Manchester-based singer/songwriter Jonny Woodhead launched his debut EP ‘Words With The Weatherman’ last month to a packed-out Castle Hotel, the room was buzzing and celebration was in the air. Woodhead, alongside his band, played whole-heartedly singing songs of poignant significance and lived emotion. His voice resting somewhere between the wistful transcendence of Nick Drake and […]
Bushstock returns to London’s Shepherd’s Bush this weekend (Saturday 18th June) where it will host some incredible acts of all genres and nationalities. One of whom is Swede Albim Lee Meldau, he will entertain with his captivating and truly haunting stories, told in a dark pop format. Surely not to be missed.
Brighton has become a hotbed for bands of all genres, all styles, all social classes. The city breeds character, it offers freedom to all who want to break from the restricting confines of the capital and take refuge on its sandy shores. Loa Loa are one of those free-spirited troop’s that call Brighton their home, akin […]
Otherkin are all over the festival circuit this summer, playing some of the best outdoor arenas around the world. Shirts will be off, on and off-stage, along with the raucous energy that the band command, there will never a dull moment with these Dublin boys around. The release of their new EP ‘The New Vice’ pre-empts […]
The release of Johnny Lloyd’s debut EP ‘Dreamland’ has sent an uproar of excitement through the interweb. After months of teasing singles in its lead up, the EP provides four fully realised tracks, each boasting a patchwork of influences that exhibit a confident and inspiring young artist.
Liverpool born BANNERS feels, breathes and lives emotion. His songs are fundamental, each weaving universal themes of loss, hope, persistence and empowerment. His music is essential and vital, it’s rudimentary expression of the purest kind, which is brought further into focus on new single ‘Half Light’.
Scandinavian artist Mikko Joensuu is not afraid to explore the darker depths of the human condition, because of this his music holds a true poignancy and rare vulnerability. Joensuu found that solitude was important for his creativity, fleeing from the distractions of the city he found solace in the sparse beauty of the Finnish woods, the getaway […]
Australia’s Why We Run don’t fit the mould, they re-invent the wheel. The alt-rock four piece since releasing impressive debut single ‘Comfortable Lie’ early last year, continue to stagger and break boundaries with their complex sonic artworks in the most distinct way possible. New single ‘Hallway’ takes action in previewing the band’s debut full-length record ‘Holograms’, due out […]
Newcomers Tokyo Tea Room dredge up woozy pop from the Kentish coast on ‘Sleep’. As early offerings go, the cut is a pure, undiluted foray into the young band’s psyche – while breezy, a darker edge is breaking through the cracks.
RALPH is cutting ties in ‘Cold To The Touch’ but you could say she’s just being realistic. Either way, the new cut from Toronto-based songstress Raffa Weyman (better known as RALPH) is seriously biting. But even when the lyrics are brutally honest, her melodies lift all sky high covered in staple candy-coated gloss, so all that remains is a delicious […]
Irish singer/songwriter Maria Kelly made herself known to us with the remarkable debut ‘Before It Has Begun’ – a tender goodbye to a fleeting relationship. But it is upon receipt of follow-up single ‘Black & Blue’ that marks Kelly as a contender to break-out into wider pastures.
We like Gang. They are a band with a story to tell. They are a band with personality. They are a band that don’t take themselves too seriously. And they are a band that live for the music. To us, these are all commendable traits. The Brighton-based trio recently released their biggest track to-date ‘Not […]
Kent’s most celebrated oddballs Gang are less about hiding in the shadows. More so, they’re concerned with exposing the glaring truth’s. The band found their rhythm after they up-sticks to Brighton, where they captured the sparkle in their crown and the rest, as they say, is history.
There are certain moments in life that are crucial and intrinsic to how we face the future – whether that’s adapting to new changes and challenges, a forced curve to the structure, or simply, growing up. It’s how we deal in these moments that truly tests our character, our strength and our ability to cope.
Irish newcomer LYRA is a new breed of pop star. Sure, her music is viscerally charged with intensely rich hooks and pounding lyrics but she likens more to the Aurora‘s of this world than the Meghan Trainor‘s. Her latest icy pop dream, titled ‘Emerald’, glistens in a shimmering and powerful light.
The first glimmer of new material from Reading-based Saltwater Sun has finally fallen from the sky, the band caught our eye with last year’s storming debut EP, ‘Wild’. The new cut see’s the group call for action in full shimmering power-pop glory on ‘Now Or Never’.
When the time comes to announce yourself to the world, you have one of two options – One, a quiet solitary ‘Here I am’ or Two, a rearing of the head that makes all other heads turn with it. EAT FAST opted for the latter. These newcomers have ravished and accumulated all in their path […]
We all know the infamous Craig David song about the days of the week, but here ‘Thursday’ takes on a completely different meaning. The sophisticated cut takes Lostboycrow’s sultry R&B pop to breathtaking highs, with some flirtatious winks added in for the extra swoon. This is the L.A. artist at his most vulnerable and sexiest […]
‘My Love, My Lover’ brings about a collaboration that will spark an endless love affair, like the classics have done before them, from Dolly and Kenny‘s ‘Islands in the Stream’ all the way to Sandy and Danny‘s ‘You’re the One That I Want’, these two Aussie musicians match perfectly like the milk to the other’s honey.
Liverpool-based Her’s made a startling entrance upon releasing debut ‘Dorothy’ – with its darkly swooning intelligence, it made for a starry-eyed introduction to the duo’s throwback sound. Arriving in quick succession is the second half of the release, the wistful and indulgently dreamy ‘What Once Was’.