Hailing from Belfast, Not Squares have perfected that type of ESG meeting Q and Not U indie dance that you used to go nuts to back in your third year of uni.  Marrying out-there yelps, …

Have you ever been to The Garage? It’s a brilliant venue nestled in leafy Highbury. From the early Britpop sounds of Oasis to new Millennium indie darlings Arctic Monkeys, The Garage has hosted all the greats. After …

Boy have we got a treat for you today, and it comes in the synth-ridden form of Icelandic electro band FM Belfast. Okay, so their arrival to the music scene may not be hot off …

Washed Out is the solo work of one Ernest Green, a young guy from Georgia who makes bedroom synthpop that sounds like the sparse, distant electro pop of ’80s pioneers Visage combined with the melodic …

Move over Buble, there’s a new heart throb in town. The dulcet tones of Justin Sandercoe are enough to elicit a sneaky sit on the washer/dryer from any rubber glove wielding house wife!

Psych-electronic trio Lemonade are an undiscovered gem of musical loveliness, producing epic warehouse filling soundscapes full of genre-spanning noise. With a spontaneous mix of dub, electronica, grime and jungle, their sound is experimental to say …

To stand out in a market filled to saturation point with long-haired, skinny-jeaned boys with guitars is a considerable feat. The Postelles achieve this with ease, blending saccharinely sweet tunes with a Motown sound that …

A three-piece from the flourishing DIY scene in Dalston, Male Bonding have become something of a fixture on the North London warehouse scene ever since they ripped up that insane house party thing called Rage …

Relatively new to the jazz scene, Portico Quartet have been causing waves over the past couple of years with their unique ethereal, unearthly and haunting sound. Their music embraces a world of …

Gentle Friendly are possibly the best example of musical trial and error, with members David Morris and Daniel Boyle having played in a plethora of bands before settling into their musical niche of experimental electronica. …

Psychedelic Texan garage rockers, a warehouse and the first UK band to be signed to Subpop since Medieval times? This must be This is Music’s doing.
Taking over a warehouse space on the Hackney Road alongside …

“Everything is different, but the same… things are more moderner than before… bigger, and yet smaller… it’s computers.”
Those with an encyclopedic knowledge of late 80s slacker comedy will recognise that quote from Bill & Ted’s Excellent …

Day two at Hove Festivalen and we kick off the morning with a little exploration of the festival Island by jumping aboard a gorgeous motor boat and pootering along the coast. Our captain is more …

The 3rd annual Hove Festivalen opened to glorious sunshine on the south Norwegian coast yesterday as 12,000 revelers made the journey to attend the festival that the likes of Jay Z, Franz Ferdinand and the …