
The best of… August 2016
by Tom Roden
If you only listen to five songs today, make it these.
Categories: Crash Course, Listen, Lists • Tags: Baba Ali, best new music, Colouring, Kobadelta, Mantra, Nicky Venus
by Tom Roden
If you only listen to five songs today, make it these.
Categories: Crash Course, Listen, Lists • Tags: Baba Ali, best new music, Colouring, Kobadelta, Mantra, Nicky Venus
by Tom Roden
Three of the most notable non-winners from The X Factor UK.
Categories: Exclusive Content, Lists, Mainstream Analysis • Tags: Cher Lloyd, Ella Henderson, Feature, Guest post, JLS, X Factor UK
by Tom Roden
The best emerging artists that killed it at Y Not festival 2016.
Categories: Introducing, Lists, Live Review • Tags: Coasts, Kagoule, The Assist, Tin Pigeons, White, Y Not 2016, Y Not Festival
by Tom Roden
Support independent record stores AND new musicians.
Categories: Lists • Tags: independent artists, independent record stores, New Music, record store day 2016
by Tom Roden
Remember Krychek? He’s back with the sophisticated beats of SIGNAL.
Categories: Lists, Review, Track Review • Tags: Alex Stirling, Electropop, Free Download, Krychek, Listen, Mountain Beach, Review, SIGNAL, Single, Single Review, Track Review
by Tom Roden
Want to navigate the oceans of new music we’ve covered this month? Don’t worry, we’ve made it easy for you. Here’s our crash course of the new music from this month that you can’t afford to miss:
Categories: Crash Course, Lists • Tags: A Tour Of The Stars, Babes, Baby Asteroid, Best music, Bring Some, Cold Love, Crash course, Creepy, Etham, Frances, Harlots, How Do You Make Love Stop, I Care, LA Love Song, Leon of Athens, Let's Away, Man Made, October 2015, Oyster Kids, Pomo, Rush, Thwap, Um.., XYLĂ
by Tom Roden
Glastonbury 2014 is upon us and, like that, music fans from across the globe will be making the pilgrimage to Worthy Farm to see their favourite acts. But beyond these acts, there are a lot of fantastic new artists this year who have the chance to make a huge impact. Here are our top ten to see at the festival this year.
Categories: Lists • Tags: Acoustic Tent, All We Are, Avalon Stage, Echo And The Empress, Ed Sheeran, Folk-Rock, Gibson Bull, Glastonbury 2014, Glastonbury Festival, Hudson Taylor, Jake Isaac, John Peel Stage, New Acts, New Bands, New Music, Nick Mulvey, Other Stage, Park Stage, Pyramid Stage, Simon And Garfunkel, The Bee Gees, The Black Tambourines, The Rails, The Riptide Movement, The Stepkids, Troubadour, West Holts Stage, Worthy Farm
by Tom Roden
Have you ever wanted to find something new that isn’t too far detached from what you enjoy? Have you ever wanted to just be that little bit more hipster than your friends? Well we’ve made it easy for you. Here is an A-Z list of popular artists and, next to them, a nice unsigned alternative to the artist. It’s a quick and easy way of adding new colours to your music palette. If You Like… …Then Try: A Adele […]
Categories: Lists • Tags: 93 Million Miles From The Sun, 93MillionMilesFromTheSun, Adele, Ben Owen, Benin City, Bipolar Sunshine, Broken Hands, Cave Painting, Chris Drew, Damon Albarn, Dive Exit, Ed Sheeran, Fang Club, Fickle Friends, Foo Fighters, Gibson Bull, Goldfrapp, Hooton Tennis Club, Howler, Imagine Dragons, Izzy Bizu, Jay Rodger, Julian Casablancas, Kaiser Chiefs, Lily Allen, MBV, Missing Andy, My Bloody Valentine, Never Shout Never, Nevershoutnever, New Music, Oasis, Only Girl, Prince, QOTSA, Queens Of The Stone Age, Rae Morris, Scarlett Arcade, Sebastian Blake, Simon And Garfunkel, Tambourisco, The Assist, The Bots, The Cribs, The Darlingtons, The Inkhearts, The Phantoms, The Shy Lips, The Sunset Strip Club, The Walkmen, TOY, U2, Van Morrison, XTC, Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion
by Tom Roden
So this week we came across some live footage of Ben Owen performing at The Sugarmill in Stoke-on-Trent, which shows just how good a performer and musician Owen really is. And this led us to looking at Owen’s youtube channel which, if you haven’t had a look, is full of cover songs. So we’ve had a look through and picked our five favourite. 5. I Will Follow You Into The Dark (Death Cab For Cutie) Brilliant for more reasons than […]
Categories: Lists, Review • Tags: Ben Owen, David Bowie, Death Cab For Cutie, Emily Davis, Lady Gaga, LMFAO, The Smiths, Ziggy Stardust