by John Murphy
It’s clear just from looking at the cover of the debut album from The High And Lonesome that main man David Blayze sees himself as…
by Daniel Mumford
Circo Loco at DC-10 is Ibiza’s most legendaryall-dayer. Officially the after-hours party of theisland, it’s the first club to open and the last clubto close...
by Daniel Mumford
It’s been two years since his departure fromUnderworld and, far from taking it easy, DarrenEmerson has been hard at work, running the successstory that is...
by Michael Hubbard
It is with some disbelief that we read of Sha Sha being 20-year-old Ben Kweller’s debut album, for from end to end this sounds like...
by Michael Hubbard
Let’s get one thing clear. Baha Men are not a new phenomenon. They’ve won a Grammy. Who Let The Dogs Out took the novelty record...
by Michael Hubbard
An album that starts with a song as instantly memorable and full of hooks as Distortion has a lot in its favour early on. They...
by Rob Jackson
Every now and again in music you get a blast from the past. The surprise return of someone that, in their own time, was a...
by Claire Simpson
Bassists rarely find themselves in the spotlight. Yet bass player Simon Jones, previously of The Verve, along with rhythm guitarist Simon Tong, of the same...
by Rose Dennen
A man leaps onto the stage at Brixton Academy without fanfare. Lightsdim, the crowd screams and Iggy Pop is with us. The first couple of...
by Michael Hubbard
Being signed to the same record label as The Strokes can’t harm anyone right now, especially someone as talented as Eileen Rose. She may look...
by Sarah McDonnell
Tonight’s bill is absolutely band-packed full with artists on Easyworld’s former indie label Fierce Panda, giving the punters more new music than they could have...
by Nick Dawson
In the 19th Century, Brits thought it was a very clever idea to send all those petty criminals to Botany Bay so they weren’t a...
by Simon Evans
The creative force behind The Fugees, Wyclef Jean’s two solo albums to date, Carnival (1997) and The Ecleftic (2000), were rich aural tapestries reflecting the...
by Claire Simpson
Liking Oasis stopped being fashionable a long time ago. Criticisms of the band are now as recycled as Noel Gallagher’s three-chord anthems from the Status...
by Sarah McDonnell
There’s more than a hint of excitement running through tonight’s audience at the Underworld, as BRMC play a packed warm-up gig on the eve of...
by Rose Dennen
I’m already extremely pissed and, after the day I’ve had, I’m not really in themood for any “malarky”. Unfortunately the first band up are The...
by Michael Osborn
This concert was one of those occasions when died-in-the-wool fans packed the venue from the floor to the rafters. Just one problem, though – I...
