There’s a moment in 'Summer of Soul' – a new documentary that details the unfairly forgotten Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969 – in which Sly and the Family Stone take to the stage, unannounced on a hot and sticky...
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for DaBaby fans, and indeed anybody who prefers to attend rap concerts without a side dose of ill-informed bigotry. You’ll likely have seen it for yourself by now, but the situation can...
Hello darkness, my old friend; Billie Eilish is here again. It's been over two years since Billie's darkly comedic tone, blended with modern gothic vulnerability, made 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' one of 2019's biggest...
The Early Mornings
Who? The Early Mornings are Annie Leader (vocals/guitar), Rhys Davies (drums), and Danny Shannon (bass). The trio from Manchester cite their influences as Lou Reed, Bob Kaufman and Cate Le Bon and mix angular guitars with caustic...
A couple of weeks ago I pulled on my very best cowboy boots – and yes, I do have a sliding scale when it comes to the quality of cowboy boots and their appropriateness for the occasion – and...
Like most people my age, I can remember exactly where I was when Amy Winehouse passed. I had been out with my school friends, preparing to receive our A-Level results in a month’s time, grafting away at some local...
Zoom out from the title of Billie Eilish’s second album ‘Happier Than Ever’ – a sarky jab at those who called her too gloomy – and it’s dark business as usual: “When I’m away from you / I’m happier...
1. 2. 3. 5. 4. And now 6 goes between 3 and 5. I'm no mathematician, but if you'd asked me previously, then the calculation of where to put each Strokes album on the podium was a simple one....
Imagine you have fallen in love, and you are taking your lover back to your hometown, the place where you are from. You might cycle around the streets of your past. You might show them your old house, school,...
Fun, in its most hedonistic form, has been banned since early March 2020. A necessary evil, to combat one much bigger, but boy, has it been missed.
Given the state of the country, the pingdemic and the rapid rise in...