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Live Review: The Lathums – The Roundhouse, London 18.03.2023
By Fearghal McGlinchey “Welcome to the Music and Social Club at the Roundhouse in London, with your hosts, The Lathums. One week after securing their second UK number 1 album, The Lathums were on top form as they rounded off the UK leg of their ‘From Nothing To A Little Bit More’ tour in London …
News: Jodie Bryant Announces This Months ‘Discover Monthly Live’ London
BBC Radio 1 and BBC Introducing Sussex & Surrey presenter and renowned champion of new music Jodie Bryant announces the latest ‘Discover Monthly Live’ showcase in collaboration with Hot Vox, taking place March 22nd at Roadtrip & Workshop, London. Aimed at introducing both potential fans and industry professionals to new talent, the event is building …
Album Review : Basile Petite & Drew Wynen – On s’amuse : Broken beat sophistication from the nu-jazz duo.
Now here are two musicians stepping out from the world of sessions and band membership to spotlight their own soundscape. Basile Petite’s past associations include Earl Thomas and Todd Sharpville while Drew Wynen currently plays with Crystal Fighters and Ellie Goulding, but it’s their music made as a partnership that is beginning to rustle up …
News/Tracks : Afrobeat alumni Dele Sosimi announces new album ‘The Confluence’ with a mighty double single shake down.
You wouldn’t bet on some collaborations happening. So having a touchstone afrobeat musician and band leader Dele Sosimi team up with long standing indie songsmith Sam Duckworth (aka Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly) sounds almost like one of those longshots. Except now comes news of Sosimi’s next album ‘The Confluence’ coming to the shelves via …
PREMIERE: Natalie Shay kicks off 2023 with emotive pop smash-in-waiting ‘The Edge’
North Londoner Natalie Shay‘s been putting in work. Perhaps too much – in a way, that’s what her new single’s about. More specifically, a painful friendship breakdown inspired ‘The Edge’, her first new track of 2023 and the successor of her second EP Milk, which landed in September. It arrived last week along with b-side …
Track/Video : Revered pianist/composer Neil Cowley previews ‘Ticker Tape’, a spirit raising burst from incoming album ‘Battery Life’.
From banging out hymns at his school assembly to playing Shostakovich (with Orchestra) on a South Bank Centre stage as a 10 year old to filling the keys’ seat through the nineties and noughties for the Brand New Heavies, Zero 7 and a bit later someone called Adele, Londoner Neil Cowley’s piano skills have taken …
Live Review: Paul Heaton / Billy Bragg – The O2, London 17.12.2022
Words by Adrian Peel Photos by Maria Escobedo Though this was the last date of a Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott nationwide tour, the first inkling I got that Jacqui might not be appearing was when Billy Bragg (the second support act after Leicester’s Uncle Frank) mentioned Paul Heaton on a couple of occasions, which made me wonder, “Why is he saying …
Say Psych: Track Review: Throw Down Bones – Loma
Milan/London experimental band Throw Down Bones have announced new album Three and sharing the new single and video ‘Loma’, their first new music in nearly five years. A towering body of work that feels both apocalyptic and jubilant, Three is Throw Down Bones’ eagerly-awaited return following 2018’s Two and the tragic passing of founding member …