City Reign – Numbers for Street Names

Debut EP by Mancunians City Reign is a committment affair. They’ve worked on this for over three years,  opening their own record label to release it, and touring wherever they could to support it. Numbers for Street Names has … Read More

The Jar Family – In For A Penny

The Jar Family are acoustic folkers with more of a grip than you’d expect. In For A Penny is their latest single and, although it’s built on an unplugged strum and with a lot of whistling filling the gaps, it … Read More

Layabouts – Savage Behaviour

Spain’s Layabouts are, philosophically speaking, an extremely interesting band. Do bear with me here, hopefully this will come out as less pretentious than it sounds right now. They take a long mothballed art form, straight up, balls out Rock … Read More

I am in Love – Call Me An Animal

Attempting to usurp Kasabian as Leicestershire’s musical crown jewels, synth pop four piece I am in Love make their case in stunning fashion on this, their second release but first E.P. The title track has made the rounds before, being … Read More

Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler Presents… This is Christmas

Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the colourful fairy lights, mulled wine and ubiquitous festive tunes. If you are searching for some fresh, new melodies to get you into the Christmas spirit, Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler (Ash) … Read More

Mungo’s Hi Fi – Forward Ever

‘Rhythmic drums, bass, vocals and there is darkness’

Boat People – the song starts off with a nice vocal effect. The drumbeat is slow and it accompanies the song with keys. The whole song is mellow. Computer Age … Read More

Rough Fields – You As You

You As You – this song starts off with an acoustic guitar that is being strummed and is being accompanied with a melodic xylophone. There is also a piano that chords are going to be played. Then there comes … Read More

Pyramid Vritra – The Story of Marsha Lotus

The Story of Marsha lotus – the song starts off with a drums being played that have a backwards effect. Then there is also some nice vocals that are being accompanied with some nice brass instruments. The way the … Read More

The Dunwells – I Could Be A King

The Dunwells are a Leeds based quintet, formed of two brothers, two cousins and another fellow – formally known as The Dunwells Brothers Band. They have been around a while, but not really received much recognition beyond the countryside … Read More

The Kickliner – The Kickliner

I was a bit confused in doing some research for this review of The Kickliner’s new self-titled (not untitled?) EP, as there already seemed to have been a self-titled EP released by a different band of the same name…

Anyway, … Read More