• Album Review: Snow Patrol – Wildness

    Seven years after their 2011 effort Fallen Empires, Snow Patrol, responsible for such mid-noughties hits as ‘Chasing Cars’ and ‘Run’, return with an album both as deftly constructed as it is lyrically contemplative. Delayed repeatedly with various side projects and more than one bout of writers’ block for lead...
  • Too Many Zooz @ Rescue Rooms

    A quiet Sunday evening is not just interrupted but actively destroyed by a riot of jazz, funk, EDM and house music in the form of busking phenomenon Too Many Zooz. Although the band gained popularity and acclaim after garnering millions of views of their performances on YouTube, they originated...
  • Album Review: Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

    Who the f*** are Arctic Monkeys? Only, the biggest name in British alternative music and after a five year hiatus they’re back and certainly making an impression. Twelve years on from their first album, the Sheffield quartet has released their sixth studio album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. And...
  • DMA’s @ Rock City

    After my second time experiencing a DMA’s gig, I can now say with confidence that this is a band that is meant to be seen live. Though their first and newly released second albums both have a great deal of charm and character, you only really feel their electric...
  • Album Review: Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy

    After her initial release of highly successful single ‘Bodak Yellow’ which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in a row, Cardi B continues to please her fans with her debut album Invasion of Privacy. Her last mixtape Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 2 highlighted Cardi’s aggressive nature and authority, however, with the...
  • Music Timehop: Thirty Years On, Tracy Chapman Still Rings True

    I’ve loved ‘Fast Car’ for years – it’s one of those songs that sticks with you, and occasionally you feel the need to listen to it for no other reason than you haven’t heard it in a while. When I got my newest phone, I wanted to have it...
  • George Ezra @ Rock City

    As someone who loves being known for being punctual, if not early, to literally everything, arriving 20 minutes early to Rock City and having to queue around the corner and into the adjacent car park, even I was shocked by Notts’ love for George Ezra. With 2 hours to...