• EP Review: The Wytches – Thunder Lizard’s Reprieve

    After the success of their 2014 debut LP Annabel Dream Reader and a seemingly interminable run of live appearances, The Wytches return to our eardrums with a fresh batch of psychedelic post-punk on their new 4-track EP Thunder Lizard’s Reprieve. With a titular tip of the cap to their...
  • Live Review: AC/DC, Wembley Stadium (04/07/15)

    Only one performance in England, at London’s Wembley Stadium. The 72,500 tickets available sold out in less than 60 minutes. These facts emphasise the formidable reputation that AC/DC have built over their forty-two years as a group, and the dedication of their many, many fans, all of whom were...
  • Festival Preview: Reading and Leeds

    Everybody’s favourite twin festivals return in 2015 to bring an ever more varied line-up to Bramham Park and Richfield Avenue this August bank holiday. Famous for their big-ticket headliners and rivers of late-summer mud, Leeds and Reading promise another memorable year, having attracted The Libertines, Mumford & Sons and...
  • Interview: InMe

    InMe have just come off a huge UK tour celebrating the release of the first instalment of their new triple album Trilogy. Trilogy: Dawn is a huge melodic rock album that has received critical acclaim and has gone down particularly well with the band’s die-hard fanbase. We caught up with...
  • FESTIVAL PREVIEW: END OF THE ROAD

    It seems that not a year goes by when Dorset’s End of the Road Festival manages to put together an incredible line up, and this year is no different. Here are some of the acts worth checking out at this year’s festival. SUFJAN STEVENS Sufjan Stevens’ reputation certainly precedes...
  • Live Review: Arcane Roots, The Bodega (08/05/15)

    Taking to the stage fifteen minutes earlier than scheduled so as to squeeze in as many songs as possible for a packed out Bodega crowd, Arcane Roots’ commitment to their ever-growing following evidently continues. As the three-piece from Kingston-upon-Thames deliver a soaring repertoire from Left Fire to ‘Over and...
  • Album Review: James Bay – ‘Chaos and the Calm’

    After being awarded the BRITS Critics Choice Award this year, James Bay’s debut album Chaos and the Calm is set to shoot him to stardom in the form of Britain’s most exciting new brooding man with a guitar and an uncanny capacity for “traditional songwriting”. Fancy something like Hozier but...