Music
Album Review : Z – Visions of Dune
I have not made it a secret that I love analog synth music. Those warm, bubbling tones that permeate the air in visual greens and blues get me every time. The desolation they put my headspace in takes me to my childhood and those late nights staying up watching something I shouldn’t that I’d rented …
See: Flying Lotus releases new video for Never Catch Me feat. Kendrick Lamar
It would be fair to say that Kendrick Lamar’s new single ‘i’ has been controversial, with many seeing it as Kendrick’s play for the radio. That the Kendrick featuring ‘Never Catch Me’, off of Flying Lotus’ new album ‘You’re Dead!’, came out just a week or so beforehand probably didn’t help matters. Whilst both tracks …
Not Forgotten: Atomic Rooster – In Hearing of Atomic Rooster
In Hearing Of Atomic Rooster is a remarkable album, but not for the most obvious reasons. On first listen, it’s a heavy psych-prog album by a band centred around former Crazy World of Arthur Brown organ-botherer Vincent Crane and the band’s only album featuring the vocal talents of former Leaf Hound vocalist Peter French (who …
Meet: Mercury Nominees GoGo Penguin interview
Its been quite a few weeks for Manchester Jazz Trio GoGo Penguin. Fired skywards by their recent Mercury Barclaycard Album of the Year nomination, they followed it up with a spot on Live on Jools Holland the other night. After a couple of years skirting around the edges of public consciousness, which saw heavy support …
Album Review : Julian Casablancas + The Voidz – Tyranny
So what happened to Julian Casablancas, or has he always been really weird? I guess there’s always been an element of weirdness to the guy, even back when he was the king of New York cool. That weirdness still felt slick and tough, that is until 2006 with The Strokes’ First Impressions of Earth. While …
Live Review: The 1975 / Circa Waves – 02 Apollo, Manchester 26.09.2014
After missing the first band due to the perverse demeanour of the ticket office lady, second support band Circa Waves took to the stage at 8.30. Bringing their indie pop to the Manchester Apollo in a glare of green lights with a funky Spanish sounding intro, they blew away any lingering thoughts of the aforementioned …
Not Forgotten: ZZ Top – Degüello
Pretty much smack inbetween the career high-water mark that was Tres Hombres, and the ultra-commercial, MTV-courting, mega-seller, Eliminator, ZZ Top’s Deguello is something of a stand-alone for the band. Whereas all their earlier albums albums were re-released on CD in the latter-half of the 80s slathered in drum machines, and their next album, El Loco, …
News: Nick Mulvey announces new Uk Tour Dates for March 2015
I’d say me and Nick Mulvey know each other well, but thats not quite true. Me and Nick Mulveys debut album First Mind know each other very well indeed. We’ve travelled to work together an awful lot since its release (much) earlier in the year. Its a year thats gone particularly well for Mulvey, the …
News: Lonely The Brave Take On The Big Cheese Tour With Marmozets
After their album, The Day’s War, went to number one in the UK rock chart, Lonely The Brave are headlining the Big Cheese Tour in October with raucous northern band, Marmozets! Both bands have had recently released albums- DEBUT albums- and this tour already promises to be huge. The Day’s War was released on September …
News: Chiodos Pull Out Of The Blackout UK Tour
The Blackout have never been a band that have had much luck; last year they had to cancel a number of dates mid-tour due to vocalist Gavin being taken ill during a show. Unfortunately, this year has been no different. Just a month before the first date of their tour to support their new EP, …