Airing live on Radio 1, The Magic Gang are back with a hot new single and promises of new EP “at some point in April”. ‘How Can I Compete’ dropped on Monday evening and, with […]
Declan McKenna @ Brudenell Social Club, 29/01/2017
After being compelled by DIY Magazine’s hype over 18-year old Declan McKenna, I found myself stepping into a crowd of bright-eyed, glitter-clad indie kids and feeling as if I was crashing a GCSE results day […]
Dream Wife @ Headrow House, 21/01/17
On the day women across the globe marched together in solidarity, there was no better soundtrack than the gloriously empowering and intoxicatingly unapologetic noise of Dream Wife at Headrow House. Even if their sound isn’t […]
Preview: Dream Wife @ Headrow House, 21/1/17
Headlining DIY Magazines ‘Hello 2017’ tour, incendiary threesome Dream Wife will blast their punk infected pop at Headrow House this Saturday (21st). The three met at art college in Brighton, forming Dream Wife as an […]
Youth Is Only Ever Fun In Retrospect by Sundara Karma
Throughout 2016, Sundara Karma built up rapid hype that saw them filling tents at Reading and Leeds, selling out headline tours and being relentlessly played at Fuzzy Logic on a Thursday. A week into 2017 […]
HMLTD @ Brudenell, 22/11/16
Trump would hate HMLTD. The creative madness and complete ambiguity of the London pack’s sound delivered a sensual battering. Formally known as Happy Meal LTD, they are hard to describe. Frontman Henry Spychalsk resembles Adam […]
The Orwells @ Wardrobe, 29/11/16
Taking a band as gloriously feral as The Orwells and letting them loose in a venue as small as The Wardrobe is just asking for fireworks. With support from London animals Dead Pretties and a […]
Honeyblood @ The Wardrobe, 17/11/16
Despite it being a rainy Thursday night, a line of girls with buzzcuts and fishnets and boys in Doc Martens snaked from both entrances of the The Wardrobe. Each fan was effortlessly cool, much like […]
So Long Forever by Palace
Sublime and intoxicatingly relaxing, Palace’s debut LP So Long Forever will melt your heart with its shimmering reverb and celestial ambience. The 11-track LP is hypnotically laid-back, as the sonic light and shadows of Will […]
Drowners @ Brudenell Social Club, 16/10/16
“It wasn’t this quiet last night” slurs front man Matt Hitt at the crowd, who are about as flat and dull as a punctured bouncy castle. After seeing Drowners two years ago at Soho’s Borderline, […]