Ask anyone in a creative industry why they feel compelled to produce art. I’ll hazard a good guess that the answer will be about the transformative powers of creating. For every triumph and tragedy experienced, there’s catharsis to be found for both artist and recipient in the product. But, when in comes to music, it…
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Sam Fender Thurs 10 May | 19:00 pm | The Portland Arms | Tickets The Music Machine definitely doesn’t need any more doe-eyed singer-songwriters, penning heartbreak anthems for the masses. It needs more solo artists like Sam Fender. In his small but promising catalogue, there’s not a love song in earshot. Instead, he tackles issues such…
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Subterranean festival will return to the Cambridge Corn Exchange this year. The one-day rock and indie festival will take place on September 15 and feature an eclectic mix of touring and local acts. Indie-alternative Among The Citizens will be performing on one of the four indoor stages, alongside local singer songwriter Tom Lumley. Bury St Edmund’s garage trio Gaffa Tape Sandy will…
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Saltfen have done a grand job of inhabiting every corner of Cambridge since dropping their EP ‘Birthday Letters’ last month. The four-piece have been plastered across the city’s airwaves and gig listings, undoubtedly gaining swathes of fans with their buoyant indie rock. Saltfen aren’t just a textbook indie band though. There’s a duality to their…
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LIVE REVIEW THE GO! TEAM, ELECTRIC BALLROOM, LONDON 15TH FEBRUARY 2018 The album sleeve of The Go! Team’s new record ‘Semicircle’ is a visual smorgasbord. A jumble of characters in colourful attire are wielding instruments in a school gymnasium, collectively looking like a misfit American high school band. This image perfectly captures the spirit, colour…
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Yonaka have announced they will be supporting The Amazons for their show at Cambridge Junction, this Thursday. Having graced the same stage less than a month ago whilst supporting The Cribs, the Brighton bunch will be reaffirming their place as the hottest emerging band on the live circuit. Since dropping their rapturously received sophomore EP…
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Who: Pale Waves Hometown: Manchester Line-up: Heather Baron-Gracie (vocals, guitar), Ciara Doran (drums), Hugo Silvani (guitar), Charlie Wood (bassist) Why we’re crushing hard: From the moment we hit play on Pale Waves’ SoundCloud a handful of years ago, it was love on first listen. Founding members Heather Baron-Gracie and Ciara Doran describe their sound as…
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When The Survival Code aren’t tearing apart venues up and down the country, you can hear them plastered across the airwaves, making themselves unignorable on the rock scene. Continuing their bid to draw more ears and eyes to their music, the duo have now released no-frills anthem ‘Not Working’ accompanied by a brilliantly irreverent video. The track…
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Marmozets have shared a track-by-track video of their second album ‘Knowing What You Know Now’. In the clip, which is the first of two parts, the band relive the process behind the first four tracks on the album. Speaking about their most recent single ‘Major System Error’, the Yorkshire quintet reveals that the track only…
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Haus frontman and lyricist Ashley Mulimba has never been one to shy away from tricky topics in his songwriting. Last year, the band released a string of politically-charged singles that blended elements of math-rock with a clever pop sensibility, earning them well-deserved attention from the mainstream media. Having been predictably quiet over the Christmas period,…
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