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It’s been a busy year for Saint Raymond (real name Callum Burrows). Releasing his debut album Young Blood, playing a ton of festival shows and ending 2015 with his largest headline tour to date, it’s been nothing short of a success. This was his second time playing the Institute this year, on this occasion playing… Continue reading Live Review / Saint Raymond @ O2 Institute (21.11.15)
It's been three years since we last heard new material from pop stalwart, Adele. Her second album 21 is a modern day classic, propelled into success by an emotive Brits performance of heartbreak favourite, 'Someone Like You'. She's since broken countless records, won several awards including a Grammy for her Bond theme, 'Skyfall'... and then… Continue reading Album Review / 25 – Adele
Rounding off his tenth year as a solo artist with a sold-out UK tour, Frank Turner shows no signs of slowing down. Playing to a packed out crowd at Birmingham's O2 Academy, the excitement buzzing around the room was impossible to ignore (as were the masses of previous tour tees). The most noticeable aspect of… Continue reading Live Review / Frank Turner @ O2 Academy Birmingham (18.11.15)
With the release of their second album Moth Boys, it is becoming impossible to pigeonhole Spector into a specific musical genre. Not just your average ‘indie pop’ band, their second LP is particularly influenced by the ‘80s. Speaking to frontman Fred Macpherson ahead of their gig at the Institute’s Temple, he spoke of how during the… Continue reading Live Review + Interview / Spector @ The Temple, O2 Institute (14.10.15)
Descending on a last-minute announced date at Birmingham's Institute, Liverpool-based band The Wombats were welcomed back with open arms as part of their Glitterbug UK tour last month. The venue was packed to the rafters, the alcohol flowing and the screams at deafening levels as the lights went down to welcome the trio on stage.… Continue reading Live Review / The Wombats @ The Institute (25.09.15)
At risk of sounding like a beauty haul Youtube star, I thought I'd try a new thing in compiling a list of my favourite albums from this month. August is always a good month for music, especially with the sheer amount of music festivals happening at this time of the summer, and this year hasn't… Continue reading Album Review / August Album Favourites
For many throughout their teenage years, there is one main question: where do I fit in? Finding the people you connect and feel comfortable with can be a struggle for some, and even when you've found a group of people you call 'friends', you can still feel like you're the odd one out. The latest… Continue reading Film Review / The Duff
If you could pardon the severely-overused pun, Dog is Dead is, well… dead. Under the new name of D.I.D – everything is an acronym these days – the Nottingham 5-piece have returned with a new offering in the form of ‘Fast Food’, in turn giving us a taste of their new EP (also called Fast Food). The… Continue reading Single Review / Fast Food – D.I.D
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