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LIVE REVIEW: Isaac Gracie @ The Working Men’s Club, 23/05/17
★★★★ Golden curtains sheen. A red heart glows. The singer-song writer Isaac Gracie stands in front of these shimmering stage pieces, with a guitar in hand and his face hidden […]
THE BEST GIGS TO SEE THIS MAY
Now we are out of the winter months, musicians come out of their recording studios and show us what they’ve been up to. May is great month to go out […]
Album of the Week: Kendrick Lamar’s Damn
I’m just going cut straight to the chase – Damn is the best album of 2017. Lamar is too good for any other artist to catch him (sorry Drake). Saying […]
Album Review: Johnny Flynn’s ‘Sillion’
“[Sillion] is an expansive album that is tinged with sadness whilst also being obscured by memories”. ★★★★ According to Wikipedia, sillion is the ‘thick, voluminous, and shiny soil turned over […]
SINGLE REVIEW: HARRY STYLES ‘SIGN OF THE TIMES’
★★★ There are many surprises in Harry Style’s new single, ‘Sign of the Times’ – the most anticipated solo debut since Zayn Malik’s reasonably credible album, Mind of Mine. Malik’s […]
REVIEW: Sisteray’s ‘15 Minutes’
“It’s all happening” ★★★★ It’s all happening for Sisteray, a four-piece band from Walthamstow who are currently causing a buzz and re-writing the indie guitar rule book. And let’s […]
ALBUM REVIEW: LAURA MARLING’S ‘SEMPER FEMINA’
“Distinct and Powerful” ★★★★ Nowadays, people sometimes find it hard to find a place for folk music. For some, folk’s authenticity has been moulded into mediocrity and banality, physically manifested […]
Live Review: Seramic @ Omeara, 01/03/17
“Literally swells with originality.” ★★★★ Fluorescent pink light coats Omeara tonight. A new venue founded by Ben Lovett (member of Mumford & Sons), which looks like it should belong in […]
SINGLE PREMIER: Sophie Longshaw’s ‘Hold You’
As a follow up to her stunning debut single releases in 2016 (which include a truly haunting cover of Muse’s ‘Supermassive Black Hole’), singer-songwriter Sophie Longshaw has returned with ‘Hold […]