ALBUM REVIEW – MICHAEL KIWANUKA: FUDGE

“We’re nowhere if we never sing” When I first heard about the latest Michael Kiwanuka album due to come out, entitled “FUDGE”, I was. Taken aback to say the least. By everything. The name was atypical. All caps, like it was shouting out at me, and a name that didn’t seem fitting for a Kiwanuka […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 6 NOVEMBER 2026

Yoo Doo Right                 Build and Rest by the Shepherd’s Light           For the latest chapter of their sonic manifesto, Yoo Doo Right engage with deep sonic exploration, purposeful looping motifs, and dynamic walls of sound, reigniting their unwavering connection to experimental music. Party Dozen      21 Bum Salute Sydney experimental psych-noise-pop duo consisting of Kirsty Tickle […]

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SINGLE REVIEW – PIPPA BLUNDELL (FEATURING FERGUS MCCREADIE): DURISDEER

The magnificent new standalone single from Pippa Blundell is a one-off in many ways. It sees her joined for the first time by Mercury Prize nominated jazz pianist, Fergus McCreadie, for a reimagining of a traditional Scots song composed by Lady Jane Scott in the 1800s. Their contemporary reworking sends the song in directions the […]

EP REVIEW – BRICKNASTY: FOREVER

What does nostalgia sound like to a generation that has never quite known a world offline? For Dublin collective Bricknasty, the answer lies somewhere between the soulful familiarity of 2000s R&B and the pixelated futurism of old PS2 soundtracks. Their fourth project, forever, explores musical contradiction: it feels analogue yet digital, organic yet technological and […]

LIVE REVIEW – BASHT.: GORILLA, MANCHESTER – 29/10/2026

Basht. are one of those bands who you need to see live if you love high energy, mosh pits and a great crowd. Following the release of their debut album ‘Poor Advice’ Basht. returned to Manchester to headline Gorilla and they did not disappoint. Supporting Basht. was the four-piece indie band ‘Cutscene’. I’ve never seen […]

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

INTERVIEW – DANCING DEATH AWAY WITH ANA LUA CAIANO

The latest album from Ana Lua Caiano, ‘Devagar Que A Vida É Curta (Slowly as Life is Short)’ is an absolute delight. It is instantly accessible despite featuring a range of styles and instrumentation that suggest it could be overwhelinly jarring and challenging. The record expertly brings together traditional Portuguese music with electronics, piano, layered […]

ALBUM REVIEW – ANA LUA CAIANO: DEVAGAR QUE A VIDA E CURTA

The second album from Ana Lua Caiano magnificently captures the tension between tradition, the modern and futurism. It merges traditional Portuguese music, Caiano’s classical training, electronics and rhythmic intensity to create an effect that is feverish and spiritual on a record where bagpipes, flutes, adufe and bombo are juxtaposed with stunning choral arrangements, synthesisers and […]

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ALBUM REVIEW – MICHAEL KIWANUKA: FUDGE

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 6 NOVEMBER 2026

SINGLE REVIEW – PIPPA BLUNDELL (FEATURING FERGUS MCCREADIE): DURISDEER

EP REVIEW – BRICKNASTY: FOREVER

ALBUM REVIEW – LOTTIE BRAZIER: ON COURSE BUT NO-ONE THERE TO SALUTE YOU

The debut album from Lottie Brazier exists in its own distinct time zone.  It is easy to imagine hearing John Peel playing it on the wintery early 80s night while I snuggled under blankets, transistor clasped to my ear. Whilst it could in no way be pinned as sounding like any one act from that […]

LIVE REVIEW – BASHT.: GORILLA, MANCHESTER – 29/10/2026

INTERVIEW – DANCING DEATH AWAY WITH ANA LUA CAIANO

ALBUM REVIEW – ANA LUA CAIANO: DEVAGAR QUE A VIDA E CURTA

ALBUM REVIEW – RADIO FREE ALICE: WHAT’S IN BETWEEN

ALBUM REVIEW – THE BIG MOON: FOREVER

Four years after Here Is Everything, London indie-rock four-piece The Big Moon return with their fourth studio album, Forever. Fronted by Juliette Jackson, alongside Soph Nathan, Celia Archer and Fern Ford, the band have built a reputation for pairing infectious guitar-driven melodies with emotionally candid songwriting. Drawing on influences ranging from Pixies to David Bowie, […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 30 OCTOBER 2026

SILVERWINGKILLER     Desperate Struggle EP              Raw African and Asian soundscapes dragged head-on into distorted Manchester electronics, the same illicit pulse as the debut, now with nothing holding it back. Lowly   Softy     Danish quintet blending dream-pop, electronic textures, art-rock experimentation and luminous dual vocals, their music feels both intimate and otherworldly — constantly shifting, yet unmistakably their […]

INTERVIEW: THE TELESCOPES

ALBUM REVIEW – LOTTIE BRAZIER: ON COURSE BUT NO-ONE THERE TO SALUTE YOU

ALBUM REVIEW – THE BIG MOON: FOREVER

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 30 OCTOBER 2026

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