Robbie Cairns discusses Rihanna surpassing the Beatles for number of weeks at number one. As Rihanna’s voracious ‘Work’ has twerked its way into a ninth consecutive week at number one, yet another long-standing Beatles’ […]
Everything You’ve Come To Expect by The Last Shadow Puppets
Put two music maestros in a studio and the result is Everything You’ve Come To Expect. After an 8-year hiatus, playmates Alex Turner and Miles Kane have renewed their harmonious courtship to grace the world […]
Criolo @ Belgrave Music Hall 23/4/16
Achieving an ever growing amount success and recognition in his native Brazil, Criolo brings his unique sound of adventurously infused hip-hop to the UK for the very first time. Born to migrants in the North […]
The White Album by Weezer
In recent times, Weezer have been viewed as a nostalgia act; a band whose recent creative output has been foreshadowed by their previous work. This is a particularly apt description of River Cuomo’s trope, considering […]
"Interview 2016" by Death Grips
Californian experimental/industrial hip hop and punk-rap trio Death Grips – in typical fashion – drop an unexpected instrumental EP in anticipation of their upcoming LP, Bottomless Pit. This move is strikingly similar to the release […]
In The Middle with Wilkinson
Last week saw the video release of Wilkinson’s latest collaboration with Wretch 32, Flatline. In 2014 the pair worked together on Wretch’s track 6 words, in which Wilkinson punctuated Wretch’s mellow verses with a punchy […]
SAVE YOURSELF by SBTRKT
SBTRKT is back, and with what shouldn’t be understood as an album, but in project mastermind Aaron Jerome’s own words, “a complete piece with a beginning, end and visual concepts that have been worked on […]
Slay-Z by Azealia Banks
Controversial word-smith Azealia Banks is back with her first new project since the release of her first official LP Broke With Expensive Taste in 2014. An LP which had some great beats, flow and structure on […]
Heir @ 360 Club 12/3/16
Playing to a sold out 360 club packed full of family, friends and fans, Heir’s launch of their debut EP When The Lights Went Out was certainly a night not to be missed. Bursting onto […]
Post Pop Depression by Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop’s latest release, Post Pop Depression, sees him forming a supergroup with the likes of guitarist and producer Joshua Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Heldens and QOTSA/The Dead […]
Suicide Songs by Money
Manchester-formed Money were quickly characterized by their varying sonic landscape which permeated the critically acclaimed debut The Shadow of Heaven. Fast forward a little over two years and the departure of bassist Scott Beaman, their […]
The Wizards of Oz
“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” It took a tornado to whisk Dorothy away to the fictional world of Oz – and a pair of magic red shoes to bring her back […]