Ian Fillingham

Madrid three-piece, The Parrots, release some more material with their second EP Weed For The Parrots. The band have had a string of previous releases included their split 7” earlier in the year with their animalistic, Spanish compatriots Hinds – a pretty obvious match of bands. The Parrotts’ sound is...

Another year, another line-up, another day of music and merriment. As many came to the end of exams, or others who tried to justify a break, students took to the city of Nottingham to enjoy the all day music festival of Dot to Dot. Including performances of brief nudity...

The sun is out and so are hundreds of fans for a triumphant return of a band with a cult following. Despite arriving at the venue an hour and a half before doors open, people are already sat on the steps of Rock City waiting for tonight’s show. By...

Nai Harvest’s second full-length effort sees them embrace Britpop, squeaky clean productions and huge, huge hooks. The Sheffield duo’s previous songwriting efforts had shown undoubted promise but remained disjointed, scrappy emo rock. The emergence of ‘Buttercups’ last year changed all this, immediately throwing Nai Harvest forward as a band...

The cool and collected co-founder of Boy Better Know, JME, has dropped his third studio album, Integrity. The 16-track release is yet another undulation in the already tidal wave that is today’s Grime scene, and it’s heading for shore. In the preceding few months, grime music has surged to...

The fifth of Snarky Puppy’s albums to be recorded live with an audience, and their eighth offering overall, Sylva is the result of a collaboration between them and the critically acclaimed Metropole Orchestra. The result is a soundscape unlike anything we have heard from them before; the grooves, break...

The world’s favourite hip-hop heretic returns with his fourth album, and it’s a bit of a riddle. Odd-future’s obtuse frontman, Tyler, the Creator, dropped his new album, Cherry Bomb, one week after announcing its existence. For those of you who’ve only just caught up; if you’re into gritty synth...