Selling out the O2 Forum in London’s Kentish Town, the five members from Essex that make up Nothing But Thieves brought one of their best performances to the crowd of nearly 2,500. Opening up the fourteen song set list with “Itch”, a track off of their self titled album that Continue Reading
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Album Review: Giants ‘Break The Cycle’
Essex punk band Giants are set to release their debut album, Break The Cycle, on April 1st via Holy Roar Records, and it’s about as heavy and angsty as you would imagine. From the first five seconds into the album, you know what you’re getting yourself into with this band. Continue Reading
Album Review: The 1975’s ‘I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It’
I’m not even going to snark about the title of The 1975’s sophomore album. Yes, it’s obnoxiously wordy, but it came from a place of tenderness and was chosen by frontman Matty Healy in a moment of conviction – isn’t that what you want from a band? The 1975 combines Continue Reading
Live Review: ZIBRA @ Electric Brixton (02/18/2016)
In honor of the upcoming awards show, the BRITS gave Londoners a little treat with an exclusive, intimate show with ZIBRA, Sundara Karma, and Bring Me The Horizon. Jam-packed in the Electric Brixton on a Thursday night, it became apparent that the opening band, ZIBRA, was at a slight disadvantage Continue Reading
Album Review: Hands Like Houses ‘Dissonants’
After completing a full run on the 2015 Vans Warped Tour as well as a North American headliner tour this past fall, Canberra-based alternative rock band Hands Like Houses has delivered a powerhouse of an album with their newest release, Dissonants. Pushing 260,000 fans on Facebook, three years in the Continue Reading
Live Review: State Champs & Neck Deep @ The O2 Forum (02/06/2016)
Since its introduction, the underdog of the music world has always been pop punk. Overlooked by mainstream media since the early 2000s, pop punk pioneers like New Found Glory, who introduced the genre to the masses in the early 90s, have all, but disappeared from mainstream music. This steady decline of Continue Reading
Live Review: Citizen @ The Dome Tufnell Park (01/30/2016)
As a band that only tours in the UK every so often, not nearly as frequently as they do in the states, it was very clear that Citizen’s sold out show at London’s The Dome Tufnell Park was going to be a special one for fans. With the line nearly Continue Reading
Live Review: Daughter @ The O2 Forum Kentish Town (01/28/2016)
Every time Daughter comes through London, they always manage to make it quite the event. Having released their latest album, Not To Disappear, less than two weeks before their sold out show at The O2 Forum Kentish Town, everyone lucky enough to score a ticket was in for a special Continue Reading
Live Review: Catfish and The Bottlemen Concert (11/7/2015)
Energy in the Brixton Academy was incredibly high for the second of two sold out nights for the band from North Wales. As their first major tour since forming back in 2007, these are the biggest headlining shows they have played to date. With their debut album, The Balcony, released Continue Reading
Review: One Direction ‘Made in the A.M.’
We’ve watched them grow up over the years and listened to their sound evolve from sugary radio pop to having a more indie-folk influence. As the fifth album to be released from the UK boy band, Made in the A.M. is their most mature sound yet. Refraining from the over Continue Reading
Review: Little Mix ‘Get Weird’
There is a lot riding on this upcoming album from the UK girlband Little Mix. After their sophomore album, Salute, did well in the United Kingdom, but failed to draw in American audiences and those alike, it is evident in the reinvented sound displayed on Get Weird that the Little Continue Reading
Single Review: The 1975 “Love Me”
Filled with skepticism and doubt, the news of The 1975’s return would have received a far different reaction from me a year ago. Hot off the success of their self-titled album, I was as into the pop band as everyone else. However, the two year process it took for them Continue Reading