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Jun 20, 20193 min read

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...

Jun 19, 20195 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...

Jun 16, 20192 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...

Jun 13, 20194 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...

Jun 12, 20192 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...

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...

Jun 9, 20196 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...

Jun 3, 20193 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...

May 30, 20194 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...

May 29, 20192 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...

May 25, 20198 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...

May 24, 20194 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...