Category: indie rock

• LIVE REVIEW: Live at Leeds in the Park 2023 – Temple Newsam, Leeds 27/05

  May 30

  40 artists. 5 stages. All for one day of music: the start of festival season is now. We see this years’ festival season kicking things off in the right way… more ›

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs: “Cool It Down” Album Review – Thunderous nine-year return

  May 7

  2022’s Cool It Down is a lightning in a bottle. A magic eight-track collection, it implores you to embrace YYY’s beauty and power. Cowards, here’s the sun … so bow… more ›

• The National: “First Two Pages of Frankenstein” Album Review – Concise ninth with A-list roster

  Apr 30

  Reel back your 1818 text of everyone’s favourite monster – but this creation is more hopeful than a despairing one. The indie rock collectives’ ninth studio album was not an… more ›

• Chappaqua Wrestling: “Plus Ultra” Album Review – an adventurous debut

  Apr 14

  “I remember Jake turning around to me once, being like‘have you heard of Foals?’” smiles Charlie. “From there we just started bonding teaching each other drums and guitar.” The nomadic… more ›

• Wednesday: “Rat Saw God” Album Review – An unfurling of murky shoegaze

  Apr 9

  Wednesday’s next and best is textbook grimly AMERICA. Wednesday is a wake-up call. A blearing light in the oozy haze, the unfurling concoction of scathing Nineties shoegaze and classic county… more ›