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Night Swims – Idle/Wild

Hopping over the Atlantic for a little bit, Night Swims is the stateside project of singer and guitarist Michael Thomas. Conceived in San Diego in the middle of 2020, the group’s perfectly monikered debut album ‘Idle/Wild’ is an upshot of the environment and era that created it, at times wild and at times slower paced,Continue reading “Night Swims – Idle/Wild”

Wez King – M.H.

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week 2022, Maidstone singer-songwriter Wez King has recorded and released the gorgeously uplifting ‘M.H’. A frank confessional salutation to the gulf of depression and the determination to overcome it and stay alive, King’s hefty, resolute vocals rendered over a heart-bursting melody and life-affirming guitar lines and piano. The track particularlyContinue reading “Wez King – M.H.”

Wet Leg – Wet Leg

When ‘Chaise Longue’ appeared on several hundred Spotify playlists in the middle of last year the music sphere collectively dropped the glass bottle of diet coke they were cooly drinking and jaws fell open aghast at this witty, chic, new wave hit appearing out of the furthest reaches of nowhere, also known as the IsleContinue reading “Wet Leg – Wet Leg”

Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia

Alternative music, whatever that now means, has been missing some true new festival headliner-worthy giants for a fair while – Wolf Alice have nudged into that territory but it’s population is undoubtedly tiny. Enter Fontaines D.C. with their third and as-yet most accomplished record ‘Skinty Fia’. The Irish lads’ debut ‘Dogrel’ nestled comfortably in theContinue reading “Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia”

Jamie T – The Old Style Raiders

We all thought five years was a stupendously long time to wait between Jamie T’s second LP ‘Kings & Queens’ and 2014’s follow-up ‘Carry On The Grudge’ but, while our attentions were being grabbed by other pressing events on the world stage, the original urchin singer-songwriter spent an eye-watering six years polishing up his latestContinue reading “Jamie T – The Old Style Raiders”

Panic Shack – Baby Shack EP

There’s nothing more punk rock than mastering the raw power of three chords fused with simple, effective rhymes and on the Baby Shack EP Panic Shack prove themselves skilled artisans of just that. With a healthy dose of humour and an audible sense of fun, the Cardiff four-piece take a handful of, in less-adept hands,Continue reading “Panic Shack – Baby Shack EP”

The Others – The Grace, London, 30/04/22

Twenty years have passed since mid-00s London scene favourites and NME cover stars The Others got together and set about making their mark on the musical world. To celebrate the fact that they are still very much still in existence and filled with as much life as ever, tonight’s gig sees the band break anContinue reading “The Others – The Grace, London, 30/04/22”

Columbia – Embrace The Chaos

Many artists try hard to bury their influences under heaps of avant-garde experimentalism, misjudged kooky angles and cringe worthy vocal gymnastics when, truly, it was the monolithic greats who brought us all kneeling at the altar of rock’n’roll. Columbia see no merit in hiding where their sound comes from and boldly plaster their influences inContinue reading “Columbia – Embrace The Chaos”

The K’s – Hometown

Opening with a brash stomp of a T-Rex riff, The K’s are back with ‘Hometown’, a rough and ready tale of life in Suburbia set to a rabble-rousing pop punk roar that The Enemy might have delivered in the mid-00s. The tune zips up, the riff goes off and the Earlestown four-piece vividly dissect anContinue reading “The K’s – Hometown”

Fate Of The Sun – Blade Runner 1999

Fate Of The Sun reckons we live in a dystopian mess of a world, so much so he feels like he’s living in the cruddy future originally envisioned in 1982 sci-fi flick Blade Runner, and who are we to argue when he cries he’s “had enough of this crazy spice infested town”, “they gambled itContinue reading “Fate Of The Sun – Blade Runner 1999”