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• McCafferty – ‘Finally’ Stream

  

  ‘Finally’ features on Take This to Heart Records signings McCafferty‘s new split EP with Triple Crown’s Heart Attack Man. The pop-rock song is described by the... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Top 5 Influences and Digs: Magana

  

  Jeni Magana‘s ‘Golden Tongue’ EP was a hautingly beautiful listen that tackled subjects of loneliness and despair with real heart and soul. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Itoldyouiwouldeatyou’s Joey Ashworth’s Top 5 Albums of 2017

  

  itoldyouiwouldeatyou have had an awesome year, but what are the albums they’ve been listening to? We asked Joey Ashworth from the band to reveal their Top 5... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Spectral Nights Top 5 Live Sets of 2017

  

  We’ve had another fine year on the gig-going front with our local venues and promoters putting on exceptional shows. Among our favourites were a secret Marika... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Good Good Blood: Top 5 Albums of 2017

  

  We asked James Smith (also known as Good Good Blood) to talk us through his Top 5 albums of the past 12 months. They’re an absolute delight… Henoheno –... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Sufjan Stevens – ‘Tonya Harding’ Video Stream

  

  Words by Joe Booley. Just two weeks after the release of Sufjan Stevens’ mixtape, ‘The Greatest Gift’, we are treated to a surprise release of the new single,... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Sufjan Stevens – ‘Tonya Harding’ Stream

  

  Words by Joe Booley. Just two weeks after the release of Sufjan Stevens’ mixtape, ‘The Greatest Gift’, we are treated to a surprise release of the new single,... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• CHUCK: Top 5 Influences and Digs

  

  Ahead of his upcoming record in 2018, Audio Antihero Records signing CHUCK was kind enough to let us know the Top 5 songs that influenced this year’s... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Spectral Nights Top 5 Albums of 2017

  

  2017 has been an incredible year for music with so many must-have EPs and albums. Big names like Ryan Adams, The National and British Sea Power released their... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Frauds – ‘With Morning Toast & Jam & Juice’ Album Review

  

  Having just finished tours with Future of the Left and the one and only Jamie Lenman, Croydon duo Frauds have now released their debut LP ‘With Morning Toast an... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Suggested Friends – ‘Suggested Friends’ Album Review

  

  Signed to Odd Box Records, Suggested Friends are a beloved queer DIY punk band who specialise in power-pop hooks, fantastic harmonies and lyrics that tackle... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• New Music Round-up: Nelson Can, Anna Burch, Living Body, Common Holly and Black...

  

  Nelson Can – ‘On Christmas Night’ One of Alcopop! Records’ new signings for 2017, Nelson Can shower you with festive joy in this Christmas song which combines... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Good Good Blood – ‘Sun of a Gun’ Album Review

  

  Good Good Blood (also known as James Smith) is one of our favourite discoveries over the past 12 months and ‘Sun of a Gun’ is the result of a bunch of minimalis... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Top 5 Influences: Other Creatures

  

  Dublin indie-pop trio Other Creatures will be releasing ‘The First EP’ in January and the band have already gained praise and acclaim from so many blogs and... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Gender Roles Sign to BSM and Unveil ‘Plastic’ Video

  

  Big Scary Monsters have been killing it all year with albums from the likes of Cassels, Tricot and Kamikaze Girls all among our favourites of 2017. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• New Music Round-up: Field Music, Graham Coxon, Martha Ffion, Typhoon and BEAK>

  

  Field Music – ‘Count It Up’ Field Music’s new single was described to us by their PR as ‘Jeremy Corbyn fronting Talking Heads’ and we couldn’t have been more... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Video Premiere – Natalie Evans Performs ‘Under the Moon’ Live at Brighton’s Smal...

  

  A couple of weeks back, we included Natalie Evans in one of our new music round-ups and now we’re delighted to be hosting the premiere of a simply breathtaking... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• New Music Round-up Featuring The Orielles, Ark, Girl Ray, Pip Hall, Phoebe...

  

  Photo credit: Neelam Khan Vela. The Orielles – ‘Let Your Dogtooth Grow’ Now signed to Heavenly and all set to release one of the albums of 2018, The Orielles’... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Track by Track: Dialects – Because Your Path Is Unlike Any Other

  

  We’ve been big fans of Glagow-based post rockers Dialects for a few years now and were very excited to hear their debut LP ‘Because Your Path is Unlike Any... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Sufjan Stevens – ‘The Greatest Gift’ Album Review

  

  Words by Joe Booley. Over two years since the monumental release of ‘Carrie Lowell’, Sufjan Steven’s has released ‘The Greatest Gift’, a mixtape of outtakes,... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC