Ones To Watch 2018 – 07. Tear
07. Tear London quartet Tear (rip, not sob) are signed to Tim Burgess’ ‘O Genesis label’ and this year released their debut EP ‘VINYL01.’ It’s the perfect introduction to the band’s oeuvre and having caught
Ones To Watch 2018 – No.8 – Yonaka
No.8 – Yonaka. Well now, it wouldn’t be a proper tips list without at least one Brighton based band in the equation. We’ve probably featured more artists from that city than any other during our ten
Ones to Watch 2018 – 09. Pale Waves
Ones to Watch 2018 – 09. Pale Waves We compiled this list a few weeks ago and wondered if any of the artists we featured would be on the BBC Sound of 2018 list. The
Ones To Watch – 2018 – 10. HMLTD
So we kick off our Top 10 bands to watch out for in 2018 (intro HERE ) with …. 10. HMLTD One thing you can’t accuse London based collective HMLTD of is being ‘beige.’ Because in
Sound City 2018 – First Acts Confirmed
Liverpool Sound City has announced the first slew of acts who’ll be performing at next years festival as it returns to the city after a brief stint at Liverpool’s post-apocalyptic docklands. Docklands which incidentally will
Coming Soon : Ones To Watch – 2018
Ones to Watch – 2018 – A Preview It’s been a bit quiet here lately, hasn’t it? Aside from the occasional crepitation of tumbleweed and the benign clanging of an old church bell carried on
New Tracks – AGP – ‘Making Plans’
AGP – MAKING PLANS Phil Greenhalgh finds AGP sounding in fine fettle with his latest release ‘Making Plans’ AGP can be a bit of an enigma at times; Andrew Gordon Parry’s music has manifested itself
Video Of The Week – Black Honey – Dig
Another Black Honey release equals another classic slice of cinematic indie pop noir. Once again the Brighton based quartet excel with the brooding ‘Dig.’ Rather than explode out of the tracks like their previous release
Trampolene – Live – Liverpool 8.11.17
Trampolene Live There are some gigs that transcend the normal live music experience, gigs that are so uplifting and powerful that merely writing about them could never do them justice. Swansea trio Trampolene’s gig at
Pink Kink At Liverpool Music Week Closing Party : The Light and The Shade
Phil Greenhalgh picks his Liverpool Musical Week closing party highlight and whilst quite rightly extolling the virtues of Pink Kink suggests that their two recent rapid-fire singles are not wholly indicative of the band’s oeuvre
IWFM Radio Launch Party
IWFM Radio Launch Party 1.12.2017 So some readers will be painfully aware of my radio work over the years, which has been described as sounding like Ian McCulloch on ketamine fused with Ringo Starr trapped
VPME Recommends – October’s Spotify Playlist
Here’s October’s Spotify Playlist including music we’re featured, or should have featured but didn’t due to a lack of time. Perhaps we’ve been too busy chasing Facebook likes in a desperate attempt to seek self-validation and fill the gaping