Music

PWR BTTM have unveiled the music video for ‘Answer My Text’ from forthcoming LP Pageant (May 12, Big Scary Monsters/Polyvinyl). Directed by H.S. Naji (who also directed ‘West Texas’ taken from Ugly Cherries), the video sees Liv Bruce bring to life the colorful lyrics of ‘Answer My Text’ as the rage, sadness, and anxiety of a text message relationship takes over with escalating internal and external drama. The vid is also accompanied by some pretty snazzy PWR GIFs, available here for...

Knucks has shared his brand new track 'The Jump'. The song, which harks which samples the token sounds of the 70s, is his first song of 2017 following the release of 'Turnover' at the end of 2016. Listen below. Knucks is a musician born and raised in South Kilburn. The North West Londoner has been involved in music for nearly 10 years, dating back to his days at school when he first ever heard Grime. Around this time he earned the...

Maybe it's something to do with the arrival of spring, but March has been pretty chill compared to the big releases of January and February. This month's playlist is all about dream pop, bedroom rock and the softer side of R&B. Kicking us off is Frank Ocean, our cover star this month, returning with another Blonded slow jam in 'Chanel', which contains one of March's most infectious hooks. Elsewhere, the debut album from Jay Som dropped, providing a welcome cut...

Dualtone/Decca Records will release ‘CHUCK,’ the final album and first new recordings in nearly four decades by founding rock and roll legend Chuck Berry, who passed away last week at the age of 90, on 16th June.   Comprised of ten new recordings, eight of which were written by Berry, ‘CHUCK’ is his first new album since 1979’s ‘Rock It.’ It was recorded and produced by Berry in various studios around St. Louis and features his longtime hometown backing group...

By Jay Williams If you like your rock and roll straight up, no chaser, then you’re probably already well acquainted with Blackberry Smoke.  They’re for you if you’re into the real thing and by that I mean Little Feat, Led Zeppelin, Black Crowes, George Jones … Like most great bands, the Georgia-based five-piece are true road dogs and their stagecoach pulls into Blighty later this month (a few tickets for London Roundhouse on Tuesday 28th are still available HERE). Jay...

A week ago I found myself in the middle of a mad scramble. Bristol natives IDLES had just dropped their utterly disgusting debut album, Brutalism, and their show at the Moth Club in Hackney was utterly sold out, even to slow-poke press like me. I'd searched out their Facebook page, Twitter and their PR for a hot ticket - no joy. For people like me who were too slow off the mark on the IDLES hype train, there is hope yet....

Dwindling audience figures seem to have taken a hit on participation rates in the much maligned talent show X Factor. After record-low audiences for the 2016 series finale it looks like 2017 has got off to a rough start with audition queues resembling more of a parish church talent contest than a national television competition. Only a handful of people queued for auditions in Swindon today after just ten people turned up for the show's auditions in Kent earlier in the week....

Super Talented Matthew Smith is a Grade 5 standard violinist and also plays the guitar, drums, piano and viola. Incredibly he will take the lead when Nottingham Symphony Orchestra (NSO) play Die Fledermaus at the Royal Concert Hall in the city on April 2. The concert will make Matthew the world’s youngest conductor – beating the previous record of a 14-year-old boy who directed the Venezuelan youth orchestra. The schoolboy has been practising with the 75-strong orchestra once a week...

Last year, Duckwrth not only supported Anderson .Paak and Syd of The Internet but he introduced an arsenal of artistic ingenuity with his debut solo album, I’M UUGLY, a unique representation and celebration of individuality with encouraging themes and stimulating rhythms that made you smile and groove. It even making its way onto the best of 2016 lists for Indie Shuffle, NPR and XXL. This year he opens even stronger with the highly anticipated release of his new video for one of...