18th February 2017 With attention-grabbing garage-punk tunes laden with lyrics of glib juvenilia and political nihilism, and certainly the most ingenious vegetable based anti-name in modern music, a sold out nationwide tour is considerable evidence of the growing buzz surrounding… Continue Reading
29th November 2016 It’s been twenty or so years since enduring indie pop outfit Teenage Fanclub enjoyed their finest commercial moments in the 1990s. Praise arrived from such nineties rock alumni as Kurt Cobain who called them “the best band… Continue Reading
24th November 2016 Whether inspired by the political malaise of our current times, or more likely just for the sake of pre-show dramaturgy, it’s a soundscape of violins and doomy voiceovers of a dystopian future that intros tonight’s set by… Continue Reading
25th June 2016 Catfish and the Bottlemen are riding a wave. Where and when that wave will reach its peak and wash back is hard to say. What isn’t a surprise is their belief that playing to arena size crowds… Continue Reading
8th Feburary 2016 TIP OF THE WEEKWhat: BBC Radio 6 Music Festival // Where: Various // When: Fri 12th – Sun 14th Feb // Cost: £25 The BBC Radio 6 Music Festival 2016 will take place at venues across the city from 12 to 14 February. The festival will… Continue Reading
23rd November 2015 Success of the kind Mecury Music Prize nominated Ghostpoet (Obara Ejimiwe) is currently achieving can be something of a double-edged sword. On the one hand extra album sales and waves of new fans bring with it many perks and… Continue Reading
2nd September 2015 Finally selling out in the days before this evening’s show, in fact around the time their current UK tour was kicking off in Sheffield two nights prior, Toronto based indie pop five-piece Alvvays (pronounced Always) brought… Continue Reading
22nd July 2015 Bowling into town like a Steinbeck dust cloud, former New York buskers The Felice Brothers could easily be mistaken for being characters lifted right out of one of the great mans novels, given their achingly beautiful… Continue Reading