Following the release of her third album The Haunted Man, Bat For Lashes will play at the Pyramids Centre in Portsmouth this Saturday. With 3 albums under her belt, 2 of them being Mercury Music Prize nominated, Khan is sure to play a mix of her most compellingly enchanting tracks such as ‘Daniel‘, ‘What’s A…
A return to form with her breathtakingly empowering third album
On a stormy evening in Bournemouth a queue is swelling outside The Old Fire Station, as excited fans of all ages wait for the Sound of 2012 nominee, and Mercury Music Prize shortlisted artist Lianne La Havas. Support comes from Bristol singer-songwriter George Ezra whose bluesy voice captivates the audience in the intimate venue. Switching…
Kyla La Grange emerges from around a corner outside Joiners in Southampton’s slightly unnerving inner city. As we head inside from the autumnal evening, La Grange leads me up a staircase in to the rather basic dressing room and we sit down on mismatching furniture to begin. It’s been a couple of months since La Grange…
She’s been building slowly with previous releases including ‘City Lights’ and ‘Ride or Die’ and now the 17 year old south London starlet A*M*E (Real name Amy Kabba) has produced her best single yet. Having previously supported Rizzle Kicks, Olly Murs, Jessie J, JLS and The Wanted, it’s clear that A*M*E is doing all the…
I’m not one for judging a band without giving them a fair chance, but from just listening to lead single ‘Anna Sun’, I can’t help but do just that. It’s an upbeat, catchy and danceable indie-pop song, named as the song of the summer by MTV, but it does seem a bit… 2007. This is…
It’s quite difficult to compare Dog Is Dead to any other band. Their sound falls somewhere in the space between pop and indie, but on a scale that hasn’t really been seen before, with the best parts of both genres injected in. Guitar led tracks are brought alive with epic drops and choruses that you…
This week, the much-publicised Live Music Mondays kicked off, featuring headline act Sam & The Womp. Poor ticket sales led to a considerably disappointing launch but the crowd swelled towards the end as students prepared themselves to ‘womp’. Changes to the line up throughout the day meant that the whole event was held in the…
Hip hop royalty unite to make this in-your-face Kanye West-led album.
This year sees the launch of Live Music Mondays which will see bigger acts come to SUSU alongside smaller artists as part of the monthly Frequency event run by AIM (the Alternative and Indie Music society). The first Live Music Monday will take place on the first Monday of Freshers’ Week, 24th September. As opposed…
Just by looking at some of the previous winners, it is clear to see the prestige and honour that the Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize provides. Excluding the occasional odd winner like 2009’s Speech DeBelle, the Prize has previously been presented to a variety of British artists with exceptional albums, including Dizzee Rascal in 2003, Arctic Monkeys…
Buried in the heart of Camden, the iconic Roundhouse provides the perfect setting for a surprisingly intimate gig on the fifth night of the free-ticketed iTunes Festival. Support comes from Youtube-bred soon-to-be acoustic sensation Gabrielle Aplin, and Bastille, who emulate a more commercial and catchier James Blake. However, most anticipation is for the creator of…
2012 seems to have been a tipping point for hip hop and rap music. For years, some of the biggest names in the genre like Snoop Dogg, Kanye West and Jay-Z have used homophobic lyrics, but a lot has changed since 2000 when Eminem rapped “Hate fags? The answer’s yes” in ‘Criminal’. A noticeable change…
Indie-pop band Everything Everything have made a triumphant return with new single ‘Cough Cough’