Music

While our summer days are numbered, life seems to be returning to some sort of normality. In the past month we have seen most pubs and restaurants reopen, people have gone abroad on holidays, and there has even been a small number of both…

The Lost Gecko have done what I didn’t think they could do—release a song that somehow matches the majestic tone of their previous single ‘Brothers’, while also sounding completely different from it. They are rapidly finding and…

Little Green Cars didn’t wait long to trade in when their engine gave out once and for all. Frontman Stevie Appleby has hit the road on his own, while Faye O’Rourke, Adam O’Regan, Donagh Seaver O’Leary and Dylan Lynch have re-emerged from…

Strange Souvenirs blend influences from '80s new wave, '90s trip hop & shoegaze, and post-millennial electronica & indie with science fiction soundtracks, video games and nuggets of nerd culture into a schizoid selection of…

Welcome to The Rotation, a roundup of the month's key moments in music and why you should listen. Read Volume 16 below, or scroll to the end for playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. Previous instalments available here.…

California native Wise John has delivered a beautifully crafted blend of jazz, folk, and pop on his new LP, A Wonderful World. “I wrote most of A Wonderful World while I was living in Orange County, CA, during the summer of 2020,” said…

The opening track of Vince Staples’ self-titled album may be his defining masterwork. The bouncy and devastating 'ARE YOU WITH THAT?' seems to exemplify everything he’s been about his whole career, brought to new melodic heights. Vince’s…

After channelling a world of experience over the last few years, playing enormous shows around the world and exploring a diverse array of aesthetics in the process, fast-rising producer and DJ Abstract Source returns to unveil his vibrant…

Blueanimal is a band that emerged from another Orlando outfit called Redwax. The guitarist and bass player, Luke Elms and Matt Lube, formed their own musical nugget from the main gig, and they just released a captivating new concept album…

Writer's block took over while I was trying to compose this piece, I know I have great music to write about in a couple of paragraphs but I spent too much time wracking my brain and searching the internet in the hopes of finding something…