Before Ed Sheeran, Owl City, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly and countless other one-man-bands, of the laptop generation, there was Simple Kid. He mixed old and new technology to create his unique sound. He recorded onto an 8 track tape machine [...]

Harry Houseago, his name suggests he will be famous one day and I predict in the not too distant future. I first came across Harry Houseago at St Pancras station. He was performing at the Station Sessions Festival. I only [...]

I’m not sure whether you’ll have heard of them. If you have- we share a love, I’m sure. If you haven’t, shame on you. Ok, ok, so this may not be everyone’s type of music. It’s pretty chilled out to [...]

So I find myself humming along rather loudly to Pharoahs by SBTRKT, my newest audio crush. The catchy beat and rhythm of their sound; the combination of dubstep, techno and UK funky, gets me every single time. Aaron Jerome, London [...]

A perfectly crafted pop-rock song from an equally perfectly crafted band.  The Sorry Kisses were started by Hayley Hutchinson (Vocals/Guitar) and Sam Forrest of Nine Black Alps (Vocals/Bass/Guitar). The band have had many line up changes/guest appearances since they began back in 2006. This [...]

I wish I could lay claim to discovering this band by wandering into the small BBC Introducing tent, to escape the mud, at last years Glastonbury - alas that is how my friend, who told me about them, discovered Two Wounded Birds.  Hailing from Margate, Kent, they list their [...]

When Hope of the States released their second album ‘Left‘  in 2006 I have to say I was disappointed! After the epic, densely, layered, orchestral epic that was ‘The Lost Riots’ I could not get to grips with the more [...]

Yuck – Chew  Release Date – Listen via yuckband.blogspot.co.uk Coinciding with their performance at this years Coachella festival, Yuck have released this little ditty into cyberspace.  The English/American/Japanese combo have been touring incessantly for the past year and it’s a [...]

A band you may or may not of heard of this “Garage Rock” 4 piece from Texas, USA, formed back in 2005.  They began picking up awards from the local press, The Dallas Observer, soon after – Best New Band in 2006 [...]

I had the good fortune of catching The Vex live when they recently supported local hero’s The Wholl’s at Bedford Esquires. They walked on stage and stood there with their backs to the crowd and started to play and as they [...]