THE HIDDEN PLAYLIST: NE DOWN UNDER | JUNE
This is The Hidden Playlist series where I highlight artists based in Australia who I had never heard before moving...
Year: 2025
Whose Rage Counts? Art, Outrage, and the Weaponisation of Sensitivity. A Conversation with Declan Welsh
“Why is saying ‘death to the IDF’ policed more harshly than actual war crimes?” In the shadow of Glastonbury’s official...
MILES KANE DELIVERS THE LEADMILL’S LAST GREAT ROAR
To be invited to headline the last ever show at The Leadmill, a club with nearly half a century of...
“CHARISMA, TOE TAPPING HOOKS AND SENSE OF SELF” | GLASGOW’S THE PAINTING RELEASE DEBUT SINGLE
★★★★ SINGLE REVIEW | THE PAINTING - IMPRINT by Michaela Roper The nostalgic essence of bright and jangly guitar licks...
BLUDFEST 2025: BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER, WITH SURPRISE APPEARANCE FROM BILLY IDOL
YUNGBLUD. Those eight letters have become more than a name over the last (almost) ten years. From the project's inception,...
Throwback or Takeover? New Debut Single From Liverpool’s The Balla
Single Review | The Balla - I'm Not a Number by Jenna Millar ★★★★ Indie rock fan? Unfavourable to a...
GLASGOW DUO YES AND MAYBE CHAT BLOODY MADNESS, THE GREAT ESCAPE AND SIMPLE MINDS
INTERVIEW | YES AND MAYBE by Anne Kelly This week, Scottish/French indie rock duo YES AND MAYBE, release their second...
“I WILL NOW SELL 5 COPIES OF THE BETA BANDS’ ‘THE THREE E.P.’S'”| A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW
★★★★★ EP REVIEW | THE BETA BAND - THE THREE E.P.'S by Tom Whittleton The Beta Band return, like a...
MILES KANE TO HEADLINE THE LEADMILL’S FINAL GIG TONIGHT AS SHEFFIELD BIDS FAREWELL TO A CULTURAL LANDMARK
Tonight is a sad night. Sheffield’s music scene is bracing itself for a poignant turning point as Miles Kane prepares...
SADIE JEAN ON SAD GIRL ANTHEMS, STAGE FRIGHT, AND OWNING HER TWENTIES
“I’m really excited”: Sadie Jean on new music, new tour and the spectacular rise of sad girl music Sadie Jean...
