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Festival Review: Download Festival 2019
Another drizzly Download Festival is now in the books but even the dismal weather and the mud couldn’t stop 90,000 metalheads from having...
Sean Hubbard
Jun 20, 20193 min read


EP Review: Exchecker – Exchecker
Cheshire-based hip-hop collective deliver an impenetrable statement of intent on their blossoming sophomore EP. Hip-hop has invariably...
The Mic Magazine
Jun 19, 20195 min read


Album Review: Hot Chip - 'A Bath Full of Ecstasy'
This Friday (21st June) sees the return of Hot Chip with their seventh studio album ‘A Bath Full of Ecstasy,’ their first since 2015. The...
Alex Barston
Jun 16, 20192 min read


Album Review: Charlie Cunningham – 'Permanent Way'
The classically trained London singer-songwriter delivers a documentation of life’s uncertainties on his glowing sophomore record. The...
The Mic Magazine
Jun 13, 20194 min read


Album Review: Bastille - 'Doom Days'
‘Doom Days’ pretty much sums up the feeling that most of us hold about the world in its current state. Headlines are turning ever bleaker...
Robyn Walford
Jun 12, 20192 min read


Single Review: Honey Gentry – 'Daydream Baby'
Honey Gentry’s storm of ethereal, DIY enchantment provided poetic justice to those desiring artistic integrity when her debut EP...
The Mic Magazine
Jun 12, 20192 min read


Interview: Rou Reynolds of Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari frontman Rou Reynolds played a short acoustic set at Rough Trade on Sunday in support of his new book ‘Dear Future...
Sean Hubbard
Jun 9, 20196 min read


Review: All Points East, 31st May 2019
The second weekend of All Points East kicked off on Friday 31st May with a day that can only be described as an absolute triumph for...
Sean Hubbard
Jun 3, 20193 min read


Album Review: Lewis Capaldi – 'Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent'
The Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of Twitter and most rapidly growing pop star to emerge from the UK since Adele surprises with a...
Cameron Chadwick
May 30, 20194 min read


Review: Slam Dunk Festival (South), 26th May 2019
Another year, another Slam Dunk festival, but this year was the first fully outdoor one ever! Yes the weather was patchy at some points...
Sean Hubbard
May 29, 20192 min read


Interview: Lady Bird
The all-smiling, all-snarling, all-dancing punk trio caught up with The Mic backstage in Leeds to talk about their headline tour, a debut...
The Mic Magazine
May 25, 20198 min read


EP Review: Interpol – 'A Fine Mess'
Stoic alternative icons attempt to rejuvenate the spark of yesteryear on wavering new EP Despite being arguably one of the biggest rock...
The Mic Magazine
May 24, 20194 min read
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