Top 10 Albums to Listen to While Writing
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“Light and shade”, as Jimmy Page would put it: Australian Post-Punk Band ‘The Nagging Doubts’ on Their Sound, Treasured Vinyls, and Pharmaceutical Advertisements
Featured Image: Press Imagine a melting pot of 80s alternative music scene and past cultural figures, from…
Glitter, Grunge & Grit: Beabadoobee’s Latest Album ‘Fake It Flowers’ Is the Perfect Debut
Featured Image: Callum Harrison You may recognise the name, Beabadoobee (a.k.a Beatrice Laus) as the artist behind the lo-fi…
Album Review: Hey Clockface by Elvis Costello
It is a credit to a singer-songwriter who has been releasing albums since 1977 that when you…
Goth-pop outfit Pale Waves release new single and announce new album – Who Am I?
Featured Image: Niall Lea Built on the painful agonising of heartbreak, it’s by no means a new…
Album Review: ‘Country Darkness’ by My Darling Clementine
Elvis Costello is one of those rare artists who had a few youthful and lucrative years of hit…
“The indie kids of the world need us”: 42s nightclub launches crowdfunding appeal
Manchester nightclub 42s has been a staple of student nights out for years but the current pandemic…
“I want to work in music forever and it’s nice to be able to help people that you believe in”: Chris “Woody” Wood on Bastille and His New Label
Featured Image: Press A mainstay in the British music scene since their explosion onto the scene in…
Black Honey: “I just feel like the whole of my life every musician ever has been told that they need to get a ‘real job’”
Featured Image: Laura Allard Fleischl Combining the glamour of an old-school Hollywood film with the raucous energy…
Incantation Records: “There needs to be diversity in pop music, the time for one white man and a guitar is coming to an end”
Featured Image: Incantation Records Despite the obvious detrimental effects of the pandemic on the music industry, such…
SVTIL on Their Latest Music, Rejecting “Token Female Band” Line Ups and Why We Should Call for Venues to Fill More Slots With Women
Featured Image: Javier Baron Moreno Spanish indie-rock band SVTIL may only be at the beginning of their music career,…
The Slow Readers Club Announce Lockdown Album – 91 Days In Isolation
Manchester’s very own The Slow Readers Club have announced the release of their new album, 91 Days…
Bedroom-Pop Artist Beabadoobee Announces a New Music Video & Tour for Her Forthcoming Debut Album, “Fake It Flowers”
Featured Image: Callum Harrison Our favourite pint-sized powerhouse Beabadoobee a.k.a Bea Kristi, is back with not only a debut album…
The Magic Gang: “Know that you’re no better than anyone else and no one else is better than you”
Indie-rock band The Magic Gang have become synonymous with sunshine melodies and sparkling guitars. The Brighton-based band should’ve been…
The Snuts: “People have always got their mind made up about a band, so it’s something we’re always trying to change”
Featured Image: Charlie Cummings Hailing from West Lothian, indie-rock outfit The Snuts are putting Scotland’s name back…