“Lady Lyon snap and crackle like livewires, grins as big as the jolt, great big country twang mashed into a high wattage bulb.” Gallery Listen
Author: Alex Kirk
“Letters To Lions return to the fray with both feet on the accelerator pedal, the set snarling like a tuned engine. Great to see them back in the wild once more.” Gallery Listen
“Freak Slug bring it both angular and rounded, arty all the way through with either sharp edges or fuzzy, soaring melody depending on their mood. It’s impossible not to dive into, a set with both depth and warmth waiting for you.” Gallery Listen
“DOOR PLANT are pretty much perfect. I’d end it there but I can’t help myself. From literally the first note it’s crashingly mad and it’s brilliant waves of poppy guitar noise and melody, it’s so danceable you’ll pull a muscle and it’s occasionally so loud with distortion to displace a retina. It is, as I’ve […]
“BOCCE venture out of Tassie for the first time, treating us to a rock solid set of sky-wide indie rock, all big horizons and brightly twinkly stars.” Gallery Listen
“Bawo brings a lorryload of London swagger but leaves any unnecessary arrogance behind, this smooth-as hip-hop needing no added attitude. Bars delivered with poise, beats dropping with easy confidence, the strength in it is left for you to find, not up in your face. A scalpel, with the weight of a brick behind it.” Gallery […]
“Sacred Hearts sound and move like shadows projected on a screen, high-contrast and twanging post-punk swirling in misty whorls. It’s incredibly restrained – most of the time – but it carries a high voltage, buzzing and crackling with menace and threat. Fabulous but shadowy, dark but danceable.” Gallery Listen
“Soli’s voice is ice on glass, frictionless and clear, R&B that moves slow but with irresistible purpose. Swirling, textured, and not a little hypnotic.” Gallery Listen
“Ligaya Escueta visit from the Phillipines, bringing with them bloody great slabs of precision-moulded, grunge-tinged, and atmospheric alt-rock. Tons of feeling, tons of mood, tons of fun.” Gallery Listen