ALBUM REVIEW – SYSTEM 7: FLOWER OF LIFE

Electronic pioneers System 7 (Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy) return with a new album, Flower of Life. The duo lean more into the house side of their music on this record, with a fresh and positive sound. Hillage has been involved in multiple genres over the decades, recording with Soft Machine and joining Gong in […]

LIVE REVIEW – ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND: MANCHESTER GORILLA – 16/04/2026

As I stand in the relatively small space of Gorilla in Manchester tonight, the thumping bass and house beat of ‘L.Y.A.T.T’ blasts through the room, the whole crowd lost in a trance of colourful lights and bright visuals on a screen behind Art School Girlfriend. But that comes later. At the start of the show, […]

GIG GUIDE

Our gig guide is handpicked and every act has been listened to before making it onto the list.

See this month's guide

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 17 APRIL 2026

Penny Arcade                 Double Exposure          The album harks somewhere between the restless experimentation of Syd Barrett and the uninhibited analogue innovations of Tim Presley as White Fence, doing so with great panache. Teen Suicide    Nude descending staircase headless              With artists such as Pixies, Melvins and Radiohead as touchstones, ‘Nude descending staircase headless’ is an aggressive, […]

LIVE REVIEW – BELLE AND SEBASTIAN: MANCHESTER ALBERT HALL – 11/04/2026

When linking the concept of nostalgia and music, my brain heads straight to one of those 80s music festival, where, tucked away off-the-beaten-track, thousands latch on to their youth by listening to Nik Kershaw perform his greatest hits (if you dare call them that). But as anniversary tours pledge to trapse through deep cuts and […]

ALBUM REVIEW – HORA LUNGA: NEW AGE MUSIC VOL. 2-3

When you think of ambient music, I can guess one of the first names you think of is Aphex Twin, followed by Boards Of Canada probably. Hora Lunga are even more strange and far out sounding than those two combined in this collection of ambient tunes. Think of white noise paired with strange, slowed down […]

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 – CHROMA: 25 FOREVER

From the post-industrial landscape of Pontypridd, South Wales, CHROMA emerged not just as a band, but as a voice – urgent, unfiltered, and impossible to ignore. The trio KT Hall, Liam Bevan, and Zac Mather, built their identity on tension: between melody and distortion, vulnerability and defiance, introspection and confrontation. Their sound feels lived-in, shaped […]

ALBUM REVIEW – ANTOINE DOUGBE & L’ORCHESTRA POLY-RYTHMO DE COTONOU: S/T

Calling himself ‘The Devil’s Prime Minister”, Antoine Dougbe had a fearsome reputation. The son of a Vodún priest, he was initiated into the religion which while it acknowledges the existence of a single creator is more concerned with minor deities (the Vodúns) who live in the spirit world. This includes figures known as kovitos, spirits […]

A QUICK CATCH UP WITH HUNNYBEES

ALBUM REVIEW – SYSTEM 7: FLOWER OF LIFE

LIVE REVIEW – ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND: MANCHESTER GORILLA – 16/04/2026

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 17 APRIL 2026

LIVE REVIEW – BELLE AND SEBASTIAN: MANCHESTER ALBERT HALL – 11/04/2026

ALBUM REVIEW – POLICE DOG HOGAN: THE LIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS

Police Dog Hogan, the British band that is firmly rooted in bluegrass and Americana, are back with their seventh album, The Light At The Top Of The Stairs. The band are in touch with their elder selves on this LP, with even the title being a nod to the afterlife, the themes of mortality and […]

ALBUM REVIEW – HORA LUNGA: NEW AGE MUSIC VOL. 2-3

ALBUM REVIEW – CHROMA: 25 FOREVER

ALBUM REVIEW – ANTOINE DOUGBE & L’ORCHESTRA POLY-RYTHMO DE COTONOU: S/T

LIVE REVIEW – KRIS DREVER + ANNIE DRESSNER: LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC MUSIC ROOMS – 08/04/2026

LIVE REVIEW – GORILLAZ: MANCHESTER CO-OP LIVE – 21/03/2026

There’s something inherently strange about a Gorillaz gig, like you’re never just watching a band, you’re stepping into a fully formed world that’s been ticking over long before you arrived. On March 21st at the Co-op Live Arena, that world didn’t just open up, it swallowed the room whole. No radio-friendly warm-up, no predictable pre-show playlist. Instead, the […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 10 APRIL 2026

My New Band Believe                My New Band Believe It is as epic and ritzy as Cameron Picton’s previous work in black midi but its sound is fleet-footed rather than scorching. The record is almost entirely acoustic, using the barest amount of reverb and electronic effects possible. Juni Habel         Evergreen In Your Mind             The album […]

INTERVIEW: THE TELESCOPES

ALBUM REVIEW – POLICE DOG HOGAN: THE LIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS

LIVE REVIEW – GORILLAZ: MANCHESTER CO-OP LIVE – 21/03/2026

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 10 APRIL 2026

ALBUM REVIEW – HOLLY HUMBERSTONE: CRUEL WORLD

If you'd like to write for us

read our manifesto and get involved

“Psychedelic” Titles That Happen To Be Of Quality