Reviews
Live Reviews
Motionless in White turn Nottingham inside out
★★★★☆
From there it was relentless. ‘Disguise’ had everyone clapping and headbanging in sync, ‘Slaughterhouse’ delivered huge call-and-response screams, and the...
Single Reviews
ZAYN Is Back: New Era KONNAKOL Begins with Powerful Single ‘Die For Me’
★★★★☆
The name KONNAKOL itself comes from the South Indian art of vocal percussion, creating rhythm purely with your voice, but for ZAYN,...
Single Reviews
BIG SPECIAL Keep It Real, Raw and Unapologetically Human on New Single ‘SLUGLIFE’
★★★☆☆
SLUGLIFE sounds like it was built from exhaustion and defiance in equal measure. Hicklin’s voice hits like poetry shouted down a...
Live Reviews
Mika turns HMV Vault into a living room of love, laughter, and lyrical tea spills
★★★★☆
A love-in with laughter, lyrics, and tea? Only Mika could make a chilly January night feel like a glowing hug...
Album Reviews
Only The Poets – And I’d Do It Again Album Review: A Debut Built for Feeling Everything
Only The Poets’ debut album And I’d Do It Again captures the highs, hangovers and hard truths of love gone...
Live Reviews
Love, chaos and cowbells: Marmozets and Goo tear up Nottingham
★★★★☆
Support slots rarely feel like a full body workout, but Goo clearly didn’t get the memo. From the first punch...
Single Reviews
Florentenes Light Up the North West with Grit, Melody and New Single ‘Madeline’
There must be something in the water up North. From the swagger of Oasis to the raw honesty of The Lathums, the North...
Single Reviews
Dermot Kennedy goes deeper than ever with The Weight of the Woods and rousing new single “Funeral”
Dermot Kennedy has never been one for half-measures, but his new chapter feels like a full-bodied leap into the roots...