Rock
Premiere: Marty K & the Electric Hurricanes dynamically ‘Ride the Waves (ft Rosa Rico)’ in a rollicking soul-inflected anthem.
Marty K & the Electric Hurricanes have an unique ability to take a sonic snapshot of the seventies with a prog rock genetic code and deliver something cathartic and satisfying for our times. Last time we met them, they released the psychedelic blast of ‘Rattle Snakes and Bones’ (read my review here). The follow up, …
Album Review: Camp Cope Back with a Blissful new Album
Camp Cope are back with melodic, vulnerable album Running with the Hurricane
Live Review: White Lies – O2 Institute, Birmingham 13.03.2022 Plus Gallery
It’s unusual for a band to start a show on their biggest song but it’s a risk White Lies are willing to take as they start this incredible show off with ‘Farewell to the Fairground’. Whilst I’m sure the majority of these gig goers aren’t expecting it, they’re quick to come into their own and …
News: Rolling Stones announce brand new European tour – SIXTY this Summer including London / Liverpool shows
In celebration of their sixtieth anniversary, the legendary Rolling Stones have announced a new European Tour (named, inevitably I suppose, SIXTY), taking place thus summer and including a couple of shows at London’s Hyde Park, and their first stadium gig in Liverpool for over 50 years with a show at Anfield Stadium. Taking in Madrid (Spain), Munich (Germany), Liverpool (UK), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Bern(Switzerland), Milan (Italy), London (UK), Brussels (Belgium), Vienna (Austria), Lyon(France), Paris (France), Gelsenkirchen (Germany), Stockholm (Sweden), …
Live Review: Holy Hell the King Street Carnival ignites Newtown
Tropical Fuck Storm blows King Street Carnival Away
Live: The Chats come out smokin’
The Chats live – a thrilling blend of Australian humour and high energy shed rock
Live Review: Boston Manor +Jools – o2 Academy, Birmingham 17.02.2022 plus gallery
Up & coming band Jools certainly know how to get a party started. Their vibes are incredible and the fast filling 2nd room of the Birmingham o2 Academy is edging closer to the stage to take in everything this 7 piece have to offer. It’s clear to see why every single member is there as …
Live Review: DON BROCO – Pryzm/Banquet Records, Kingston 17.02.2022 By Matt Chapman
Bedford beasts Don Broco return once again to Banquet Records in Kingston for another run of album release shows, this time armed with a number one album. The bands latest album ‘Amazing Things’ was released digitally back in October of 2021, but due to delays and misprints, the physical copies were only released at the …
Album Review: Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa
Austin, Texas rock’n’rollers Spoon have released their 10th album – Lucifer on the Sofa – on Matador Records and it’s a blistering, thumping, rocking album that Spoon lovers will adore and those new to Spoon will too. It’s the first set of songs in over a decade that the band have recorded in Austin and was written and recorded …
News: In Seventh Heaven – Parquet Courts announce Splendour side shows in support of new album.
Parquet Courts announce side shows to Splendour in the Grass Festival to support their seventh album ‘Sympathy For Life’