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ALBUM REVIEW: Bastille – ‘Doom Days’
June 13, 2019 0
In their third studio album, ‘Doom Days’, Bastille creates “an apocalyptic party album”, which captures and reflects upon the turbulent political atmosphere of the last three years. Unlike its predecessor, ‘Doom Days’ is not concerned [...]
ALBUM REVIEW: The Divine Comedy – Office Politics
June 4, 2019 1
ALBUM REVIEW: Richard Hawley – Further
June 3, 2019 0
ALBUM REVIEW: Delta Mainline – ‘Bel Avenir’
May 31, 2019 0

VIDEO PREMIERE: Nina Schofield shares new visual for ‘The Gift’ – Watch Now
June 10, 2019 0
Recently featured in the Richard Gere lead BBC drama Mother Father Son, Nina Schofield’s new track ‘The Gift’ gets a cool, classy music video, showcasing Nina’s amazing vocal range and emotive, raw presence. We love [...]
VIDEO PREMIERE: EYLIE Debuts haunting new track ‘Singing Without You’
June 10, 2019 0
Twenty-three-year-old singer-songwriter EYLIE is pleased to announce details of a brand-new single ‘Singing Without You’ and will be accompanied by an intimate, personal visual homage to her late father. She says: “The words and melodies [...]

INTERVIEW: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets discuss new album, ‘And Now for the Whatchamacallit’

May 22, 2019 0

Perth natives Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are playing a headline Belfast show at Voodoo on Wednesday 22nd May 2019. Renowned for their crowd surfing inducing, mosh pit embracing live show as best described by The Music […]

INTERVIEW: With Mike Scott of The Waterboys, “What I love most is making the music, and being inside the music”

May 20, 2019 0

Continuing the blazing trail set by 2015’s acclaimed Modern Blues and 2017’s top ten-reaching double album Out Of All This Blue, on May 24th The Waterboys will release their new album Where The Action Is, […]

INTERVIEW with JAMES ATKIN (EMF) “I was too busy being a pop star to know what was going on”

May 16, 2019 0

EMF frontman James Atkin has topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, enjoyed platinum-selling album success, received an Ivor Novello nomination for his songwriting and toured the world many times over. He has […]

INTERVIEW: James Chapman of Maps discusses new album, ‘Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss’

May 9, 2019 0

Mercury-nominated Northampton composer/producer Maps is set to release his fourth album ‘Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.’ on the 10th May 2019 through Mute. ‘Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.’ is a career-defining, ambitious album that sees the bedroom […]

INTERVIEW: LOU RHODES from LAMB discusses their seventh studio album, ‘The Secret of Letting Go’

April 25, 2019 0

Lamb release their seventh studio album, The Secret of Letting Go, due for release on Cooking Vinyl on April 26th 2019. The Secret of Letting Go is all about the space between sounds. From album […]

INTERVIEW: Rising Irish Rapper KOJAQUE Talks Ahead of Headline Belfast Show

April 25, 2019 0

Dublin rapper Kojaque is an artist steadily gaining ground on the Irish and international music scene, thanks to his production style, stunning visuals, and biting lyrics. Co-founder of independent label Soft Boy Records, Kojaque mixes […]

BOOK REVIEW: John Lennon and Jean Jullien – Imagine

June 11, 2019 0

The 1971 hit “Imagine” is probably the most globally recognised solo hit by John Lennon following his career with The Beatles. Whilst Oasis used the hook/riff from “Imagine”, the message of peace and to desist […]

BOOK REVIEW: Basquiat By Julian Voloj and Søren Mosdal

May 31, 2019 0

It is well known that Jean-Michel Basquiat aka SAMO was a renowned neo-expressionist artist who gifted the world with numerous “provocative” works defining the New York art scene of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. […]

BOOK REVIEW: The League of Extraordinary Gentleman Century: 1969 by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill

April 3, 2019 0

Alan Moore’s Watchmen is recognized in Time’s List of the 100 Best Novels in the English language published since 1923. This achievement is especially significant since Watchmen was the only graphic novel included in this […]