By Izzy Hurcum Every year, tens of thousands of record collectors descend onto record stores across the UK to celebrate Record Store Day (also known as RSD), an annual event featuring exclusive releases and limited-edition vinyl pressings. This year’s event featured more…
By Freya Hoare When an artist has hit its peak in the 70s or 80s it is fair to assume that in the year of 2026 they aren’t performing to the capacity that they used to, unless you are The…
By Lily Cottrell Is there a better way to spend an early-summers evening than in a small venue, pressed up against the stage, watching bands that are surely going to be the next big thing? That’s exactly what I found…
By Freya Hoare When looking at the title for Maisie Peters’ third studio album Florescence, you may think I am misspelling it. The term ‘Fluorescence’ is very much different.. When titling an album, you want the name to encapsulate the…
By Lewis Hannah Outside Telford’s Warehouse, the canalside bar sat on Shropshire Union Canal, is an array of characters, on a moderate Friday evening, all getting ready for a relaxing, and soon to be extremely warm, Bank Holiday. I, on the other…
By Lewis Hannah In just over a month’s time, Reality Awaits, the seventh album by New York garage rockers The Strokes, will arrive. The 26th June release will end a six year wait for new material from the band, following up their…
By Lewis Hannah In its early days, the world of music journalism was relatively simple. Talented writers with a sharp style, or with strong, perhaps over-bearing opinions, would write reports, sometimes reviews, or opinion pieces, or maybe even have the interview with the big heavy hitter in their…
By Freya Hoare Record Store Day (RSD) has a great economic impact for record stores worldwide and helps to put otherwise only locally known independent shops on the map nationally. Alongside the increase in footfall in all the record shops…
By Freya Hoare When the recent pre-sale happened for Olivia Rodrigo’s upcoming ‘Unraveled’ tour, It sent fans opinions unravelling on social media due to not only the prices but for the sheer amount of dates in specific places. In more…
By Eves Lynch I have to be honest… I’ve only recently discovered CMAT. I’d heard of her before, mainly because of her co-writer credit on ‘I Like Your Look’ by the Blossoms but I have recently discovered her own music,…
