Music should be an exciting experience, whether this is through chilling melodies and haunting lyrics or pogoing around your bedroom to your new favourite band. Pipes provide excitement of the latter kind serving up a …

Fresh from opening up the Evolution festival in Newcastle, North East band Polarsets have the confidence and the songs to make a name for themselves in the next year. The three-piece …

Saturday
After four nights of constant booze, Saturday opens with an almighty thunderstorm, and thanks to the mixture of coffee and rum I was necking the night before, one of the weirder hangovers I’ve had, feeling …

Friday
Let’s be honest, after all of the weird underground shenanigans and record shop beat downs of Thursday, Friday is going to have to pull something pretty spectacular out of its hat to top what has …

Wednesday
The saying that the road to hell is paved with good intentions never rings more true than at a festival. I had some highly hopes on my first proper day at SXSW; hang out with …

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 …