Liz Newman

I will begin by categorically holding my hands up and surrendering to the fact I was by far the least qualified person in Rock City to be reviewing the Stranglers. I felt about 30 years too young standing surrounded by leathered, tattooed men with grey spiked hair and earrings;...

After somehow unpretentiously claiming the hipster triangle as their “favourite shape”, band name and emblem; Alt-J blew us all away back in 2012 with their perfectly controlled hall room harmonies: “Three points where two lines meet, toe to toe, back to back, let’s go, my love; it’s very late.’Til...