Live Review: OMD at London’s The Roundhouse (5/3)
As London venues go, The Roundhouse is pretty iconic. Once a Victorian repair shed for steam engines, this elegant industrial building now functions as a thriving multimedia arts venue and provides a...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Dear Georgiana – Dear Georgiana
If you’re in the market for a summer music crush, look no further than Alabama-born songstress Lauren Balthrop, here in the guise of Dear Georgiana. After stints with the New York throwback girl-trio...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Yellowbirds – Songs from the Vanished Frontier
Yellowbirds, once the solo vehicle of Sunshine Apollo’s Sam Cohen, has developed into a fully-fledged band with the sophomore release, Songs From The Vanished Frontier. As songwriter, singer, and...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Ralfe Band – Son Be Wise
Following its offbeat 2010 film soundtrack for Bunny And The Bull, the eccentric Ralfe Band return with a characteristically intriguing and unclassifiable recording, Son Be Wise. Main man Oly Ralfe...
View ArticleAlbum Review: John Fogerty – Wrote A Song For Everyone
Released on John Fogerty’s 68th birthday, Wrote A Song For Everyone is a fresh spin on a dozen tunes from the Californian’s Creedence Clearwater Revival and solo days, plus two new tracks. Fogerty...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Kodaline – In A Perfect World
In A Perfect World marks the full debut of young Irish four-piece, Kodaline. The band has been busy building a solid next-big-thing reputation on the back of EPs, live gigs, and sizeable YouTube hits....
View ArticleThe Top 20 Highlights of Glastonbury 2013
Glastonbury is about what you make it. There is the potential for every person’s experience to be different, even unique. Firstly, it’s not simply a music festival. Glastonbury is like a series of...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Rose Windows – The Sun Dogs
The Seattle collective Rose Windows throws back to days when the hippie trail led east and mysticism became entwined with the natural order of things. That said, the septet’s sprawling debut, The Sun...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Bell X1 – Chop Chop
Though active since 2000 and back with its sixth album, Chop Chop, I’d not heard much of Irish triumvirate Bell X1 before, so the temptation to read X1 as 11 put me in mind of cricket. Bell X1 in fact...
View ArticleFifteen More Acts That Need to Tour America
Don’t get us wrong; we know the difficulties surrounding the logistics involved in touring the United States, especially when the artist or band in question’s from overseas. Or worse, foreign and...
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