Pop Punk’s a pleasure. A guilty pleasure. I’m an advocate for pop-punk. Like a big slice of chocolate cake from the fridge in the middle of the night, pop-punk is my guilty pleasure. No matter how simplicity cheesy it may be, you can’t argue how heinously addictive it is. Fast and simple chord patterns, frantic…
<<Your burning recap of the most sought-after releases from Friday gone.>> Gorillaz: Cracker Island Digging Deep to Find Your Diamonds.. ______________________ Your favourite virtual inhabitants from a pre-digital world comes the bolstered eerie cultist ethos of Cracker Island; their eighth expansive studio album with an eye-wateringly exciting roster of collaborators including {but not limited to}…
With sublime support from local class-act Drew Thomas and alternative slow-wave of George O’Hanlon, Rough Trade celebrated Independent Venue Week in the best way possible with an electric flurry of indie-rock that went by the name of Lizzie Esau. If you’re not familiar with Esau’s songwriting prowess, it may be high tide that you should…
I’M ADDICTED TO ROCK ‘N’ ROLL// Another Friday brings an eclectic mix of brazen optimism, fiery rock anthems and non-plussed instrumentals to bring in the weekend. The Reytons.// What’s Rock and Roll? A nationally renowned rabble-rouser collective from hometown heroes in Southern Yorkshire is no easy feat. Yet, The Reytons have done it. With their…
The second Friday of the year brings about a sizable chunk of hotly-contested album launches from the likes of: … Circa Waves, Gaz Coombes, The Subways and … The Second Hand Orchestra. Billy Nomates__CACTI. The right shade of alternative brings about tee-total BBC Radio 6 playlist material, Nomates’ CACTI. Appearing as a resident guest on…