Innercity Pirates: Interview I have a confession. Prior to doing this interview I knew nothing about Innercity Pirates and had never been enlightened as to their music. Usually the conscientious hack in me would of course spend time sifting through press releases and bio’s...

THE TUNICS - INTERVIEW The Tunics are a 3 piece band hailing from Croydon and citing hard hitting issues from knife crime to gang culture as their lyrical inspiration. Described by the press as Kate Nash meets the Arctic Monkeys, there is definitely something compelling about this trio that makes you stop and listen....

Micachu & The Shapes Currently re-writing the rules and generating more chat than anyone else in terms of emerging talent is 21 year old maestro Mica Levi, aka Micachu.

William Control – ‘Hate Culture’ ‘I am William Control and I do not want you to like me’ - The last sentence of the Prologue on Hate Culture, the new album by wiL Francis’ new side project, William Control...

Florence and the Machine: Nottingham Bodega – 11/11/09 Many will have heard of Florence but not be aware of it, from the promo adverts for 4music. That overplayed song, which was on every advert break on a music channel constantly for a month....

The Gaslight Anthem – ‘Old White Lincoln’ On first listening to the Gaslight Anthems 'Old White Lincoln', the second single from their album 'The '59 Sounds', you might be mistaken for believing this band were yet another London-based indie pop band with perfect hair cuts and youthful abrasion...

The Death of a Music Institution: The CD Single Sunday afternoons from four until seven used to have significance, a significance to the nation. Yet now, the Top 40 chart may as well just be a Top 1 chart.....

The Walkmen - Interview It’s a tragic tour holiday for The Walkmen as they arrive on an autumn evening at the Manchester Academy 3. After eight hours on the road from London, Hamilton, Paul, Peter, Walter and Matt begin the Northern leg of their tour lethargic and irritable...

Bestival 2008 The British attitude towards the weather is usually pedantic to say the least. Consistent hang-ups over light showers characterised by small talk and a lack of interest in conversing about anything other than the obvious.