At a time when black grime and hip-hop is flourishing with artists such as Tinie Tempah, Nicki Minaj, Labrinth, and Azealia Banks gaining chart success, Birmingham’s answer to the industry is one of the most hotly tipped grime MCs of 2012; 23 year old, Lady Leshurr. Brought to fame by several SBTV sessions, festival appearances,…
Keaton Henson’s début album Dear is a stellar piece of work, brimming with songs of lost love, but retains an aspect of beauty that binds the record together. This solitary soul is interesting in today’s music industry as crippling stage fright has meant he has done very few live appearances. More interesting is that Keaton Henson is not…
After supporting Will Young on his UK tour in November, Jodie Marie’s anticipated debut Mountain Echo is finally finished. The album will be released on March 5th, and it’s definitely one to go out and buy. Her story is like something out of The X Factor. A young teenage girl with a dream, living in…
The year is 2007 and in Eskede, a suburb just outside of Stockholm, two sisters — Johanna and Klara Söderberg — have just sent a home-recorded demo to a Swedish radio station. The sisters, aged 17 and 14 respectively, have been singing as long as they can remember, and a few weeks later they are…
20-year-old rapper Azealia Banks from Harlem in New York has attracted worldwide attention since 12th September 2011, when she uploaded a song to YouTube called ‘212’ featuring Lazy Jay. Since it was posted on the internet, it has amassed over 1.4 million views and captured the attention of music lovers everywhere. In fact, this single…
Niki & the Dove are a Swedish pop duo who have burst onto the European music scene in the last six months. Made up of singer Malin Dahlström and keyboardist Gustaf Karlöf, the duo appeared at many festivals this summer following the release of their singles ‘The Fox’ in May and ‘DJ Ease My Mind’…
VVOLVES are a four-piece alternative/indie/industrial band from Cardiff who this week have released their second EP When I’m Down. A clear change in direction from their self-titled electropop EP released in January, When I’m Down, released on Peski Records, has more of a melancholic, alternative vibe with a stronger focus on lead singer Tom Winfield’s (a…