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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
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
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
When most people think of the differences between men and women nowadays, one would hope the word 'equality' springs to mind. The support and awareness of feminism and equality between the sexes is one that has been prevalent more than ever these past few years, with female artists such as Beyoncé and Taylor Swift being… Continue reading Single Review / Dear Future Husband – Meghan Trainor
It has been a long time coming but finally this summer, Callum Burrows AKA Saint Raymond has released his debut album Young Blood. Preceding this release throughout the last year and a half with several singles and EPs, this Nottingham-born artist has started to make waves, his blend of acoustic guitar and anthemic choruses making him… Continue reading Album Review / Young Blood – Saint Raymond
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