Music
Live Review: Kite Festival – Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire 10.06.2022 – 12.06.2022
The kids are alright – they’ve got Glastonbury and Reading but where do you go if you want a grown up festival? To a field situated somewhere between Bicester and Oxford apparently! Kite Festival is the brand new summer bash where you’re more likely to experience a book reading than blokes barfing. A festival that …
Track: Starcrawler share new track ‘She Said’
Starcrawler release new track and video ‘She Said’ off upcoming album.
News: Deaf Havana – Release Heartfelt Track ‘ Nevermind’ – Announce Intimate Instore Dates for July & Headline Tour Kicks Off In November
RELEASE HEARTFELT TRACK NEVERMIND LISTEN HERE ALSO ANNOUNCE INTIMATE INSTORE DATES FOR JULY ALBUM THE PRESENT IS A FOREIGN LAND OUT 15TH JULY, PRE-ORDER HERE LONG-AWAITED UK HEADLINE TOUR KICKS OFF IN NOVEMBER TICKETS ON SALE HERE Pop/rock outfit Deaf Havana released an incredibly heartfelt and honest song, in the form of Nevermind. The stripped-back track showcases the more vulnerable side of frontman James Veck-Gilodi’s …
Track: Bea Burridge – Cigarette Smoke
Scunthorpe’s Burridge has shared her new single ‘Cigarette Smoke’. A track that is a full-throttle angst-heavy number produced by long term collaborator Sean Kennedy (Muzz, Shelly Ravid, Voicians). Burridge states: “I wanted this track to be a nod to Joan Jett and the heavy influence she has had on my music. The song is about …
Meet: Bea Burridge; Making Loud Music For Angry Girls
Give us a potted history of yourself I’ve been writing music since I was at university. I started off writing poetry and it just seemed like a natural progression. I’ve been actually recording music and my own songs for around six years with my amazing producer Sean Kennedy playing every single instrument on my tracks. …
Album Review: Madalitso Band – Musakayike : joyful, jumping urban folk from Malawi
Big in Europe, unknown in Malawi…It’s not often that you can use that strapline about a band but that’s the trajectory so far for Madalitso Band, the enduringly upbeat partnership of Yosefe Kalekeni and Yobu Maligwa. The pair’s distinctive raw Malawian folk sound, bonded through years of busking in Lilongwe’s shopping malls, may have first …
Live Review: Tate McRae / Alexander 23 – The Academy, Dublin 17.06.2022
On Friday, the 17th of June, Canadian singer songwriter Tate McRae took to the stage of Dublin’s Academy, with support from American artist Alexander 23. The Middle Abbey Street venue’s doors opened at 7pm, but, by then a massive queue had formed all the way down the street with eager fans queuing hours in advance …
Live Review & Gallery: Dark Mofo Festival – Spiritualized – Mac 02, Hobart, 17.06.2022
Jason Pierce (aka J Spaceman), the lead creative force behind Spiritualized, brought his 9 person juggernaut to Australia to play 2 exclusive headlining events, one of those being at Dark Mofo 2022. Spiritualized played an extraordinary set, covering 30 years worth of material, from their beginnings on 1992’s Lazer Guided Missiles through to this year’s …
Album Review: Lit – Tastes Like Gold
American band Lit have returned with their first album in five years. It marks a significant shift away from the country sound of 2017’s These Are the Days and harks back to the alt rock of their heyday, when ‘My Own Worst Enemy’ ruled the US Alt. charts and its album, A Place in the …
Track: Cub Sport release ‘Always Got The Love’ ahead of appearance at Splendour in the Grass
Cub Sport release much anticipated new track ‘Always Got the Love’