alternative rock
EP: Venus – Wicked Things
Rock Queens – ‘Venus’ have released their first EP ‘Wicked Things’ available now from the bands Bandcamp. Lead singer GK, says; ‘With it being our first body of work, wewanted to take both ourselves and our listeners on a journey.Life can be sporadic with what it throws at you, it doesn’t everseem to slow down …
Not Forgotten: Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
The problem with Joy Division is that it is like a Colombo re-run: however brilliant it is, you know precisely how it ends. Last week, ‘Unknown Pleasures’ celebrated its 40th birthday, so I sat down to listen to it, as though for the first time. The truth is, its magnificent. The guitars soar over tight …
Track: L.A. Witch – Brian
L.A. Witch share their effortlessly cool new single ‘Brian’ before turning up the heat on tour in the UK in February. The Los-Angeles based threesome of Sade Sanchez (vocals/guitar), Irita Pai (bass/vocals), Ellie English (drums) have just signed to Suicide Squeeze Records and are celebrating by sharing new single ‘Brian’. Originally released on 7” via …
Album Review: Ty Segall – Ty Segall (2017)
After 2016’s excellent Emotional Mugger, it’s no surprise that Ty Segall’s (second) self-titled record retreats somewhat from the out of control nature of his former release, perhaps more to the style of his earlier material. But even without comparisons to his back catalogue, Ty Segall is an album that stands firmly on its own two …
Album Review: Young Guns- Echoes
After a three year break between their second and third albums- the latter of which came out last year- Young Guns have not messed around this time. Just fifteen months after their last album Ones and Zeroes, the High Wycombe (recently diminished) four-piece are back again with Echoes, their fourth full length offering. Whilst each …
Track: Arrows of Love – Toad, plus UK tour dates
London art-rockers Arrows of Love follow up their highly regarded debut album, ‘Everything’s F*cked’, with a new single ‘Toad’, out on May 27th via the bands own Handspun Records and on limited edition vinyl and tape via Strong Island Recordings.The five piece, led by co-writers Nima and Nuha take a lead from the likes of …
Meet: Bowling For Soup interview, Leeds, 3.2.16
Bowling For Soup have become somewhat of a household name in terms of the rock scene in the past two decades; if pop-punk were a food chain, Bowling For Soup would most definitely be at the top, sporting a dick joke or two with a plethora of catchy hooks in tow. It’s not long since …
Live review: Kaiser Chiefs at Haydock Park Racecourse, 7/8/15
Friday at Haydock Races draws to a close, and tonight’s gathering of people awaiting Kaiser Chiefs’ set is looking a little different to their usual crowd. Everyone is still shuffling around, finding a space or deciding whether or not to stay now the racing is finished as the Kaisers unceremoniously file onto the stage and …
Meet: Idlewild’s Rod Jones
Whilst the first glimpse of Idlewild’s new album Everything Ever Written, titled Collect Yourself was very good when it dropped onto our radar late last year, the bands new single Come On Ghost, is brilliant. Swaying with intent throughout and decorated with grating guitar solo’s and soaring riffs, it shows the band is capable of …
Album Review: BC Camplight – How to Die in the North
Okay, confession time. Prior to hearing How to Die in the North, I was utterly ignorant of the work of BC Camplight. Simply put, his was not a name that I was familiar with and it was the fact that he was signed to Bella Union that caught my eye more than anything else. Home …