Tag: Dylan Llewellyn-Nunes

Being alone doesn’t have to mean lonely and as usual, on Wrong Creatures, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have created something incredibly unique but wonderfully familiar.

Wrong Creatures plays on expectations; with seemingly casual ease the band create a record that may not surprise, but will certainly stun.

The songs follow …

The Barr Brothers return with a wonderfully considered and cohesive third album, Queens Of The Breakers.

Before we get into the details, it’s worth pointing out just how well this record hangs together as a whole. It’s loaded with standout tracks, so it’d be easy to miss that, more than …

Future Islands performing in London on November 21st, 2017 (Alberto Pezzali / Live4ever)

Live, Future Islands make gratifying and terrifying more than merely similar words. Tonight, they’re almost the same emotion.

Future Islands, and Samuel T. Herring in particular, are always so distinct, but never more so than when …

Some venues suit some acts, and tonight is like some kind of power couple.

Benjamin Booker launches, well saunters, on to the stage, but from there it’s explosive save for the slightly slow fuse of opener Slow Drag Under. Booker’s tempered opening shot oozes savvy blues nods and just feels …

Trampolene’s debut album seems intent to subvert convention and expectation at every turn.

Start as you mean to go on is such a cliche; Swansea To Hornsey’s start is anything but cliche. Instead, it’s a powerful tool of expectation destruction. A poem that’s equal parts nostalgia and rage.

Trampolene are …

Wolf Alice performing at the Aberdeen Garage. August 2017. (Kayleigh Morrison / Live4ever)

With some bands a live performance is something of a foregone conclusion. That’s not to say expected is bad, it’s simply expected – Wolf Alice, however, aren’t doing the expected.

The interesting thing about this band live …

Jake Bugg continues to confuse and dismay, as nothing on Hearts That Strain is expected.

If anything, it’s a lot more passionate and sincere than anything else he’s recorded. Gone is the fiery blast of his debut. Gone is the production shimmer and sheen of On My One. Instead, Hearts …

Sheffield’s Milburn return with an incredibly ambitious third album entitled Time, and time’s one thing they’re not wasting.

With an extremely varied record that tries to have it all, Milburn show they are not afraid of pushing themselves, to try harder just for the sake of it.

It’s for this …

Here’s the thing: we’re not sure what, but something about The Districts new album Popular Manipulations sounds almost Scottish. What that means, who knows. It’s an odd thing to admit based on nothing but a twang and a feeling. but then much of the joy to be found in Popular…

This isn’t what was meant to happen. Who okayed this album as a comeback?

Surely LCD Soundsystem, after so long away, should sound dated? Isn’t this the time when we can point at them and laugh because they’ve finally misstepped? Where’s the dull as sh*t album that fails to …

Miss the 60s and 70s? Little Barrie do.

Every album so far has passionately recreated some elements of the era. From their soulful debut to their blues rock follow up, they’ve even done surf and more. So what’s left? Turns out more than expected, it just needed a little lateral …

The Libertines headlining Tramlines Festival 2017 (Gary Mather / Live4ever)

There are urban festival spaces, and then there are festivals in urban spaces. It’s subtle differences like this that make Yorkshire so fascinating.

If Leeds does one thing, you can be sure as hell Sheffield won’t do the same. So …

Ever wondered what a love-child band of 80’s era Fleetwood Mac and Cher would sound like? Probably not, as it’s likely to sounds like a hideous car crash of Wilson Phillips proportions.

But what if it wasn’t? What if it swirled and shimmered and stunned? What if it sounded like …

The Charlatans are that band. The one that just never seems to know when to stay down.

They take knocks. They hit peaks. Troughs. Sh*t happens. More sh*t happens. And yet, at every stage, they never cease or desist.

But it’s never been output for output’s sake. For The Charlatans…

Some album titles seem almost doomed before anyone’s heard a note. Popular Music certainly seems like a bold choice for any band. Good luck LIFE.

Without hearing it, it would be easy to think the title is some loaded, ironic FU from a band so far beyond ‘the scene’ (and …

Live At Leeds 2017 (Gary Mather / Live4ever)

Underestimating Live At Leeds is an easy mistake to make; it’s becoming a serious festival player.

Yes, it lacks tents and fields. Yes, it might not be the biggest brand name. And yes, you have less chance of an awful experience in …