DON BROCO – Money Power Fame

‘Money Power Fame’ sounds like an alluring cocktail for any rock band, but for Don Broco these assets appear to be symptoms of half-hearted song writing, copy and paste verse-chorus’s, and a new single so average, it makes King A. … Read More

Being As An Ocean – Live @ Roadhouse

Wednesday 26th November, Manchester

An anticipated trip to a gig is always a pleasure, especially when it’s one with a line up as diverse as the one on display tonight. The crooks and crannies of small dingy clubs such as the … Read More

Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac – Live @ The New Theatre

Monday 1st December, Oxford

Through the sixties and beyond, Fleetwood Mac evolved from being an inventive  blues band to an internationally successful rock act with female vocalists. Rumours of Fleetwood Mac have been critically acclaimed for recreating those classic … Read More

LISA STANSFIELD – The Collection 1989-2003

British singer songwriter Lisa Stansfield was adored for her first solo album Affection. Since then she’s won endless awards and sold over twenty million soul and R&B albums worldwide.

Edsel recently reissued all five of Lisa’s Arista albums: Affection (1989), … Read More

ROLLER TRIO – Fracture

Roller Trio are back!

After a Mercury Prize nomination as a 2012 Album of the Year and subsequent Mobo nomination for best jazz act, the band have been busy touring internationally and working on their second album Fracture, to be … Read More

Bonobo – Live @ Alexandra Palace

Friday 28th November, London

Well, this is brilliant. One of the finest purveyors of subtle but experimental electronic music, Bonobo (aka Ninja Tune’s finest, Si Green) has sold out the mighty, 10,000-capacity Alexandra Palace.

The fact that his continued success … Read More

Marianne Faithfull – Live @ The Royal Festival Hall

Saturday 29th November, London 

“Now is the winter of our discontent” declared Marianne Faithfull boldly, promptly adding “wrong show,” but this quote could have been an appropriate thing to say in the right place.

Recently an accident left her with … Read More

MACHINE HEAD – Bloodstone & Diamonds

With fans already comparing Bloodstone & Diamonds to The Blackening you know it’s going to be worth a listen…

…And there’s a lot to listen to. In classic Machine Head form, the album is a CD stretching epic of grizzly … Read More

Savage Nomads – Live @ Under The Bridge

Friday 14th November, London

Having not been 100% convinced by Savage Nomads when I first saw them live earlier this year, I felt that it was only fair to give the band a second viewing – particular now … Read More

ANTEMASQUE – Antemasque

It was earlier today that I opened my email to find that something incredibly exciting had plopped through my virtual letterbox…

This, my friends, was the announcement of a brand new album from the thunderous duo behind such creations as … Read More