Music

Live Review: St Vincent

God is in the TV, June 2024

If you know anything about Annie Clark, better known as St. Vincent, you probably know she has a reputation for being one of the pre-eminent forces on the current international live music scene. Each of her previous world tours has been an expertly crafted and themed piece of theatre, yet never overshadowing her raw talent as a musician.

Kerry Mead’s Albums of the Year 2022

God Is In The TV, December 2022

Like many self-proclaimed geeks the prospect of compiling a list lights me up like a Christmas tree, but I hate them too: such was the excitement of being invited to compile a list of my top ten albums of 2022 I have barely moved from my desk for days. […]

Album Review: The Communards ‘Red’, 35th Anniversary Reissue

God Is In The TV, October 2022.

Our gut reactions to and memories of the music that soundtracked our childhoods is often purely subjective – it is only when we revisit that music as an adult we can experience it more objectively and contextually and appreciate how influential, seminal or technically brilliant it was. […]

Talking To: Peaches

The Everyday Magazine, June 2022

Twenty years ago Canadian performance artist and musician Merrill Nisker, better known as Peaches, released her seminal debut album Teaches of Peaches. As well as paving the way for an explosion of electroclash dance-punk into the musical spotlight, the album was a gamechanger in other ways too. […]

Live Review: Metronomy

Bristol 24/7, May 2022

Just in case anyone had forgotten during the last two years, Metronomy, one of the UK’s most enduring purveyors of wonky, offbeat and brilliant pop-rock, certainly know how to whip a crowd up into a puddle of joy, sweat and smiles. […]

Talking to: Don Letts

The Everyday Magazine, April 2022.

A first-generation Black British man who grew up with the ever-present threat of racism, police harassment and violence in London during the 60s and 70s, Letts found himself at the epicentre of the emerging punk movement in the late 1970s. Don Letts was central to the crossover between the rasta and punk scenes, and later their cross-fertilisation with the burgeoning NY hip-hop scene, which created something completely new and exciting which has influenced the sound of UK alternative music ever since. […]

Review: Dot to Dot Festival 2022

The Everyday Magazine, May 2022

Dot to Dot Festival 2022 has done it again. Held yearly in Bristol and Nottingham, Dot to Dot is a must for any music fan’s calendar. The festival showcases some of the best up and coming artists in different venues across the two cities over one weekend, and it always delivers without fail. […]