Music
Not Forgotten: Bad Company
As radio-friendly hard rock went in 1974, Bad Company were about as generic as it gets. It’s not that they were particularly bad, it’s just that they never really went for broke or took any risks. The initial line up of Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Mick Ralphs and Boz Burrell never really advanced artistically from …
Album Review: Nick Worrall – Hero Buffet
If you’ve ever been bored by a “best” new album or track and said, “I bet there’s someone in a shed somewhere making better music than this,” it turns out that this hyperbolic assertion is actually true. I have found the shed. The occupant of the shed, located in rural Norfolk, is unsigned singer-songwriter Nick …
Premiere: Russell Morgan – You don’t feel
We’re extremely pleased to be premiering the first single, ‘You don’t feel’ from Cheshire singer songwriter Russell Morgan. Taken from his new album, Begin simple, Morgan peddles this rather wistful and beautiful soulful folk (no, it really works). As Morgan puts it”I really struggle sometimes with my writing process, trying to be sincere and authentic. …
News: The Enemy announce farewell tour dates
After ten years in the champions league of indie rock, with three top ten albums behind them as well as last years It’s Automatic album, which comfortably made the top 20, Coventry’s The Enemy have announced that their time with us is over, but not before a handful of tour dates to bow out in …
Track: Feral Mantra “Lost”
Doncaster band Feral Mantra have unveiled a brand new track in the form of “Lost”. Hailed as their debut single, the track sees the uplifting indie band create an instantly catchy and vintage anthem. In my live review of their recent gig at The Rocking Chair in Sheffield, I described them as a wonderful ‘mad …
Track: Ceiling Demons – Stones
We’ve long been fans of Ceiling Demons, which was only strengthened after they recorded an exclusive session for us last year. Now their back with an experimental tape on Frux Tapes, titled Belly of the Hopeless and from it they’ve released a new track, Stones. Its been produced by Bristol born producer Jonathan Swift, who …
News: Tramlines Announces New Acts
Summer is coming. It won’t be long until we can sit outside in beer gardens with our favourite tipple. And you know what else goes hand in hand with the summer? Festivals! Sheffield is blessed with one of the most interesting in the summer line up. In past years we have boasted hugely eclectic line-up, …
See: Holy Wave release new video for ‘Minstrel’s Gallop’
Austin, Texas based five piece Holy Wave have released some new visuals for their track Minstrel’s Gallop, taken from their latest album Freaks of Nurture, out now on The Reverberation Appreciation Society records. It has this frankly gorgeous swirl about the whole thing, as these guitar riffs and accompanying organ sweep under the vocals, which …
Live: Rolo Tomassi, Terrible Love & Elegies – Picture House Social Sheffield – 12.04.16
As the crowd shuffle into an almost full Picture House Social local band Elegies kick into their own brand of metal pulling from elements of metalcore, hardcore and melodic rock. Despite being the first band they manage to draw a reasonably sized crowd and show their appreciation with a high energy set. The bands twin …
See: Mura Masa reveals video for What If I Go?
The British youngster Mura Masa’s rise has been steady and steep. Only releasing his debut EP Someday Somewhere last year, he’s already preparing us all for his debut album, which will be released on his own label Anchor Point Records, with his second single. From the stuff we’ve heard, we can easily label Mura Masa …