NEWS – PLANS TO END CONCERT TICKET ADD-ONS RIP-OFF

One of the biggest bugbears of 21st century gig going is all the adds-on to the supposed ticket price. Generally, the larger the event, the greater the booking fee and sometimes other charges that are initially hidden. It is rare to find an occasion where the extra charge is not at least 10% of the […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 28 AUGUST 2026

ANYX    Starline              Anchoress front-person’s solo debut. She takes a sculptural approach to her songs, starting with her voice and words as internal navigation from which she works outwards. Around this core, she builds minimal instrumentation – harp, keys, guitar, double bass – until each song is muscular and multi-dimensional. midori jaeger   (Re)planted      A counterpart to […]

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ALBUM REVIEW – ALEX AMOR: HEAVENLY BODIES

“Flying like you’re limitless, headed for oblivion” Cosmic Americana. Ever heard of it? I would bet a fiver you haven’t. And for the record that isn’t a serious bet, I can’t possibly wager 5 quid to everyone reading. Until a few days ago the concept was foreign to me, one of the small minute things […]

ALBUM REVIEW – PERSONAL TRAINER: HUMAN ASSHOLES

The inevitable question arising from reading this title is, “who are the human assholes?” There are plenty of candidates. Is it anyone specific, the entire human race or Willem Smit, the band’s frontman and songwriter, accusing himself? Anyone familiar with Personal Trainer’s oeuvre thus far will not expect any definitive answers to be forthcoming as […]

ALBUM REVIEW – MASTODON: MARROW DEEP

Mastodon have never been particularly interested in staying within the boundaries of heavy metal. Formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1999, the Grammy-winning band built their reputation through a restless combination of sludge, progressive and psychedelic metal, pairing intricate guitar work with unconventional structures, sprawling compositions and Brann Dailor’s famously frenetic drumming. Alongside Dailor, the band’s […]

FEATURE: WHO ARE YA – DREAMWAVE – BRISTOL BAND TAKING INSPIRATION FROM THE LIKES OF OSEES, KING GIZZARD, PINK FLOYD, AND ADDING THEIR OWN MELODIC TWISTS TO CREATE A DAZZLING PSYCH ROCK MINDMELT

INTERVIEW: REGENT

ALBUM REVIEW – HAPPY MONDAYS: THRILLS’N’PILLS AND BELLYACHES

Well, it’s safe to say the Mondays are back, and I don’t mean the depressing kind that makes you reluctant to get out of bed because the weekend is over. No, this is the genuine article, Happy Mondays have been touring recently, to much joy from the adoring (mainly middle aged) fans that have long […]

ALBUM REVIEW – GRAHAM HUNT: AMERICAN PYRAMID

There is an appealingly ramshackle quality to ‘American Pyramid’ that brings to mind Personal Trainer and early Pavement. It marks a whole new approach for Graham Hunt. His previous five albums have been homespun, computer-oriented explorations but having moved out of the house that contained his home studio, he chose to record at Minnesota’s Pachyderm […]

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NEWS – PLANS TO END CONCERT TICKET ADD-ONS RIP-OFF

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 28 AUGUST 2026

ALBUM REVIEW – ALEX AMOR: HEAVENLY BODIES

ALBUM REVIEW – PERSONAL TRAINER: HUMAN ASSHOLES

ALBUM REVIEW – WESTSIDE COWBOY: IT GOES ON

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 […]

ALBUM REVIEW – MASTODON: MARROW DEEP

ALBUM REVIEW – HAPPY MONDAYS: THRILLS’N’PILLS AND BELLYACHES

ALBUM REVIEW – GRAHAM HUNT: AMERICAN PYRAMID

EP REVIEW – KATSEYE: WILD

LIVE REVIEW – HANNAH COHEN + FLORA HIBBERD: YES PINK ROOM – 19/08/2026

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. […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 21 AUGUST 2026

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 […]

INTERVIEW: THE TELESCOPES

ALBUM REVIEW – WESTSIDE COWBOY: IT GOES ON

LIVE REVIEW – HANNAH COHEN + FLORA HIBBERD: YES PINK ROOM – 19/08/2026

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 21 AUGUST 2026

ALBUM REVIEW – JIM JAMES: WOWED OUT

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