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Manchester quartet Westside Cowboy are quickly making a name for themselves as one of the UK’s most exciting emerging bands by fusing unlikely genres together and creating a unique sound for themselves. Their highly anticipated debut album It Goes On proves just why there is such a hype around them. The album’s opener, ‘Kick Stones […]
The double bill at Yes Pink Room is an excellent example of the “two for.” A pair of artists, both of whom I would happily pay to see. Flora Hibberd and Hannah Cohen are mutually complementary acts, different enough from each other to offer contrasts while also not being so disparate as to be jarring. […]
Julia Holter Materia A seven-track companion album to her acclaimed 2024 release Something in the Room She Moves. The collection, a sequel of sorts, includes new songs written and recorded with her band in between tours, reinventions of Something’s “Materia,” and songs first conceived around the making of the 2024 record. Cornelius Refractions Where previous […]
As defined by Jim James, being Wowed Out is a contemporary malaise, a state of overstimulation, constantly searching for the latest sensation. It underpins the first solo album in eight years from the My Morning Jacket frontman which seeks a refuge from the spiritual alienation of an existence mediated through screens. In standing firm against […]
It’s hard to see what Katseye’s intended target audience is with their recent releases. Originating from the survival show ‘Dream Academy’ which saw 20 contestants from all around the world compete for a spot on a global girl group created between the labels HYBE and Geffen Records. Six members were picked to debut in what […]
I remember where I was when I first heard Kojo Funds. 2018, in the back of my parent’s car on the radio and he has not left my rotation ever since. Being a giant in the Afroswing scene is not an easy feat. Hearing songs like ‘Dun Talkin’ with Abracadabra or ‘Check’ with Raye. There […]
Even though she is a contemporary artist, there is the air of a recently rediscovered psych-folk great to Elanor Moss’s debut album. Her voice has an exquisite beauty which is further emphasised by the backing from classical guitar and strings. However, as its title indicates, ‘The Knife, The Needle’ has a dark edge. These are […]
Formed in Dublin in 2001, The Script are an Irish pop-rock band made up of Danny O’Donoghue, Glen Power, guitarist Ben Weaver, and bassist Benjamin Seargant, following the death of founding member Mark Sheehan in 2023. Their breakthrough came with their self-titled 2008 debut, which produced defining hits including The Man Who Can’t Be Moved […]
Laura Veirs Temple Songs The first album Veirs has written, recorded, arranged, produced, and performed entirely on her own. She plays guitars, bass, drums, tambourine, percussion, and sings vocals; the only outside contribution is saxophone by a secret special guest. Jah Wobble & Tian Qiyi Mystic Liverpool – The Beatles Psychedelic Psongbook The album moves […]
The sun is shinning on Rochdale (who has ever said those words with a straight face?) and people are gathered outside the town hall, pints in hand and various Madchester era clothes on their backs. Clint Boon (BOON ARMY!) has just finished getting the crowd amped up with a DJ set, and you feel as […]
