“Live, they’re still in the intimacy phase; rolling his shoulders like a piston, singer Charlie Steen beckons the audience closer to the front every time his cohorts almost imperceptibly turn things up a notch”
Manic Street Preachers – Resistance Is Futile Review
How do you solve a problem like the Manic Street Preachers, if you’re the Manic Street Preachers? Choices abound; keep…
The Ballad Of Shirley Collins OST – Review
Everyone’s story can, with some self-effacement, be told in just a few words. Shirley Collins sums up hers pithily during…
Introducing April’s Playlist – UPDATED
There’s never been a more diverse playlist than this month’s – and now it’s been updated with a gob-smakcing 19…
The March Roundup
March is always an exciting month in music, as along comes a whole clutch of releases in what is regarded…
Cabbage – Nihilistic Glamour Shots Review
“On Exhibit A the band collectively proffer a staggering, perverse strain of country on which to hoist the zero-sum farce of modern politics on its own petard, whilst Perdubaro’s ramshackle post-punk sounds like it might fall apart at any minute.”
The Boxer Rebellion – Ghost Alive Review
People make music derived from all sorts of motivations, whether it’s performed in front of the mirror or a thousand…
Anna Burch – Quit The Curse Review
For some artists the process of creativity is mostly spontaneous, taking them over like a forest fire and not quitting…
Diary Date – April Towers
Odd Job Promotions have been putting on shows in Leeds for a couple of years now, giving a platform to…
The Orielles – Silver Dollar Moment Review
Out now on Heavenly. Nestled between two beacons of post-industrial genesis in Leeds and Manchester, successful bands from the town…
The Voice Of Unreason 