• 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...
  • Album Review – Alexandra Savior: Belladonna of Sadness

    Alexandra Savior’s debut album is a dark and gloomy trip through the grip of love. The guiding hand of Arctic Monkey’s frontman Alex Turner makes the sound of Belladonna of Sadness familiar, with echoes of the band’s 2013 album AM haunting much of Saviour’s debut. While the lack of...
  • EP Review: The Last Shadow Puppets – The Dream Synopsis

    After the release of their second album Everything You’ve Come to Expect and the world tour which followed, The Last Shadow Puppets return with The Dream Synopsis EP. Featuring reworked album tracks and covers alike, the EP presumably acts as a parting gift from the band. “Alex Turner’s French...
  • An Introduction To: Alexandra Savior

    Many are still yet to hear of the name Alexandra Savior; though that may not be the case for much longer if her array of famous friends have anything to do with it. The Portland, Oregon born singer-songwriter has already amassed somewhat of a cult following around the globe,...
  • Live Review: The Last Shadow Puppets, London Hackney Empire (01/04/2016)

    Alex Turner has entered a realm of endless popularity, and recently many would say he holds an ego which extends from the core of the Earth to far beyond the cyclical outskirts of our universe. Whilst Miles Kane remains far closer to reality, the band manage to encapsulate an...
  • Album Review: The Last Shadow Puppets – Everything You’ve Come to Expect

    Back in 2008, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner and former Rascals/ Little Flames frontman Miles Kane released The Age of the Understatement, under the band name The Last Shadow Puppets. Eight years later, with Alex taking a break from Arctic Monkeys duties, he and Miles are back with this...
  • The Quiet Poeticism of Alex Turner

    Alex Turner, the smoking hot, ice cool frontman of the Arctic Monkeys, is not just a beautiful musician. He’s also the unsung hero of the noughties crop of lyricists, whose writing quietly electrifies meaning; and for many, the voice of a generation. What with their being a band and...