Music Archive
3rd November 2015
Live: Beach House
With a setlist creator and larger performance troupe, Beach House’s Ritz performance was certainly considerable in atmosphere and sound than years gone by
3rd November 2015
Interview: Armand van Helden
Tai Kolade speaks to Armand van Helden about Manchester, vinyl, and the 1990’s revival
2nd November 2015
Album: Real Lies – Real Life
The eclectic mix of styles in Real Lies’ debut album creates the perfect soundtrack for a Friday night
2nd November 2015
Live: The Soft Moon
A lively opening doesn’t stop The Soft Moon’s show from becoming repetitive and rather boring
2nd November 2015
Interview: Songhoy Blues
Exiled from a country where music was outlawed, Helena Maxwell-Jackson chats to Songhoy Blues, a unique new band soon to feature in a documentary about Mali
2nd November 2015
Album: Rudimental – We The Generation
Rudimental’s new LP will likely smash the charts and fuel many a pissed-up raver, but does little to excite the sober ear
2nd November 2015
Live: Metric
A live show beamed in from another world, Metric pulled out enough sartorial and musical class to leave us wondering if we still inhabited Earth
2nd November 2015
Live: Alex G
Is this apathy or ecstasy? Who can tell. Either way, it’s pure melody. Henry Scanlan reports on Alex G, live at Night & Day
2nd November 2015
Album: Neon Indian – VEGA INTL. Night School
Robin Davies reckons Neon Indian’s frenetic new record to be their best to date.
1st November 2015
Live: Warehouse Project – Sounds of the Near Future
Sounds Of The Near Future sits in unique spot between atmospheric bliss and earth shattering bass
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27th October 2015
Record Reappraisal: MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
Jacob Bernard-Banton looks back on MGMT’s indie smash-hit debut and reflects that it’s all just tie-dye headbands and glitter
26th October 2015
Interview: Tom Robinson
Legendary songwriter, activist and radio DJ Tom Robinson talks about gay rights, the Iraq war, and the ideal person to portray him on Life on Mars
26th October 2015
Mental Health in the Music Industry: A Matter of Life and Death?
Like the chicken and the egg, the music and the misery continue their endless cycle. Alex Daniel thinks it’s time for change
22nd October 2015
Modern Day Warriors: What we owe Prog
After the recent launch of the official prog chart, Joe Connell examines the place that an often caricatured genre has in music today
22nd October 2015
Fish out of Water: Prog rock
Cassie Hyde felt like stirring the waters, so we sent her three classic prog rock albums by Yes, King Crimson and Rush. Here’s what she made of them
22nd October 2015
Live: The Bohicas
This band are destined to be bombarded with comparisons, but no one in the room seemed to be taking this as a negative
22nd October 2015
Viet Cong and the limits of artistic license
Zakk Brown questions whether the change in Viet Cong’s band name affected their artistic direction
22nd October 2015
Album: Alex G – Beach Music
After seven releases in five years, Alex G’s flame is burning out a little
22nd October 2015
“It’s better to burn out than fade away…”
Cassie Hyde pontificates on a recent slew of “rock ‘n’ roll suicide” documentaries