• ALBUM REVIEW: Macklemore + Ryan Lewis – This Unruly Mess I’ve Made

    ALBUM REVIEW: Macklemore + Ryan Lewis – This Unruly Mess I’ve Made

    Hip hop chart toppers deliver a divisive release that goes off with a whimper rather than a bang. Just as Kendrick Lamar is the golden child of Hip Hop who can do no wrong in the eyes of many, Macklemore is the polar opposite: a man that receives a lot of flack and whose name…

  • GIG REVIEW: Wolf Alice @ Barrowlands

    GIG REVIEW: Wolf Alice @ Barrowlands

    It’s fair to say that Wolf Alice are a totem to indie rock, dominating 2015 with their grunge-lite sound and powerful live shows during the annual festival season as well as their drenge supported tour that was a wet dream for anyone who has picked up a copy of NME. So whenever I walked up…

  • EP REVIEW: Fake Boyfriend – Mercy

    EP REVIEW: Fake Boyfriend – Mercy

      RELEASE OF THE WEEK Looking at the tags on  Fake Boyfriend’s bandcamp will tell you all you need to know about them before diving right into this punk rock rich release: existential crises, heartbreakers, heartbroken, and philly sad girls. On Mercy, their first EP, it’s clear that they’ve hit all these tags quite well, most of all…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: Horse Jumper of Love – Horse Jumper of Love

    ALBUM REVIEW: Horse Jumper of Love – Horse Jumper of Love

    While the mention of horses brings an expectation of fast, strong and majestic, Boston slow rock trio Horse Jumper of Love have done quite the opposite on their self-titled debut. While it may pack the same strength and resilience of a stallion, the band’s songs seem to enjoy wallowing in their dreary, distorted mess of…

  • TRACK REVIEW: Rising Pacific – Parts

    TRACK REVIEW: Rising Pacific – Parts

    Founded in November 2013, Falkirk band Rising Pacific  have been cited, in typical Scottish fashion, as a “cracking wee three piece band” and one of the best young acts around which is no real surprise considering the material they’ve released so far. Naked, a single released at the tail end of 2015, featured the band channeling their inner…

  • TV REVIEW: House Of Cards – Season 1

    TV REVIEW: House Of Cards – Season 1

    Breaking Bad meets politics meets Shakespeare in Netflix’s greatest, grittiest show. “There are two kinds of pain. The sort of pain that makes you strong. Or useless pain. The sort of pain that’s only suffering. I have no patience for useless things. Moments like this require someone who will act. To do the unpleasant thing.…

  • Thoughts On: Marvel Cinematic Universe

    Thoughts On: Marvel Cinematic Universe

    A new cinema powerhouse is fated to face the same demise as any empire: how can they stop it? It was only a matter of time. When I was watching the latest Civil War trailer, I was happy with what I saw, everything that was happening confirming my excitement for the film’s release at the end of…

  • Favourite Album Artwork (Part 1)

    Favourite Album Artwork (Part 1)

    Album covers were originally just flimsy bits of paper to try and protect the shiny goods underneath but they have since evolved into something that musicians can use for their artistic expression. Although many artists tend to go for a bland picture of themselves with an equally as bland background, some musicians have produced some…

  • INTERVIEW: Eliot Sumner

    INTERVIEW: Eliot Sumner

    Being a child star in this day and age never seems to end well. Nine times out of ten said stars are the kin of some of the biggest celebrities in the world which makes their role as a parent even tougher, especially when said kin seem to fall into bankruptcy and dependency on substances…

  • GAME REVIEW: Hotline Miami (PS4)

    GAME REVIEW: Hotline Miami (PS4)

    While I don’t often review games here on my blog, it’s safe to say that anytime that I’m not listening to an album or eating my bodyweight in cheese, I’m playing a videogame. As a student though, a poor one at that, games aren’t as easy to come by for me as splashing out £30+…