Album: Chon – Grow
On the back of three albums in two years, Chon have found themselves nestled into a curiously underpopulated pocket of instrumental prog-rock that you can relax to
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Author: Francis Smith
Glastonbury Festival: A beginner’s guide
This year’s Glastonbury Festival is headlined by Florence and the Machine, Kanye West and The Who.
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Album: Modest Mouse – Strangers To Ourselves
When a Modest Mouse album comes out, it’s the title that grips you.
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Album: Vessels – Dilate
‘Dilate’ remains a triumph for newly-born Vessels and is surely the beginning of a fantastic foray into untapped territory for the band.
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Album: Kodaline – Coming Up For Air
A mere year and a half since their chart-topping debut album, Irish four-piece Kodaline have returned with their second offering Coming Up For Air.
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Five Birmingham nights you must attend
Birmingham is massive. And so is the list of options for nights out.
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Review: Gang weave a spell on Sunflower Lounge crowd
Hypnotised into headbanging along, those gathered steadily lose their minds as the music takes hold.
Read moreFAITH – Waves
The good thing about ‘Waves’ is FAITH are creating their own identity, eschewing British brawn in favour of intricate, lovelorn melodies. It certainly bodes well for the future.
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It’s time to bid farewell to Snobs… well, until next week anyway
The current owners have promised that the new decor will still have features that have defined snobs for all of us (yes, I am talking about the face wall)
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EP: Charlotte Carpenter – Whole
Albeit short and sweet, the EP shows Charlotte Carpenter at her best, an extremely talented singer/songwriter who defies her young years.
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