Liam Inscoe-Jones

Janet Jackson has been a pop icon for over 25 years with a discography to be envied. Unbreakable, her 11th studio album, was released shortly before the news of her nomination to be an inductee to the hall of fame was announced. She has not released an album since...

Country is one of western music’s most derided genres. It’s defined by its clichés: insular, beloved by one particular redneck portion of the US of A – it’s hardly surprising few want to dabble in its peculiar twang. And there’s not much out there to combat the myth either...

The recently reformed shoegaze heroes arrive in Nottingham’s Rock City twenty four years after their last visit to play their seminal debut album, Nowhere, in full. It was announced shortly before the tour that there would, in fact, be no support band and Ride would play two sets –...

Ever the alluringly spiky contrarian, John Grant heralded his third album with an unnerving promo vid. Pairing Sylvanian Family quaintness with The Shining, the video depicted blood-drenched Grant dressed all mom-n-apple-pie wielding a gore spattered mallet as the title track relayed overhead. It’s all in much the same vein...

Spector’s set began with ‘Lately It’s You’, which was a fantastic choice. Within the first few minutes there were plenty of sonic delights, from the ominous pulsing which opens the track, to a guitar that sounds like a synth, and even vocals run through a vocoder. Next was a...

Protomartyr return with a third full-length effort, which is not only their best to date, but certainly one of the best of 2015. Since their inception as a band half a decade ago, the Detroit-based four-piece have largely found a sound and stuck to it, preferring to hone and...

Second albums are notoriously difficult to make, it’s a fact. Bands have to navigate their way around musical potholes and clichés to come up with something new. Following Swim Deep’s first album (Where the Heaven Are We), it would be easy for them to continue in the same vein...