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Red Hot Chilli Peppers? Funky, innovative and artsy are a few words that come to mind when I think of the California rock band who have managed to last 3 decades in the music industry, a feat that most artists can only dream of. During this lifetime in music they’ve managed to release ten albums…

Never before has a festival become the total antithesis of what it was meant to be. In the same way that Download would have flushed its name down the toilet by having Rizzle Kicks headlining, so to has the annual world touring Warped Tour but their controversial move has little to do with their lineup. Defending the move…

One of the most exciting times to be a fan of a band is when they abandon cryptic social media posts and “teaser” trailers (which all acts seem to do these days, unless they’re stratospherically famous and can pull off a “surprise” album release….Kendrick, Radiohead, Beyoncé) and actually release some music. One band who have recently…

In 2012, Jake Bugg appeared rather suddenly and quickly gained a large following due his diverse debut album which many felt to be a breath of fresh air to the genre especially considering his youth and potential. However four years and two more albums on, Bugg has lost a fair amount of his original supporters,…

DJ Shadow‘s newest offering The Mountain Will Fall starts really strong, the self titled opener comes in and packs a heavy punch. Then a cassette flips and you’ve got Run The Jewels‘ El-P yelling clever obscenities at you (“Flame your crew quicker than Trump fucks his youngest,”) over some sonically insane production.  But then the…

As we bid farewell to the first half of the year and set out for a new batch of high quality albums and singles, now is a better time than any to have a little retrospective on what we experienced or, better yet, endured, between January and July of 2016. Of course there are plenty…

It wouldn’t be a Jamie T release if it weren’t for the wait. Just a few weeks ago, Twitter was set alight with some solid rumours that the Panic Prevention star was set to release the first glimpse of music off an upcoming fourth LP only for said rumours to be shot down. Despite this,…

In an interview with DIY, bearded rocker and frontman Simon Neil stated “I don’t think we’ve ever just wanted to be a routine band – you know, reliable old Biffy Clyro! We’d rather be completely unreliable and have people think we’ve lost the plot”. Given the material that has been released thus far from their…