Live Review
Muse channel early fury while Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age and Iggy Pop continue legacies at Rock Werchter 2023
Meanwhile relative newcomers Sam Fender, Nova Twins and Militarie Gun also impress.
10th July 2023, 5:08pm
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Protomartyr - Formal Growth In The Desert
Their balancing act between decay and rebirth, love and hate, takes on an even sharper focus.
31st May 2023, 7:55am
JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes
For a project that could have held unreasonable expectations, it overdelivers time and time again.
24th March 2023, 12:00am
Vince Staples - Ramona Park Broke My Heart
It finds him at his most confident, if not most innovative, and maybe his most comfortable.
8th April 2022, 12:00am
Vince Staples - Vince Staples
More of a glance into the sketchbook of Vince Staples, than main-stage-at-Coachella.
9th July 2021, 12:01am
Live Review
The Murder Capital’s heartbreak and despair hits Manchester on Valentine’s Day
In the city of Joy Division and The Smiths it’s not hard to see how post-punk royalty are crowned - it seems inevitable that coronation awaits.
18th February 2020, 12:00am
Girl Band - The Talkies
Where the unlikely meets the possible.
27th September 2019, 8:00am
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
It’s Lana Del Rey’s world, we’re just living in it.
2nd September 2019, 11:40am
Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops
These are strange, strange times and here you have a band strange enough to capture that.
23rd August 2019, 7:58am
The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears
There are a fair few legendary bands out there that were never quite as good as The Murder Capital are right now.
16th August 2019, 7:59am
Live Review
slowthai, Pusha T and The Streets bring the party to a rain-soaked Parklife
The festival is more than capable of offering unique treats in an impressive array.
14th June 2019, 12:00am
Drahla - Useless Coordinates
A band emerging as one of Britain’s most inspired and uncompromising.
3rd May 2019, 8:00am
HEALTH - Vol. 4 :: Slaves of Fear
These long-term fans of impeccable contradictions are tearing up rulebooks quicker than anyone else can write them.
5th February 2019, 1:05pm
Estrons - You Say I’m Too Much, I Say You’re Not Enough
It shouldn’t be made to look quite this easy.
5th October 2018, 7:58am
Nothing - Dance on the Blacktop
While it won’t mean everything to everyone, it’s certain to mean everything to someone.
24th August 2018, 7:56am
Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch
Some of the most evocative and dense music Trent Reznor has made so far.
22nd June 2018, 7:52am
Live Review
Impeccable, immaculate and imposing: Anna Calvi obliterates Manchester’s Ritz
Nothing is secure, no one is safe.
10th May 2018, 12:00am
Preoccupations - New Material
Arguably the most whole and complete Preoccupations release to date.
23rd March 2018, 10:00am
SHIRT – Pure Beauty
Big things haven’t been delivered yet, but that doesn’t mean to say big things can’t be.
23rd February 2018, 7:51am
Live Review
Run The Jewels show the quiet moments are just as important at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse
This impossibly talented juggernaut rolls on.
18th November 2017, 12:00am
Live Review
The Horrors get iconic at intimate Liverpool date
Artfully dishevelled and shrouded in a thick fog, the frenetic figures of the band thrash through song after song, with no discernible trough or slowdown.
26th October 2017, 12:00am
Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
There isn’t a shade of black in the post-punk spectrum Protomartyr can’t execute with aplomb.
29th September 2017, 7:55am
Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun
Serene isn’t necessarily a word you would associate with this group of Scottish post-rock legends.
1st September 2017, 11:39am
Liars - TFCF
Has he lost touch with all reality or is he just ahead of the curve?
25th August 2017, 7:51am
Featuring Green Day, English Teacher, Everything Everything, Caity Baser and more!