With the likes of Laura Marling getting deserved attention at the Brits, it is a good time for purveyors of folksy, acoustic music. Paper Aeroplanes is Sarah Howells and Richard Llewellyn, and it has to be said that Ms Howells has the voice of an angel. [...]
The latest gem from the Associated Minds trove, Sledgehammer Kisses delivers every ounce of promise possible. In typical form, Metabeats displays insane flair for production, mediating smooth, golden age sonorities and harsh bits, glitches and clicks. Imagine the gloss of J Dilla and the skewered grit (and jazz appreciation) of RZA or Madlib and you’ve [...]
If being described as ‘Biffy Clyro’s wide eyed, sledgehammer-hook wielding younger siblings’, is as good a compliment…
South Wales’ finest purveyors of politically driven, heavy schizo-rock, highlight horrendous global injustices in their new free single, Know Your Enemy. With this title, it was always going to be difficult to shed de la Rocha’s ‘fight the war, fuck the norm’ edict, but Kyshera have chosen to reinforce, not reshade RATM’s sentiments. For that [...]
We like a bit of mystery at MMP towers. This demo, humbly titled in pen and minus any contact details, appeared in the office…
Commencing with lead single Shark Ridden Waters, one of two Andy Votel collaborations, Hotel Shampoo has one of…
Very few would dispute The Method’s reputation as one of the finest live outfits on the circuit…
This band links and grooves phenomenally, tighter than cast iron daisy chains.
Like a Post-apocalyptic version of the Beach Boys, Houdini Dax stomp and harmonise their way through the opening track…
Steff Adams joins the queue of singer-songwriters looking to stand out and, in fairness, has a resounding crack of the whip…
Whoever claimed that rock and metal were dead need to be firmly slapped around the
It’s well-established fact that Tom Lewis has the kind of voice that could soften the infernal offspring of…
