Every scene has bands that define it. That innovate, game change and take things to the highest level. On the flip side there are just as many, if not more bands that are just happy to adopt the scene, play their role and just fade into the faceless masses. Wage War is a band that…
It’s fair to say that Blink 182 have embraced the pop side of their pop punk formula in recent years. Not that there was a great deal of punk to begin with, this transition into an even more radio friendly unit shifter has been aided by the assistance of Grammy nominated producer and collaborator, Zakk…
Killswitch Engage have had an interesting time of it in recent years. Firmly well-established with original singer Jesse Leach, since the release of their last album Incarnate they’ve become something of the support band of choice – at least when it comes to the UK. They’ve supported Bullet For My Valentine, Iron Maiden and most…
For a band of – shall we say – mature musicians Black Star Riders seem to show no sign of fatigue. The constant album, tour, album, tour cycle seemingly never ending for these fellas, half of which already spent God knows how long touring under some other pseudonym like Skinny Minny or something… Whilst I…
From the opening notes of Crobot’s Motherbrain, you get an instantaneous feel for what you are going to get. A whisky soaked, sour mash of a record, replete with dirty southern riffs and earnest vocals delivering what can only be described as by numbers lyrics. Though the lyrics are by numbers, they aren’t the focal…
Lindsey Stirling is somewhat of a musical enigma. As a dancer, performance artist and violinist, she is a creative visionary. Like a lot of artists she seeked to ply her trade on America’s Got Talent before being rejected, but one could argue the last laugh is on her, as she has become more successful in…
Sleeping With Sirens are a band that have never been even remotely on my radar. Obviously I am aware of who they are, as well as their impact on alternative music, but they have just never been my thing. How It Feels To Be Lost however is a different ball game entirely. This is an…
Lana Del Rey has always felt like a different type of pop star from a completely different era, something that has always put her at odds with all of her peers and contemparies. This after all is a woman who rode into the spotlight on a wave of melancholia and declared herself the queen of…
After tickets for the UK return of A Day to Remember and their intimate show at House of Vans sold out within MINUTES (and I mean, 2 or 3 minutes) a friend to me “I think ADTR broke the internet…” I think A Day to Remember (9) broke House of Vans too. With their monumental…
When Marcel Duchamp unveiled his now seminal post modern piece, The Fountain, it was met with equal parts praise and derision. Divisive from its inception and continuing to cause debate amongst scholars, it is one of the great pieces of post modern art that remains prescient and misunderstood to this day. The same can be…
