friends. This week the Oxford-rockers have announced their support for their upcoming December tour. Joining them on the road are Coasts, Arcane Roots, and Symmetry on the 9 date tour all over the UK. With the Edinburgh show already sold out, the Automatic live show is …
Obituary: Carey Lander – Paradoxically Modest and Truly Brilliant (1982 -2015)
Some musicians surprise fans by not knowing how to deal with appreciation and disarm reviewers by willing to absorb criticism of their music. Carey Lander, the keyboard player with Glaswegian indie pop band Camera Obscura from 2001 until her death in October 2015, did both. Erudite and demure offstage but ironically confident in projecting her …
Meet: Lucy Rose
Manchester welcomed Lucy Rose Parton back in its bosom and Backseat Mafia was there to catch her on the first night of her Autumn, U.K. dates. The venue’s Lucy’s dressing room backstage at Academy 3. We’re nervous but also excited about meeting her. She released new album “Work It Out” in July to generally favourable …