Live Review: MGMT // Hammersmith Apollo, London
MGMT have already toured new album Little Dark Age once in the UK, around the time of its release earlier this year. Upon the record garnering critical acclaim (something that had eluded the Connectic…
Live Review: Young Fathers // O2 Academy Brixton, London
When Young Fathers won the Mercury prize as outsiders in 2014, it was natural to assume that the Edinburgh group would take their place on either of the pre-set exit routes from the ceremony: shooting…
Album Review: A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships // The 1975
The 1975 are a modern musical enigma; they sound like pop stars and sell tickets by the thousands to a pop star's demographic, whilst simultaneously averting just about every characteristic that pop s…
Festival Review: Citadel Festival 2018, London
A headline performance from one of the planet’s most likeable acts came to the rescue of an all-day event that consistently finds itself struggling to find an identity. Sharing the site that Lovebox …
Album Review: Kindness Is The New Rock and Roll // Peace
When Peace first arrived in 2012 with their EP Delicious, they were immediately flung into the forefront of the British indie circuit. The 4-track release; which featured the painfully underrated Bloo…
RIOT’s European Festival Guide
Picture all of the joy that you experience during festival season; big-name headliners with confetti cannons, forming weekend-long friendships with all walks of life and the little-known acts that ste…
Festival Profile: Y Not, 2018
Name: Y Not Festival Where: Pikehall, Derbyshire When: 26th-28th July After unsafe weather conditions forced Y Not to cancel midway through last year's proceedings, the festival will be looki…
Live Review: Jake Bugg // The Palladium, London
When Jake Bugg first came to public attention at the age of 18, he received acclaim from mainstream audiences and critics alike- with comparisons being drawn between himself and the likes of Bob Dylan…
Interview: Sea Girls
Sea Girls talk breaking-through, the resurgence of indie and terrible 2000's trends I think it's safe to say that indie pop has been going through a transitional phase in recent years. Many guitar-le…
Album Review: Little Dark Age // MGMT
How do you solve a problem like MGMT? The duo entered musical consciousness a decade ago, with the release of Oracular Spectacular; one of the few 1million-selling albums that could forgivably be refe…
