Contributor Jessica Goodman
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard transform Brixton Academy into their own ‘Gizz-verse’ for the night
They’re a whirlwind that barely seems to cease.
February 23, 2018 12:30pm
OCS - Memory Of A Cut Off Head
A venture into the unexpected.
November 17, 2017 7:50am
Peace, Idles, INHEAVEN and more shine at Manchester’s Neighbourhood Festival
A blitz of brash energy.
October 9, 2017 12:00pm
Eat Fast - Immortal Kombat
The riffs are dirty and distorted, melodies weighted down in a potent tonic of fuzz and reverberation.
May 19, 2017 7:54am
Blondie - Pollinator
It makes thinking inside the box sound pretty damn fun.
May 5, 2017 7:56am
Happyness makes the heart grow fonder
With their second record ‘Write In’ - and a healthy dose of Samantha Mumba - Happyness are turning over to a brand new page.
April 27, 2017 12:23pm
Get your goat: Goat Girl
One of the most exciting new bands in the UK? Or just “kind of shit”? The South Londoners set the record straight.
April 6, 2017 10:36am
British Sea Power - Let The Dancers Inherit The Party
Every bit the embodiment of empowered pop-rock perfection that its title suggests.
March 31, 2017 7:53am
Sorority Noise - You’re Not As _____ As You Think
Where Sorority Noise really shine is through the songs that evolve to embody their every dynamic.
March 17, 2017 10:27am
Filling in the blanks: Sorority Noise
The Connecticut band’s third album ‘You’re Not As ___ As You Think’ might well prove their richly deserved breakthrough.
March 15, 2017 3:56pm
IDLES - Brutalism
As vital as it is volatile.
March 10, 2017 7:57am
There’s No Place Like Home: Vagabon
Seeking to pin down home, self-proclaimed “small fish” Lætitia Tamko’s debut album is one of this year’s early stand-outs.
March 7, 2017 11:50am
New Tricks: Grandaddy
Back after eleven years with new album ‘Last Place,’ Jason Lytle talks DIY through his latest musical obsessions.
March 3, 2017 12:14pm
American Football, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
The venue is resplendent in the celebration of the moment.
February 13, 2017 2:00pm
Devine intervention: Kevin Devine
Ahead of his UK tour kicking off at the weekend, the Brooklynite talks new album ‘Instigator’ and finding liberation.
January 26, 2017 3:10pm
Eurosonic 2017
From riotous punk, through rap collectives, to contagious summer pop, it’s all there.
January 16, 2017 2:45pm
The 1975 revel in their own extravagance at sold out O2 Arena
Matty Healy is a rock star for the pop generation.
December 19, 2016 6:51pm
Wired for Sound: Merchandise
With their fifth album, the Tampa group are getting abstract, and entering a new space.
November 3, 2016 2:39pm
Paigey Cakey brings non-stop celebration to Birmingham Stand For Something date
Halloween weekend might be typically rooted in terror, but tonight offers a thrill as freewheeling as can be.
November 1, 2016 10:30am
Glass Animals celebrated as heroes at a sold-out Roundhouse
A sea of waving limbs and shaking torsos.
October 28, 2016 4:17pm