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It seems these days that it is the ‘in thing’ to hate The 1975. Before NME were splashing their photos on their front cover, they named them the Worst Band of 2014, with indie Twitter seemingly awash with berating of the band and their material. Be that due to their outspoken frontman Matt Healy, their ever-so-slightly irritating… Continue reading Live Review / The 1975 @ Barclaycard Arena (22.03.16)
Whenever we visit my grandfather, there's the potential he may be having an 'off day'. If and when this is the case, my father may say to me, 'I hope I'm in the ground before I ever get like that'. But what is 'that' exactly? For the most part, he means being diagnosed with dementia, which my… Continue reading Remember the person, not the disease
Back in February 2014, Yannis Philippakis attempted his usual jump from the balcony at Birmingham's O2 Academy during Foals' headline tour, only to be restrained by security. Flash forward two years later, and he finally achieved his stage-jumping dream in Birmingham, only this time in a much large setting: the Barclaycard Arena. When news broke… Continue reading Live Review / Foals @ Barclaycard Arena (19.02.16)
It's award season, people! The Oscars, Grammys, BAFTAs, BRITS and everything else in between have been awarding the 'very best' within the film and music industries in the last month or so. While I think that me going into depth on something like the Grammy's is just only going to get me a ton of… Continue reading Opinion / The NME Awards 2016
It has been two years of touring The Balcony, being nominated for awards (including British Breakthrough at the BRITS) and being heralded in the press (ahem, NME anyone?). However, we've finally been gifted with new music from Welsh rockers, Catfish and the Bottlemen. 'Soundcheck' premiered as Annie Mac's 'Hottest Record in the World' on Monday, and… Continue reading Single Review / Soundcheck – Catfish and the Bottlemen
If any of you (like me) have a Spotify account, you know one of the things they do a lot of these days is curate playlists. The one that I've been subscribed to for a while now is Discover Weekly, something they describe as "your weekly mixtape of fresh music". It's sometimes a bit hit… Continue reading Spotify Discoveries / January
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)
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
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