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‘’We’ve come a long, long way together’’ is the name of the Fatboy Slim tour that kicked off on November 4th. Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) is one of the most successful English DJ’s and...
The Charlatans kick-started their delayed 30th-anniversary tour at Belfast's legendary Limelight venue with support from Aoife Nessa Frances. Frontman Tim Burgess had the 'always up for it' Belfast crowd in the palm of his hand...
In 2005 Seth Lakeman was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for his sophomore LP Kitty Jay. The following year, Freedom Fields was released, outselling its predecessor. 2021 marks 15 years since Freedom Fields' release,...
Elbow's latest release, Flying Dream I, is not a work that disappoints. Bringing the hazy and flowing dream-pop vibes that the Manchester group is known for, the album starts like a free-floating sigh, manifesting the...
Soft Cell stopped on their "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret" 40th Anniversary Tour at Hammersmith Apollo where tickets for the shows were in high demand. Fans knew that they would play their highly acclaimed album, but were...
Hitting the ground running with her debut album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit in 2015, Aussie singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett has been a much-loved musician by critics and fans alike for her distinctive,...
Depeche Mode's 130 date Global Spirit Tour ended in Berlin on July 25th 2018 and, following their by now standard plan, the band took a break, having concluded the tour. As soon as any Depeche...
Electronic artist Lamorn releases his debut EP, Encore, via mau5trap. The EP, a collection of eight tracks, including "Physical Layer" and "Between Us," arrives just after Lamorn made his Red Rocks debut with deadmau5. Talking...
We made a field trip to Brighton to see Rick Astley on his UK leg of The Best of Me greatest hits tour. Although postponed, like everything else in the last 18 months due to...
His last solo LP, Everyday Robots, took Damon Albarn back to Leytonstone in East London to reflect upon his childhood memories there. The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows is by far a...
Rag'n'Bone Man was one of the first artists' to return to the live stage as the lockdown restrictions started to ease where an emotional Rory, aka Rag'n'Bone Man, wowed the 300 capacity Jazz Café. When...
Washington D.C.-based indie-pop/electronic singer-songwriter Emily Henry releases her new album, The New World, a collection of eight tracks exploring, shares Emily, “stories about love and magic and what it means to be a person.” Her...
The beginning of Decades: Joy Division + New Order started 45 years ago on 4th June 1976. The venue is the Lesser Free Trade Hall, and the bands playing are the Buzzcocks and the Sex...
Lotic, aka J’Kerian Morgan, declares her second album, Water, “This is the record I always wanted to write. This feels like my arrival as an artist.” Water, slated to drop October 29 via Houndstooth Records,...
Melbourne, Australia-based indie-folk duo Charm of Finches recently released their third album, Wonderful Oblivion, via AntiFragile Music. The sisters, Mabel and Ivey Windred-Wornes, grew up busking and performing on festival stages throughout Australia. Their sound,...
I’ve never really overtly connected the sound of The War on Drugs with Dylan or Springsteen, but with this, their fifth album, I Don’t Live Here Anymore, I can finally join the dots. Opener ‘Living...
Have you ever listened to a Tori Amos record? If so, then you know exactly what to expect from Ocean to Ocean. Amos has had a fairly consistent track record of releasing a new album every...
Richard Ashcroft releases his new album Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1 on October 29th. It contains 12 newly recorded acoustic versions of songs from his time in The Verve (including the classic Urban Hymns album) and...
Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer Moyka releases her debut album, The Revelations of Love, via Snafu Records. A concept album, The Revelations of Love, reveals the interconnecting threads of love and loss. Moyka explains, “The overall...
Folk/pop artist Ryan Montbleau releases his new EP, Water, the third EP of a series of four unique EPs – Wood, Fire, Water, Air. Each of the songs on Water was written while Ryan was...
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