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Liam Gallagher and John Squire – Just Another Rainbow

Rock’n’roll collaborations don’t get bigger than this. Genuinely. Oasis were one of the mightiest rock’n’roll bands of the 1990s, if not the mightiest, and The Stone Roses could take a similar crown for the antecedent decade. There is also the great serendipitous charm that if members of Oasis had not been at the Roses showContinue reading “Liam Gallagher and John Squire – Just Another Rainbow”

Wez King – Officer

On his new single, ‘Officer’, Kent solo songsman Wez King finds himself chased down by the law and desperate to plead his innocence, “Tell me please, I’ve been on my knees, I’m begging you / It must be the clothes I wear, so why d’you stop and stare?”, whilst acknowledging an exasperating tendency to beContinue reading “Wez King – Officer”

Bear Park – Betty

We adore a jangly guitar at Edge of Arcady, and Newcastle boys Bear Park provide joyous jangles in abundance on debut single ‘Betty’, along with an astoundingly addictive reverb-drenched melody. The track sees the up-and-coming trio deliver some heartening motivation to its downtrodden namesake (inspired by a harassed-looking coffee-slurping waitress character off of a t-shirtContinue reading “Bear Park – Betty”

Helen Love – Yeah Yeah We’re Helen Love

Punk rock is all abrasive, rudimentary tunes and sweaty grunting from the (usually male) great unwashed, right? Nah, if you’re going around thinking that then you’ve yet to have the pleasure of getting bonafide Welsh indie mega-legends Helen Love in your deprived earholes. So, to put that right, their original record label, the equally legendaryContinue reading “Helen Love – Yeah Yeah We’re Helen Love”

The Libertines – Night of the Hunter

The countdown to the release of album number four, ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’ is hotting up for The Libertines and to close off the start of their 2023 comeback year the garage rock four piece’s latest record shows off their tender proclivities. Largely regarded as an erudite punk group, it’s the band’s moreContinue reading “The Libertines – Night of the Hunter”

The Slackhead Incident – Turtleneck

We weren’t prepared for a snazzy cabaret jazz piano and saxophone foray to meet our off-guard ears when we got stuck into The Slackhead Incident’s latest track, but that’s exactly what we were greeted with, amongst some britpop Pixies-type tuneage and fantastically nimble bass guitar gymnastics. Three singles in and the Glasgow post-punkers have evidencedContinue reading “The Slackhead Incident – Turtleneck”

Jackson Lucitt – Save Our Steel

There are few better ways to make a worthy cause heard than to put a powerful message to music. Port Talbot indie-folk singer/songwriter/all-round person who makes things happen (see Shiny Vinyl) Jackson Lucitt has joined a long tradition that runs from the most poignant of protest songs to political punk rock in order to bringContinue reading “Jackson Lucitt – Save Our Steel”

Gaffa Tape Sandy – Split

Down in Brighton, Gaffa Tape Sandy are keeping the garage-punk-rock flame burning brightly and on latest single ‘Split’ they’ve distilled the whole primal, sweaty, exhilarating experience of their live gigs into a succinct two minute ferocious cracker of a track that’s all incendiary, scratchy guitars and fierce melody. Guitarist Kim Jarvis and bassist Catherine Lindley-NeilsonContinue reading “Gaffa Tape Sandy – Split”

The Malakites Interview

“We want people to feel like you can do anything you want if you really go for it. It don’t matter what background you’re from, or what football team you support… we’re all the same! “ – The Malakites One band we think are about to springboard into the cosmos after making seismic waves throughoutContinue reading “The Malakites Interview”