Whenever you see anything about Future Islands it can seem like the writer is somehow contractually obliged to mention that Letterman performance and the subsequent bridgehead it gave them into the mainstream. That was ten years ago however, and …
It’s all a bit much this time of year, isn’t it? Whether it’s the hangover from the pre-Christmas partying/stress, the lingering indulgence or loneliness of the holiday season itself or the desolate, bleak comedown which we’re now enduring (otherwise known as ‘January’).
Come then and …
Tired are we? January blues already? Feeling a bit hungover from the festive period?
Tough. Snap out of it. And if you don’t do it yourself, then Sprints will do it for you.
Slowly but surely over the last couple of years, the Dublin-four …
If you want to know how hard it is to be a musician with a conscience these days, just ask Sleaford Mods singer Jason Williamson.
When confronted during a gig in Madrid recently with a Palestinian scarf being …
The longer it goes, the harder it gets to cast your mind back to the early days of the pandemic.
As an art form, music overnight for many was revitalised, a means of both escapism and connection to an outside now …
Billy Bragg by Jill Furmanovsky
It seems appropriate that, in a city with such a progressive outlook, the Bard Of Barking is among the first to perform at the Beacon (latterly Colston Hall), a £150m project that will welcome the likes of Paul …
…Los Angeles is an immersive, dystopian fever dream of an album. Obviously the percussion is great, but the trio have pooled together their contacts for a fearsome supporting cast of collaborators and singers. Some are better known than others,
Longevity in music, what’s the secret?
The answer is probably in a combination of shrugging off all the bad stuff and having some fun with it; for most artists their day in the sun is brief.
Spector were formed by Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man …
Back in the summer (‘of Britpop’ as some wags dubbed it), despite an excellent new album, one of Blur’s most impressive achievements was how intensely and accurately they were able to roll back the years to deliver their early, frantically wasted tracks as …
Sometimes life comes at you pretty fast.
Speaking around the time of the release of their fifth album Everyone’s Crushed earlier this year, one half of Water From Your Eyes – Nate Amos – admitted that the change in pace and …
The Prodigy live in Manchester on their Fat Of The Land 25th anniversary tour (Gary Mather for Live4ever)
Life depends upon change and renewal. Whether it’s self-imposed or forced upon you, change is inevitable but it’s how you manage …
For the cynics keen on applying lazy stereotypes, Eagulls were an easy enough soak.
From Leeds, the quintet played angst ridden post punk with more in its raking guitars and barked vocals than a hint of goth, that being the other supposed sole musical byproduct of …
As has been the case for the last 18 years, the crowd need no encouragement to chant ‘The View Are On Fire.’ Indeed, the temptation to play on it in every review the band receive is palpable. It’s almost too easy.
Yet The …
There’s a lot to be said for more brevity in hip hop; whilst a few premier high-end talents can get away with an 80-minute odyssey – and plenty more try – the sometimes relentless nature of it can feel like a listening battle of wills.…
Andy Crofts is quite the polymath.
The lead songwriter and singer for The Moons, Crofts was also a full-time member of Paul Weller’s band until recently, having to step back for personal reasons.
In over a decade working with the musician, he contributed …
Do not be put off by the band name.
Accidentally topical (with their fellow Liverpudlians atop the singles chart once more), the moniker should be viewed not as puntastic, rather as the group presenting themselves as creatures of the night. Viewed …