8.0
The Silver Reserve: The Silver Reserve
Place yourself alone on a grassy knoll to gaze into a sunny sky of billowing clouds of white vapour. You want a calming soundtrack…
Album review
8.0
Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley
Three years ago Public Service Broadcasting released ‘The Race for Space’ and I became obsessed with it. It made me feel like I was…
8.0
Loz Campbell – Green Eyes
A debut album should always be a special thing; often it’s more heart than head, born out of adversity and raw excitement. This is…
9.0
Karma Club – Smile, It’s Good For You
Imagine yourself overlooking the New York City skyline at sunset, cocktail in hand in a rooftop bar… that’s what this EP feels like. The…
7.0
The Pigeon Detectives – Broken Glances
Long-standing, Leeds indie heroes The Pigeon Detectives released their fifth studio album, ‘Broken Glances’, on 24th of February this year. This comes nearly four…
8.0
Cannibal Animal – Human Manuals
There’s no surprise Hull has been made the City of Culture this year, with great bands arising from the city almost every week. Cannibal…
8.0
Kelvin Jones – Stop the Moment (Acoustic)
20 year old singer-songwriter Kelvin Jones made his splash in the music industry earlier this year supporting James Morrison in his UK tour, which…
8.0
Douglas Dare – Aforger
With electronic drums, delicate piano and multiple synths, it would be very easy to compare Douglas Dare and his new album Aforger to the…
10.0
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Skeleton Tree
It seems somewhat inevitable that, just over a year after the tragic death of his fifteen-year-old son Arthur, most of the early reaction to…
6.0
KONGOS – Egomaniac
KONGOS – Egomaniac KONGOS are a band made up of four South African brothers who are now based in the USA. Their sound is…
9.0
Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
Occasionally, there are songs that grab your attention so firmly when they come on the radio that you know – even from perhaps just…
8.0
She Drew the Gun – Memories of the Future
There’s a trend surrounding us at the moment, it’s been here for five or six years; somebody starts a band – they have a…