It’s hard to know how to take Birds Of Satan. It’s the side-project (sort of) of Foo Fighters sticksman Taylor Hawkins, and as such there’s always going to be the fear of “oh no, this is just going to be a shoddy Foo Fighters soundalike isn’t it?”. This probably isn’t […]

Hating Jay Rodger would be like kicking an Andrex puppy; his sincere, tender and totally free-to-stream music makes him incredibly likeable.  The UK singer songwriter’s debut release, the Bunker EP, is a handful of calm, pensive, and delicate tracks. Jay’s intricate poetic phrasing, gentle acoustic backdrops and echoey vocal harmonies make […]

If you ever feel like life is becoming boring, dull, or repetitive: then look no further. Poeticat are the band to see. The band consisted of Catherine Martindale (or Cat-performance poet), Vic Meadowcroft (percussionist), Ziggy Jadowzski (Vocal Harmonist), Baj Kendrick (guitarist), his brother (drummer) and of course, Dr. Goat Foot […]

The dragon still has fire in its belly as Wales looks to continue its success in producing new music for the masses. With success in practically every area of music, Wales is one of the great breeding grounds for musicians. So as the the bigger names take the headlines, we […]

I have something I desperately need to get off my chest. I’ve been keeping this particular secret close to my chest for years now, out of fear of being ostracized by other members of society.  My viewpoint has been ridiculed in the past and I didn’t want to have to […]

Everyone loves a good ‘rags to riches’ story. From Oprah Winfrey to Sir Richard Branson, these often incredible fairy tales of self-made success (despite a modest or difficult start in life) have the ability to inspire hope in the hearts of even the most hardened of cynics. But they don’t […]

Madame Jo Jo’s, when I first heard that the next act I would be reviewing and interviewing were to be playing at this venue I couldn’t help but wonder about what kind of spectacle I would be witnessing. Infamous for it’s burlesque nights, I wondered how exactly I would go […]

I made the mistake last night (Fri 6th Dec) of starting to drink before I had completed my work for the evening. I’m not a big drinker by any means but last night saw me gulping down two beers before I’d even got off the train to Victoria. After that […]