Culture·20th May 2022Review: Omnium Gatherum by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Joe Wald Omnium Gatherum, the latest release by Australian quasi-psychedelic prog rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, is an acid-fuelled... Read More
Culture·28th February 2021Nevermind- 30 years later Toni Ledda Image description: Nirvana’s album cover for Nevermind, a baby in a swimming pool reaching for a dollar bill on a... Read More
Life·3rd October 2018āItās like putting a bowling ball in your stomach…” – Meet singer-songwriter Ruby Boots Connor Thirlwell āSo, you have one section of the farm there, one section of the farm there, one here and one here... Read More
Life·3rd February 20182018 has arrived – what did we miss from the last year? Jonathan Sands 2018 is upon us, and it promises to be a great year for music. However, it seems a shame to... Read More
Life·13th September 2017Preview: Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia Music Editors āWelcome to the voidā, it proclaimed, slurring its words and beckoning with an unsteady hand: Psychedelia first captivated British music... Read More
Life·1st May 2017The Reign of the Beanie: Palace comes to The Bullingdon You might not have realised it, but right now, youāre living through an era that in future times will be... Read More
Life·26th February 2017Live Review: Tom Grennan at The Cellar Tanvi Bhatia If you’re looking for some inspiration to beat the leftover melancholy thrust upon you by the blues of fifth week,... Read More
Life·18th November 2016Live Review: Local Natives Erin Melton Local Natives, an indie rock band originally formed in Southern California, opened the UK leg of their āSunlit Youthā tour... Read More
Life·25th February 2016Review: Ezra Furman Rowan Ferguson When Ezra Furman laughs that the crowd is āstarting to get the hang of itā three songs into his frenetic,... Read More
Life·10th November 2014A perfect debut album; Alexander Hartley is blown away by Hozier’s self-titled first offering Alexander Hartley What would the perfect debut album be like? Well, it would have to have a couple of slow ones, a... Read More
Pink·16th May 2021I was a teenage Smiths fan Jade Calder Image description: many different Smiths albums scattered over each other CW: xenophobia, transphobia, Holocaust denial A dreaded sunny... Read More
Life·11th October 2019The Hedgehog in the roots Farren Yuan Who would come up in your mind when you think about rock bands? Queen, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Bring Me... Read More
Life·6th February 2018Album Review: Fall Out Boy, ‘MANIA’ Jonathan Sands MANIA, the seventh LP from Chicago rockers Fall Out Boy, is only 10 tracks long, but has spawned 5 singles... Read More
Life·15th November 2017Review: ‘Music for the Age of Miracles’, The Clientele āLike a silver ring thrown into the flood of my heart / With the moon high above the motorway /... Read More
Life·10th May 2017Meet the locals: An interview with Chris Barker An unaffectedly relaxed aura hovers in the air above Witney musician Chris Barker. Maybe itās the long hair, or the... Read More
Life·30th April 2017Album Review: Tales From The Drought, Rainbrother While Iām sure we all appreciate the important (well, self-interested and money-grubbing) work of musicians that like to convey hard-hitting... Read More
Life·30th January 2017Review: Feel Your Feelings Fool! – The Regrettes Larissa Pullen There is an incredible amount of crazy energy brewing in a lesser-known corner of the local LA garage rock music... Read More
Life·25th October 2016Appropriation, App-rock-ximately? There seems to be a recent trend toward criticising musicians for evoking cultures that ādonāt belong to themā. Popular artists... Read More
Life·30th December 2014The Who are still talking about My Generation Alex Bragg As I saunter through the gates into the entrance hall of Newcastleās Metro Radio Arena, one thing becomes abundantly clear... Read More