Music
Say Psych: Album Review, Live in Berlin by Dead Skeletons
I’ve only managed to see the Dead Skeletons live on one occasion, an amazing double-header with Follakzoid (see here) at the now sadly closed Kazimier Club in Liverpool. It was my first time for both bands, a great night in which the Liverpool PsychFest team had pulled out all the stops to make that small …
Album Review: LNZNDRF – LNZNDRF
Once in a great while a record comes out and completely catches me off guard. Sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. With the debut record of LNZNDRF it’s definitely for the better. It’s one of those debuts that comes out of the gate and grabs you instantly. Part euro pop, part Krautrock …
News: Live At Leeds 2016 announce new wave of artists
Live At Leeds returns to celebrate their 10th anniversary this year on Saturday 30th April 2016. Grab a wristband and off you go: it’s your challenge to see as many acts as possible in just one day of live music. This year’s festival headliners are billed as Jess Glynne, Circa Waves, Mystery Jets, Band of Skulls, We …
See: Jealous of the Birds reveals new video for Goji Berry Sunset
Portadown singer-songwriter Naomi Hamilton, aka Jealous Of The Birds has just released some visuals to accompany the track Goji Berry Sunset, taken from her debut album ‘Parma Voilets’, out on May 6th. Describing her music by saying “My only hope is that the songs sound like a real friend talking”, she walks a narrow path …
Album Review: They Might Be Giants – Phone Power
The third album to be compiled from tracks that They Might Be Giants released on their rebooted Dial-A-Song service on YouTube during 2015, Phone Power has been released as a pay-what-you-want download, and will be released in more traditional formats in the future. So far, so Radiohead. TMBG fans knew that a third album of …
Live Review: The Oscillation, The Lexington, 09.03.2016
So it’s a new venue for me tonight, and it comes in the form of The Lexington. Baba Yaga’s Hut have put a nice little line up together tonight in the form of Sterling Roswell supporting The Oscillation on their Monographic album launch evening. Sterling Roswell is the brainchild of Roscoe, former drummer of Spaceman …
See: Clean Cut Kid release new video for In your eyes
Ahead of their record store release ‘Pick me Up’, Liverpool four piece Clean Cut Kid have released the b-side ‘In your eyes’. It comes on the back of their two previous singles ‘Vitamin C’ and ‘Runaway’, and sees the band poised to go across and play SXSW, having sold out their forthcoming headline dates, which …
Live: The Cult – Leeds 8.3.2016
The Cult at Leeds Uni. I can remember saying that a few times in the past. Despite their flit to the states, world wide stadium shows and all that other razzamatazz, it still feels right and proper to me, that the one and only place to truly experience such an iconic band is right on …
Tour News: Refused – UK and European Tour
Following the success of last year’s critically acclaimed album, Freedom, the Swedish punk rock visionaries Refused return to our shores as they continue their all conquering tour across Europe and the UK. Over the next few months the band will be performing multiple headline shows along with three festival appearances consisting of Dutch Paaspop Festival in …
Live: Sleeping With Sirens – O2 Apollo Manchester, 4.03.16
With massive steps up in venues from the last tour, Sleeping With Sirens are mastering the art of live shows. A giant drum riser, fully lit ramps and central blaring lights have joined the set since the last tour, creating sweet silhouettes of the Florida boys. Anyone in the building who is still sceptic about …