It’s folks ability to tell and re-tell stories which has always been it’s selling point. Whether it’s the mythology surrounding how the robin got it’s red breast or the fable of the wren rising to become the King Of Birds, tonight reconfirms Karine Polwart as a master story teller, forging what feels like an impressive work of...
After 2012’s dark hit A Map Of All Our Failures, The Manuscript – though only a four-track E.P – has been an eagerly anticipated release from the bands devoted following, and attracted many onlookers along the way due to their odd knack of engaging any audience with blatant sorrow and misery circling their songs; it’s almost like musical...
Arising from the under-current of the pop-punk revolution overthrowing music currently, The Front Bottoms despite their giggle-inducing name have amassed a cult following after touring with the likes of Motion City Soundtrack and Say Anything, smashing every venue they manage to get into. Packed to the brim with simplicity, giggles and passion, their debut...
McFly have been part of the British music scene for 10 years and quite frankly many have found their longevity surprising. From humble beginnings as a sort of ‘little brother’ to Busted, their popularity has grown and grown to completely eclipse their friends in success. This year marks their 10th anniversary and to celebrate they have been...
Two years after the release of It All Starts With One, Ane Brun is back with an unprecedented project. Songs: 2003-2013 is a compilation of hits and unreleased material, marking the anniversary of Spending Time with Morgan, her very first album. Coincidentally enough, the first track off both albums is the same, Humming One Of Your Songs. With beautifully...
Three years after the first album featuring new, controversial vocalist Craig Mabbit, This War Is Ours created an audible storm with sexy and sleek chords intertwined with visceral and piercing vocals and smashes of drums; forging a direct path into the forefront of their respective genre, and gently sliding them into the mainstream market once more. Title...
British electronic duo Mount Kimbie consists of Kai Campos and Dom Maker, who formed way back in 2008. After the success of their 2010-released debut album Crooks and Lovers, which made them spearheads in the breakaway genre ‘post-dubstep’, they are due to release their much-anticipated second album this month. Cold Spring Faultless Youth will be...
Little Boots – aka Victoria Hesketh – landed in 2009 with her incredibly catchy single, New in Town, and equally brilliant album, Hands. It’s been a long wait for her follow-up; she first teased us in 2011 with Shake and it’s taken almost two years to finish the album since then. So is it worth the wait? The record starts off slow-paced...
Luísa Sobral, the Portuguese jazz sensation, is back with another album. After the unprecedented success of 2011′s The Cherry On My Cake, her debut album, the 26 year old singer-songwriter now presents There’s a Flower in my Bedroom. This album provides a rich combination of music genres that are pleasing to the ear of both jazz lovers and overall...
May 16th sees the UK general release of the latest Baz Luhrmann movie, The Great Gatsby. Gatsby is the story of Nick Carraway during the roaring 20s and how he becomes a not so casual observer of the lifestyles of the rich and fabulous in Long Island, mainly the life of the newly wealthy Jay Gatsby. As Luhrmann’s filmic interpretation of the novel by...
Instead of previewing their new album and building excitement for fans with a single, Noah and the Whale instead decided to do something a little different this time round – setting their fans a ‘treasure hunt’ by delivering home-taped versions of the album to record stores, which in them contained codes for fans to unlock a stream of the...
A step up from their ABC gig in the city in 2011, The Pigeon Detectives made their return to Glasgow, this time in the 2000 capacity Arches at the start of an altogether wet and miserable bank holiday weekend north of the border. Not that the boys let that affect them one bit, roaring straight into recent single Animal at 8.45 prompt. From the off Matt...