Meet: Idle Ross
I meet with up and coming Sheffield band Idle Ross’s front man Ross Green in Sheffield’s Forum ahead of the launch of the band’s debut single. Over close to three quarters of an hour we chat about the band’s influences, music, interrelationships and our shared history. [Disclaimer – I knew Ross of old, having taught …
Track: Idle Ross – Into the Thick of it
Idle Ross are an exciting new band tearing up the Sheffield music scene after only a few months together and a handful of intimate gigs around the city, but now Ross, Charlie, Spen and Joel are releasing their debut track “Into the Thick of it” and it’s a stormer. Inspired musically and stylistically as a …
ALBUM REVIEW: Django Django “Marble Skies”
Django Django return with their third studio album “Marble Skies” which sees the Scottish-formed, London-based art/maths rock quartet honing their particular brand of quirky guitar-driven synth pop to reach new levels of success. Album opener and title track “Marble Skies” begins as a minimal Kraftwerk-esque piece of uptempo electronica and soon brings in the band’s …
Album Review: First Aid Kit “Ruins”
It’s amazing to find Swedish country folk duo First Aid Kit already releasing their fourth album and between releasing fascinatingly authentic Americana-drenched albums, they’ve conquered the world, cracking the US market and even appearing as regular guests on Graham Norton’s A-list chat show. “Ruins” finds them in a reflective mood, opening with moody “Behind Blue …
See: Manic Street Preachers release video for new single “International Blue” and album tracklisting
Ahead of their brand new album “Resistance is Futile”, the Welsh evergreen indie heroes Manic Street Preachers have released the euphoric anthem “International Blue”. Neatly sitting alongside both their earlier and later phases, the track has been described as ‘a sister song to “Motorcyle Emptiness”‘. The video was shot in various locations around Nice in …
Meet: Ryan Keen interview
Ryan Keen is quite the jet setter. For a singer-songwriter and guitar supremo who has chummed about with the likes of Ed Sheeran, supported X Factor diva Leona Lewis and toured the world in the last few years, bringing his polished, anthemic but intimate brand of music to the world, he calls Totnes in Devon …
Live Review: Ryan Keen / Corey Harper, The Islington, London, 30/11/17
Totnes-born singer-songwriter Ryan Keen has graced the same stages as megastars like Ed Sheeran and X Factor champion Leona Lewis playing support slots on huge national and indeed world tours, but if he has been changed by these massive brushes with success, you’d never know. He has also toured with some of the most interesting …
Track: Bayonet – Just Want You
Sheffield consistently tops polls of friendliest/happiest places to live in the United Kingdom and with music like this pouring out of it, it’s not hard to see why. Bayonet are a Sheffield four piece who bring an endearing aesthetic to everything they do, whether it’s their artfully retro videos, poster-boy-pretty good looks or carefully constructed …
Album Review: San Cisco – The Water
San Cisco return with their eagerly awaited third album “The Water”, following the tracks “Slo Mo” and “Hey, Did I Do You Wrong”. It’s the follow up to their smash “Gracetown” which reached #2 in the Australian charts in 2015. The band (Jordi Davieson, Scarlett Stevens, Josh Biondillo and Nick Gardner) have toured extensively in …
Track: Lisbon – Tyler
After huge indie pop anthems like “I Don’t Know”, “Khaleesi” and “Vice”, Lisbon began to head in a slightly darker direction with music industry commentary track “Shark” and a long winter hiatus. The band find themselves back together (although one member light) on a UK this tour this spring, debuting their newer, more sample-driven material. …