• Album Review: Snarky Puppy with the Metropole Orchestra – ‘Sylva’

    The fifth of Snarky Puppy’s albums to be recorded live with an audience, and their eighth offering overall, Sylva is the result of a collaboration between them and the critically acclaimed Metropole Orchestra. The result is a soundscape unlike anything we have heard from them before; the grooves, break...
  • Live Review: Grant Nicholas, The Bodega (20/02/15)

    Front man of Feeder, Grant Nicholas has gone solo. Following the success from his stripped back debut album ‘Yorktown Heights’, Nicholas embarked on his first UK tour as a solo artist. The Bodega was completely sold out with fans of Grant Nicholas’ new found acoustic sound and those curious to hear his new...
  • Album Review: Tyler, the Creator – ‘Cherry Bomb’

    The world’s favourite hip-hop heretic returns with his fourth album, and it’s a bit of a riddle. Odd-future’s obtuse frontman, Tyler, the Creator, dropped his new album, Cherry Bomb, one week after announcing its existence. For those of you who’ve only just caught up; if you’re into gritty synth...
  • Album Review: Charli XCX – Sucker

    Charli XCX has enjoyed an impressive rise in popularity following hits such as ‘Boom Clap’, ‘Fancy’ with Iggy Azalea, and writing Icona Pop’s ‘I Love It’. After the relative commercial failure of 2013’s True Romance, can Sucker match up to her debut album commercially and critically? The answer is...
  • Album Review: Laura Marling – Short Story

    It’s been a great few years for female singer-songwriters. Beside the odd exception like Mark Kozelek or Father John Misty, they’ve pretty much ruled the roost. Courtney Barnett, Natalie Prass and Kali Uchis have already laid claims for the early months of 2015 and with new Florence Welsh and...
  • Album Review: Wombats – Glitterbug

    A 4 year wait has spawned the 3rd studio album from the Merseyside indie group The Wombats.  Glitterbug marks the next stage of evolution for the band who have spent the majority of their time recording in Los Angeles after relentless touring of Europe, N. America and Australia. The...
  • Festival: Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2015

    Set in the stunning rolling grounds of Glynde Place, just a little way from Brighton and nestled in Sussex’ beautiful South Downs, Jazz FM’s Love Supreme Jazz Festival has quickly made a name for itself. Taking its name from John Coltrane’s seminal album: A Love Supreme, it started life...