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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1719 )

• New Music Round-up Featuring Brutalligators, The Spook School, The Orielles,...

  

  Brutalligators – ‘November 4 2016‘ We’re almost a year on from the title of this song but it still remains as fresh and relevant as ever. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Charlotte Carpenter – ‘Shelter’ EP Review

  

  Words by Joe Booley. Opening the EP with the lead single, ‘Shelter’, Charlotte Carpenter demonstrates her strengths as a songwriter right off the bat. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Top 5 Influences and Digs – Matt Emery

  

  After the release of his debut album ‘Empire’ (available from Injazero Records now,) we asked Matt Emery to give us a Top 5 rundown of both the influences on... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Matt Emery – ‘Empire’ Album Review

  

  It’s been a long time in the making, but Matt Emery, one of our favourite people (and an incredibly talented musician to boot) has now released his debut album... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Cassels – ‘Epithet’ Album Review

  

  Following ‘Foreword’, their well-received ‘pre-album’ of already-released EPs, Cassels now unveil their debut album proper, ‘Epithet’, which is available from... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• New Music Round-up Featuring Sauropod, MAKEMAKE, Frightened Rabbit, Grieving...

  

  Photo credit: Jørgen Nordby " data-medium-file="https://spectralnights.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/sauropod-jc3b8rgen-nordby-953.jpeg?w=477&h;=318?w=300"... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Live Review: Sigur Rós – Hammersmith Apollo, 21/9/2017

  

  Words by Joe Booley. As post-rock giants, Sigur Rós are set to take the stage for the second night of their three-day residency of the Eventim Apollo, and the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Dana Gavanski – ‘Spring Demos’ EP Review

  

  Words by Joe Booley. Dana Gavanski‘s ‘Spring Demos’ is a gorgeously simplistic release, reminiscent of early material from Marika Hackman, and French musician... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Xcerts – ‘Daydream’ Stream

  

  The Xcerts have unveiled ‘Daydream’, the second single from their upcoming fourth album, and it’s two and a half minutes of pure pop tinged with just a hint of... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Always the Sun Festival, Stoke Park, Guildford – Sunday 10 September, 2017

  

  Curated by the Boileroom team and back for its second year, Guildford’s Always the Sun Festival was expanded to three days this year and saw the likes of... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Sl0tface – ‘Try Not to Freak Out’ Album Review

  

  Raised on a diet of mid-00s UK indie including The XX, Arctic Monkeys and Los Campesinos! (who they have toured with this year), Norwegian four-piece Sl0tface... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Lomelda – ‘Thx’ Album Review

  

  A GoldFlakePaint favourite who has toured with Pinegrove, Hannah Read is set to release her debut album under her moniker, Lomelda. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Itoldyouiwouldeatyou Tour Diary – ArcTanGent 2017

  

  It is morning in Cardiff and I wake up entirely entangled with Ollie on a friend’s sofa. On the floor next to me is our videographer and professional pal Sam. Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Future Teens – ‘Sleep Schedule’ Soundcloud Stream

  

  Formed initially as a joke, Boston’s Future Teens are anything but now. The two-minute slab of pop-punk that is ‘Sleep Schedule’ combines the more emotive... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Club Night – ‘Hell Ya’ EP Review

  

  Featuring members of Meat Market, Lofter, Twin Steps, Radiator Hospital and Our Brother the Native, Club Night are a band you’ll fall in love with straight away. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• SOAR – ‘dark/gold’ Album Review

  

  Signed to the ever-reliable Father/Daughter Records, San Francisco’s SOAR came together in 2015 when four queer and femme friends who fronted their respective... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The War on Drugs – ‘A Deeper Understanding’ Album Review

  

  The War on Drugs have gone from strength to strength with each album and now they’re set to release ‘A Deeper Understanding’; their first record on Atlantic... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Everything Everything – ‘A Fever Dream’ Album Review

  

  Ever since Everything Everything burst onto the scene in 2008 (they’ve been around a long time now!) with ‘Suffragette Suffragette’, they’ve been going from... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• CHUCK – ‘Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store’ Album Review

  

  Signed to our friends at Audio Antihero, it’s with a heavy heart we review the final album from CHUCK (known to friends and family as Charles Griffin Gibson). Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Matt Emery – ‘Empire’ Soundcloud Stream

  

  It’s been a while coming but Matt Emery has finally revealed details of his debut album, ‘Empire’, which is due out on 15 September. He’s also unveiled the titl... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC