Preview: Skyline Series 2018
Skyline Series is unorthodox, in the sense that it's a rally of gigs taking place in 2 cities - Bristol and Birmingham - that run parallel to each other. The Skyline Series is a new addition to the mu…
Features
Festival Review: All Points East, London – Weekend 1
The inaugural weekend of All Points East wrapped up in meticulous fashion. The many impressions have now settled, and here is what went down. With beaming sunshine, the festival, based in Victoria p…
Interview // Boy Azooga
Three hours before Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever were set to take the stage at SWG3 in Glasgow, I sat down with Davey Newington, the frontman and driving force of the gig’s support band: Boy Azooga.…
Interview: Mushroom Tea Party
Chris Stillie from Aberdeen and Kumayl Zaidi from Glasgow. Together they are Mushroom Tea Party, an alternative hip-hop duo that began on Soundcloud, now with a full album and EP. Right now they're pr…
Introducing: Bad Nerves
In a music world dominated by R&B and hip-hop, it’s refreshing to hear some raw, punchy, enigmatic punk music; brought to us by East London boys Bad Nerves. Despite only having four songs availabl…
Album Review: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino // Arctic Monkeys
There's no shortage of symbolism to be found in the fact that 'Tranquility Base' was the name of the site at which Neil Armstrong would become the first human to walk on the moon back in 1969. From th…
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…
Introducing: Bloxx
With their newly released indie stormer ‘Novocain’, it has become evident that Bloxx are on the cusp of stardom. Along with their 2017 releases, ‘Coke’, ‘Curtains’ and ‘You’, the band have impressed a…
Sat-Nav Sing-Off With: Doll Skin
Having made their way across Europe, Arizona's own Doll Skin arrived in London for a one-off show at Islington's Thousand Island. Abducting the band from their soundcheck, we stuffed them into the bac…
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…
