Music
Live Review: East India Youth – Rise, Bristol, 10.04.2015
To people of a certain age in Bristol the mention of Imperial Records makes everyone slightly glassy eyed and wistful. It was a place to bump into friends and find new music thanks to a multitude of recommendations chalked on its walls. Its demise felt like another lurch forward in the gentrification of what used …
Track: Kid Wave “Wonderlust” and “Honey”
Kid Wave are a band I first saw by accident, supporting Childhood at a recent gig at the Leadmill in Sheffield. Their laidback mellow vibes fitted perfectly alongside those of the headliner and I meant to track down more by them. As it happened, the opportunity to do this review landed in my inbox and …
Track: Florence and the Machine “St. Jude” and “Ship to Wreck”
As Florence Welch (and her Machine) prepares for Glastonbury greatness, she has also been tantalising her audience with nuggets of her new, third album “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful”. First we had “What Kind of Man” which has a slow, typically-Florence ethereal build up, but after a minute kicks in with the fiercer ‘rock’ …
EP: Twins – Solid State Skin
Out this past Monday on Bravura Records, the label of London producers Kid Who and Andrew Yukon, was the new EP from TWINS, aka Matt Weiner. If you think you recognise that name, you’d probably be right – he’s the label owner at CGI Records and DKA Records. As well as producing music under his …
Meet: The TUTS, fresh from their support slot to The Selector
It’s election time here in the UK, and many people have been asking ‘where are today’s political bands and musicians?’ Some have even gone on record saying that we don’t have any. Well let me assure you, there are plenty of politically charged bands out there, you just have to look in the right place. …
Track: Kodaline return with new single, The One
Taking a lead from Sliding Doors and a myriad of dating website ads, the video to Kodaline’s new single The One, has a real ‘will they won’t they’, sniff of destiny about it. The two are perpetually in the wrong relationships, living in the same area, going to the same parties, they even went to …
Win: Tickets to Hidden Orchestra at St Johns, Hackney
The stunning setting of St Johns in Hackney will provide the backdrop to a special live site-specific set from multi-instrumentalist composer Joe Acheson along with his expanded live band (including two drummers, lets not forget), aka The Hidden Orchestra on November 14th. The venue already has a reputation for stunning shows, with the St. John’s …
Track: The Glass Children – Capture
I’ve a terrible memory. Or at least – I did last week. You see, a couple of things happened on April 11th and I happened to miss them both. The first was that London electro duo The Glass Children, aka David Fairweather and Daniella Kleovoulou released a single, Capture. I’d seen as much on social …
Track: A Place to Bury Strangers / The Telescopes release split single
Fuzz Clubs split series has become essential buying recently, with number five in the series featuring Texas Psych godfathers The Black Angels and Italian Psych rockers Sonic Jesus and for number six they’ve really surpassed themselves, inviting two of the greatest noise rock bands on the planet – New York City’s A Place to Bury …
News: Soul Legend Percy Sledge dies
Percy Sledge is one of those rare artists who secured their pension pot with their debut single as When a Man Loves a Woman must be played on the radio somewhere in the world every second of the day. Sledge, who died today, is not unusual in the soul world for having one classic single …