So you’ve booked your ticket and you’re putting together an itinerary for a visit to the country’s maddest party town. We’ve put together a little guide to help you squeeze out every drop of that sweet insanity from this particular cocktail of craziness. Our first piece of advice would be to take the to do…
We recently featured ‘Mulholland Drive’ – The Penelopes first single from their new EP ‘Leave them all behind. This time the french duo offer up a beautfully Sia-esqe video for their latest release ‘Roses’. Once again the Parisian pop artists serve us a slice of nostalgic, electro-pop matched to a set of striking visuals from…
It’s no surprise that a city as unique and combustive as Liverpool would bring together a band so striking as Wide Eyed Boy. Two parts British, one part German and one part Australian, this four-piece take their adopted home’s heritage seriously – from the internationalist culture of the city, to its inevitable musical lineage. Oliver,…
May I take a brief moment at the beginning of this review to honour the memory of both Kevin Dicker and John Slocombe, the two plays being put on by the Bournemouth Shakespeare Players this year were their favourites and it is a fitting tribute indeed. Having worked with them both in the past the…
From their native Paris suburbs, to their lives in London, The Penelopes, formed by Axel Basquiat and Vincent T have turned their attention from remixing the likes of Lana Del Rey, Pet Shop Boys, and Alt-J to composing music for film for Asia Argento and others. The new single, ‘Mulholland Drive’, with its L.A.-shot video,…
James Gillespie comes forth with the unlikeliest covers, a delicate yet fun rendition of Pink’s “Don’t Let Me Get Me”. The cover follows on from one of the the most exciting debuts of the year with “What You Do”. Bringing his already-recognisable vocal – that rare juxtaposition of rich and raw – to a pop…
It has been over two years since we last ripped into a shitty album, perhaps we were shielding ourselves from a flood of bollocks ruining our love of music. Some say that no album could have been quite as bad as Bruce Willis’ ‘Return of Bruno’ and that is why we haven’t dipped into the worst…
