Music Reviews

April Showers, May Flowers : Live Sessions – YolanDa Brown

Released: 2013 When her latest album ‘April Showers, May Flowers’ went to number 1 in the UK Jazz charts, interest peaked in her work and what she would be d... Read More...

Queens Will – The Local Legends

Released: 2013 Described in their press release as making the music of legends is a bold statement, and when the same press release also equates the band to ... Read More...

You’re The Problem That Will Not Go Away – RoBoT aLiEn

Released: 2013 Rob Allen, aka RoBoT aLiEn, is an artist who moves in exalted indie circles having gigged with the likes of Johnny Foreigner and Sunset Cinema... Read More...

13 – Black Sabbath

Released: 2013 When it comes to heavy metal, it doesn’t get much bigger than Black Sabbath: the behemoths of hard rock who pretty much invented the heavy met... Read More...

Paramore – Paramore

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Tell ’em Lies EP – Three Kings High

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Random Access Memories – Daft Punk

Released: 2013 Such is Daft Punk’s enduring legacy that it’s easy to forget it’s been 8 years since the French duo’s last album proper. That’s a long time to... Read More...

Say What You Mean – Allison Weiss

Released: 2013 26-year-old Allison Weiss’s first album, …Was Right All Along, was funded by a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign in 2009 that reached its... Read More...

Bad Blood – Bastille

Released: 2013 In April 2012 Bastille were shuffling in line with all the other alternative bands trying to make their mark on the music world. They’d recent... Read More...

Valtari – Sigur Rós

Released: 2012 Against all the odds, an Icelandic post-rock/ambient band have managed to gain critical acclaim and a huge fanbase for their songs which are s... Read More...

Night Visions – Imagine Dragons

Released: 2013 Night Visions is the first full album from US Alternative/Indie rock band Imagine Dragons and it’s a debut that showcases the potential for th... Read More...

The TP EP – Too Many T’s

Released: 2013 In their first year together, new hip-hop duo Too Many T's were prolific giggers. They played shows alongside some top names including Rudimen... Read More...

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Books

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