
Georgie Holmes interviews Squid, a brilliant post-punk band on the verge of releasing their debut album.

Twenty One Pilots are well-known for their distinctive sound and their progression into the more mainstream crowd since the release of their fourth studio album Blurryface. ‘Shy Away’ is the newest track from the duo, coming at the same time as an announcement for their upcoming release Scaled And Icy. Scaled And Icy will be Tyler and…

Manonmars, the self-titled debut record from Young Echo member Jack Richardson, sounds a shocking amount like the end of the world. Being the love-child of young visual artist, photographer and rapper Manonmars and brilliant producer O$VMV$M (the bleaker of their two projects – In Colour, released last year, is much lighter and still great), Manonmars…

TW: Mentions of su*cide Dublin-based artist For Those I Love, real name David Balfe, is no stranger to grief. After the suicide of his best friend and fellow artistic collaborator Paul Curran in 2018, Balfe retreated into his parent’s shed where he and his friends used to hang out and recorded over 76 songs as…

Xiu Xiu are a tricky group to pin down. Primarily the brainchild of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Jamie Stewart, the band have put out over 30 different albums since releasing Knife Play in 2002, almost all of which embrace a difficult, often quite inaccessible experimental rock sound, merged with pop and industrial too. Their albums may…

The new age of Against The Current is well and truly here. Since their return last November with ‘that won’t save us’ the trio have definitely funnelled all of their passion into their works. As the band’s first song written after the lockdowns turned the world upside down over a year ago, ‘weapon’ continues the…

Reece Beckett gives insight into the growing world of abstract hip-hop in his review of one of the latest records from the movement.

It’s been a long while since self-proclaimed ‘electro-soul’ duo Jungle, made up of Tom McFarland and John Lloyd-Watson, have released any new music. That is until early March 2021 when the band premiered an exciting trailer for their upcoming album Loving in Stereo. The album is yet to have a set release date, but the…

Lana Del Rey‘s newest album Chemtrails Over The Country Club appears at first glance to be a bold step into new musical territory for the singer, but upon further inspection, it’s disappointingly bland. The record sees Lana make new shifts, both thematically and musically. The familiar scenes of Californian beaches and fancy cars that are typical…