Oxford's Stornoway return to the fold this spring with their self-produced, semi-concept sophomore album, 'Tales From Terra Firma.' Composed in a campervan and recorded in their parents' garage, 'Tales' is a record full of...
Review posted on 21st February 2013
Glum shoegazers Veronica Falls return this week with their second album 'Waiting For Something To Happen'. Following on from their 2011 self-titled debut, the band has tweaked and refined their signature boy/girl harmonies and...
Review posted on 6th February 2013
It's the most wonderful time of the year. That guy from the first series of Big Brother is starring as Dick Whittington's cat in the local pantomime, uncouth youths are pelting innocent people at bus...
Review posted on 6th December 2012
The second album from Leeds-based indie kidsSCAMSis a collection of non-offensive alternative tunes abundant in angular guitar stabs, sullen basslines, and surprisingly pleasant three-part harmony canons.If you've listened to an album filed under indie/alternative anytime...
Review posted on 14th November 2012
Back in the good old 1960's, rock bands would often churn out two records a year. Although The Vaccines haven't quite managed that, the follow-up to 2011's 'What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?' has...
Review posted on 1st October 2012
Alberta Cross. Petter Ericson Stakee, a Swedish singer/guitarist and Terry Wolfers, a bassist from the West End. Hardly a conventional mix, but with second full-length release Songs Of Patience, they have provided an album with...
Review posted on 22nd August 2012
Naming your band after a canine's muzzle is something you might expect a dad-hating metal kid to do, but Houndmouth's debut EP introduces us to a folksy Americana blues that makes you think their dads...
Review posted on 20th August 2012
Listen to her new single 'Down'.
Melting Vinyl brought local talent to the fore as it showcased a set by Tokyo Tea Room on the day of their latest EP release, 'Dream Room'.
The Who, Stormzy and more coming this month.
For the Nottingham date of Feeder's Tallulah tour, you just know before it even starts that it's going to be a banging show.
Holy Moly & The Crackers journeyed down from their hometown of Newcastle Upon Tyne to play in Canterbury, where they thought they'd be playing to...
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