CHARLIE LANKESTER AND THE MOJO KILLERS – Spinning Of The Wheel

Charlie Lankester is a committed singer-songwriter and pianist who toured with Australian band The Last Chance Café in the 1970s. Over twenty years he’s played with Linda Gail Lewis, Osibisa, Otis Grand, The Boogie Band, and The John Warwick … Read More

The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends

Theatrical. Flamboyant. Outlandish. How many adjectives have been used to describe the band from Norman, Oklahoma? How many other bands manage to overcome the Lips in encapsulating psychedelic trips in notes during the past thirty years? In 2012, is … Read More

San Cisco – Awkward E.P

Charm might just be the best get out of jail free card in a music journalists arsenal. It’s a highly subjective term that, simultaneously, everyone can get behind. In a sentence I would call this, the second E.P from … Read More

Skull And Bones – Folks

Well, shucks. It looks like there’s a difference between being influenced by a band and merely sounding like a band. Hailing from the North-East of this fair country Folks’ first single sounds like Supergrass covering Mr Blue Sky and, … Read More

EUGENE TWIST – The Boy Who Had Everything

Eugene Twist is a singer, songwriter and musician from Glasgow whose diverse influences include Leonard Cohen, The Pixies and Buena Vista Social Club. His debut album The Boy Who Had Everything, released on 9th July, 2012 on Tough Act … Read More

Maximo Park announce new single ‘The Undercurrents’ (20th August)

With an upcoming sold out UK tour, Maximo Park are releasing a brand new single ‘The Undercurrents’ out 20th August 2012. In a change of pace from the frenzied serotonin rush of their previous single ‘Hips and Lips’, the … Read More

Rush – Clockwork Angels

Rush’s fanbase may occasionally be viewed as the “Trekkies” of rock, but given my habit of colliding with the sofa at strange hours in the morning and stumbling across Star Trek re-runs, as well as my ability to listen … Read More

A Silent Film Release New EP On 30th July

Oxford based quartet A Silent Film release their debut EP ‘This Stage Is Your Life’ on 30th July 2012 via Creative Media.

Conceived in a makeshift recording studio in Cave Creek Arizona, the EP also features a soaring … Read More

Just Drive – Alistair Griffin

The words ‘Anthem’ and ‘Amazing’ have been used in equal measure to describe Alistair Griffin’s single ‘Just Drive’, part of his new album ‘Albion Sky’. A more fitting describer, though, would be ‘generic’. There’s no disguising the fact that … Read More

KATHRYN ROBERTS & SEAN LAKEMAN – Hidden People

Kathryn Roberts is an English folk singer from Barnsley, Yorkshire who performs as a duo with her husband Sean. In the 90s they played in Equation with Kate Rusby and Seth Lakeman. Their album Hidden People is released on … Read More