Its almost an unspoken rule in Bristol, that when you're at a gig where local hero Big Jeff is also in attendance, you're in for a good one. Wednesday April 17th at Thekla was no exception when Belfast based instrumental post/math-rockers And So I Watch You From Afar graced the stage in the bowels of arguably Bristol's 2nd most famous boat (but when do you ever get the chance to start a mosh pit on the S.S. ...

Artist: Foals Album: Holy Fire Release 11th February 2013 Tracks: 11 Oxford-based band Foals have been on the scene for a relatively short amount of time, releasing their début album Antidotes in March of 2008. Since then they have released a further two albums; Total Life Forever which featured one of their most acclaimed singles Spanish Sahara, and their latest release Holy Fire. Two months on from that r ...

After receiving widespread acclaim for his 2010 album Black Sands and subsequent year long world tour back in 2011, the release of Simon Green’s (Bonobo) fifth album has been eagerly anticipated. The artist has released his newest album 11 days early via record label Ninja Tunes due to it being leaked ahead of schedule. The 13-track album echoes Green’s signature sound of ambient electronica and almost feel ...

Twelve months ago I hadn't heard of The Lumineers but thanks to the advert that made their hit  Ho Hey  famous, I soon became aware of the folk band from Denver, Colorado. I completely fell for their sound so when I won tickets to their gig in Brighton, I was intrigued and looking forward to seeing the band that I didn't know very much about. Brighton's seafront venue, Concorde 2, is perfect for gigs featur ...

Artist: Josef Salvat EP: This Life Release Date: 25th March 2013 Tracks: 4 If there any of you reading this have reached the stage, whether you want to admit or not, the contents of your media player bore you, and as good as your favourite band is, you'd really like to stumble upon something new: Josef Salvat is your man. Mark the 25th March in your calendar so you can be one of the first to pick up his déb ...