Jade Hairpins are something of a supergroup, comprised of Fucked Up drummer Jonah Falco and songwriter/guitarist Mike Haliechuk. They sneaked...
During the song ‘Stand’, Steff Ketteringham utters the line “jam the key in upside down”. Despite now being six albums...
A curious record to critique and one which raises some questions about the whole process. For while in many ways...
Mike Krol artfully places punk dynamics into every part of his new record Power Chords. With a fully able band...
Songs about intergalactic adventure are not a new idea – think ‘Telstar’ by The Tornados, Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ and Kraftwerk’s...
As I race through my thirties, accelerating at an ever-increasing speed towards the end of a fourth decade, I’m...
Upon hearing the opening two tracks on the debut album from Manchester band Hello Cosmos, ‘Fuse‘ and ‘Tonight Tonight Tonight...
Kreuzberg, a district of Berlin, is a worrying contradiction. It’s both an amazing and terrible place to dwell in. Because...
Twenty years ago at the start of September, R.E.M. released their most underrated album. ‘New Adventures In Hi-Fi‘ came out...
Brighton’s Lewis Duffy, AKA Shit Creek, has probably released the album of the summer. Every summer has one. It just...
It is difficult not to feel some kind of affection for East London’s Love Buzzard. On the one hand, they...
On the last Sunday in July, deep in the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall the skies suddenly darkened, opened up...
There are times when I think that Sludgefeast might be one of the best cult bands of all time. Their...
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The first time I came across Ryder the Eagle he wasn’t called Ryder the Eagle. Instead, he was going under...
Sóley Stefánsdóttir, is a multi-instrumentalist based in Iceland. Previously with the more folky, lighter beardy Peter Bjorn and John, bums...
