Swim Deep were once synonymous with the 'B-town' scene of years gone by. After a rejig of their line up and a couple of years without releases, the indie popstars have come back with a bang. Invigorat…
Suited and booted, Dublin punk outfit The Murder Capital performed at Bristol’s Exchange to a sold-out crowd crammed in a tiny dark room. Arriving on stage like mobsters there to settle some debts, th…
Many of us in the UK won’t realise quite how big Young The Giant are. The Californian quintet sell-out arena shows and threatens the upper rows of festival posters in the US, whilst remaining almost …
There seems to be no shortage of cover bands filling our venues. Sometimes brilliant, sometimes terrible, cover bands can be one of the most fun nights out - more fun than seeing the real thing someti…
It's 2011. I'm (admittedly only just) getting over my Cheryl Cole, Fight For This Love phase, and I will not listen to anything other than the music that I deem to be "cool". The small amount of money…
Let's be honest here - I was absolutely ready to trash KISS... I haven't seen a band that I have hated in a while and KISS is an old band, so the members must be senile by now? Nope, not at all. An…
I was really excited to see the Black Eyed Peas. When I was younger Elephunk was a staple album during car journeys. And, honestly, we all know the Black Eyed Peas discography, it's pretty iconic. …
Doll Skin took their last album Manic Pixie Dream Girl, an album about girl power and love, kicked it into the dirt and spat on it. It is almost like Love Is Dead And We Killed Her is the band scoldin…
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20 years since releasing The Soft Bulletin, The Flaming Lips have unveiled their 15th long-player. King's Mouth is a technicolour dreamscape, peppered with buoyant electronica and gliding guitars. To …
As Florence + the Machine emerge on Saturday evening for their headline set, it seems like London is doing its very best to make sure their High as Hope tour finishes on a high. From the sunset in the…
