Call Upon The Author

Walking into the SUSU I was surrounded by quirky attempts at Halloween costumes worn by over excited teenagers who partly made me want to linger at the back of the bar let alone the venue. With the first support act “The Joy Formidable” playing was interesting however it was an excuse to hit the bar, [...]

From the strange cover of Filewile’s new album “Bluewkywell” I hadn’t a clue what to expect. Though something bizarre I was sure, and not wrong, from the first track “Sombrero or Die” these haunting vocals accompanied by upbeat instrumentals along with what I can only describe as siren like noises makes for an interesting yet [...]

From the cover of The Mojo Gurus new album “Let’s get lit with…” I expected some sort of psychedelic, Jefferson Airplane inspired, marijuana fuelled 70’s excellence, sadly these expectations were far from met, instead I found myself drifting off into tedious “rock” that I couldn’t help but feel all they were doing had been done [...]

I was surprised by how empty the NME Radar Tour was when I arrived, for Yes Giantess there was a small crowd supporting and enjoying the energetic performance, despite the vocalist’s keyboard having “exploded” before the set he improvised with a maraca. His witty banter to the audience opened for a brilliant show. Next, The [...]

It had been a busy day and I remembered having Fanfarlo’s “Reservoir” in my bag, so driving home it was played full blast for the first time, from the minute I heard it I thought of many bands that it could be a concoction of, all being favourites of mine. The opening track “I’m A [...]

As I wander to The Wine Vaults to get myself and a few friends our tickets, I’m already aware that it’s going to be a long day, I thought I’d made a reasonably early effort by arriving at midday, the already intoxicated seemed to disagree. I’m queuing to receive my band and hear a familiar [...]