Amanda Acevedo: “I believe uncomfortable feelings are challenging and beautiful.”

Amanda Acevado

“You are youngHeartache to heartache we standNo promisesNo demandsLove is a battlefield” This is an interview with the angelic Mexican songwriter and artist Amanda Acevedo. I had never heard her name until I found out that legendary ex-Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds guitarist Mick Harvey was touring last year, with Amanda Acevedo as his […]

It’s NOELY-NOELY NOELY-NOELY: Watch the Making of Council Skies + Seoul Highlights

Noel Gallagher

The full four-part making of ‘ of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds stellar record ‘Council Skies’ is available to watch. Shot by Anais Gallagher over four months, the series gives viewers a unique fly-on-the-wall view of Noel’s recording process. The album was recorded at Lone Star Sound studio, and edited by Jamie Carter. ‘The Making […]

Watch/ Listen to ‘Mumma Bird’ – The new one from Prussia Snailham

Prussia Snailham

“If your boyfriend has ever treated you like his mummy, this is your new anthem.” – Prussia Snailham Mumma Bird is the latest in a growing line of tremendous and moving songs to be released from Glasgow’s finest electro-pop doom-merchant (is that fair? I love it all the same) the wonderfully named, Prussia Snailham. Prussia […]

THE FROWNS :( release ‘Same Routine’ – Listen

The Frowns

Dour-faced (at least in name) Glasgow classical indie merchants The Frowns have released a new single.’Same Routine’ is another impressive pop swansong that adds to their ever-growing arsenal of instantly catchy and punchy tunes; listen to the new track below. They also have a new video out which is currently only available on the group’s […]

East London to the World: Grime around the Planet

Grime

One of the UK’s biggest cultural exports of this century, grime has transformed from a hyper-localised East London sound to a worldwide phenomenon in under two decades. The music that began in an overlooked council estate in Bow has spawned an entire international culture. When Kanye West took to the stage at the 2015 Brit […]