whynow • 8th April 2025 Why, 20 years later, Dig! is still the ultimate music doc whynow Great documentaries rarely happen by design. That’s certainly the case with Dig!, as perfect an ode to the last days of record label excesses as you can find.
NME • 7th April 2025 Where does 'The White Lotus' go from here? Harsh truths, heartbreaking deaths and all-out gunfire brought the curtain down on yet another action-packed stay at a White Lotus resort.
Ticketmaster UK • 22nd September 2023 Live Review: Aunty Donna at the Eventim Apollo, 22/09/23 Deeply silly and irrepressibly brilliant, the Australian trio bring the house down with their biggest live show to date
Ticketmaster UK • 21st September 2023 Album Review: Teenage Fanclub – Nothing Lasts Forever The Glaswegian greats return with a gently autumnal album filled with their trademark melodic brilliance
Ticketmaster UK • 20th September 2023 Album Of The Week: Slaughter Beach, Dog – Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling Our pick of this week's new releases is the latest from Jake Ewald's indie folk outfit, an album that instantly feels like a classic
Ticketmaster UK • 9th September 2023 Album Review: Sparklehorse – Bird Machine Mark Linkous' final album is a minor miracle, a loving testimonial assembled with devotion by those who knew him best
Ticketmaster UK • 7th September 2023 Album Review: Swansea Sound – Twentieth Century The indie pop supergroup return with a terrific album that stares unflinchingly in the face of the modern world
Ticketmaster UK • 7th September 2023 Live Review: 2nd Grade at The Lexington, 06/09/23 The Philly power pop quartet make quite the impression on their UK debut
Ticketmaster UK • 31st August 2023 Live Review: The Walkmen at KOKO, 30/08/23 The Walkmen find a new finest form on their return to London after far too long away
Ticketmaster UK • 31st August 2023 Album Review: The Natvral – Summer Of No Light Ex-Pains Of Being Pure At Heart frontman Kip Berman delivers another set of instantly engaging folk rock
Ticketmaster UK • 30th August 2023 Album Of The Week: Slowdive – everything is alive Our pick of the week's best releases is the awe-inspiring return of shoegaze giants Slowdive
Ticketmaster UK • 24th August 2023 Album Of The Week: Ratboys – The Window Our pick of the week's new releases is the exceptional new record from the twangy Chicago indie rockers
Ticketmaster UK • 18th August 2023 Album Review: Diners – DOMINO Blue Broderick's latest album is power pop perfection, stuffed to the gills with irresistible hooks and infectious humour
Ticketmaster UK • 10th August 2023 Album Review: Hurry – Don’t Look Back The Philadelphia quartet knock it out of the park with an album full of melodic, lovesick power pop
Ticketmaster UK • 21st July 2023 Album Review: Cut Worms – Cut Worms Music Mark Grassick / 21 July 2023 Review Max Clarke's third album as Cut Worms takes the best bits of 60s pop and turns it into something breath-taking and entirely unique Country pop and rock ‘n’ roll mean very different things in 2023 than they did in 1958. By current standards, to call Cut Worms the best marri...
Ticketmaster UK • 19th July 2023 Live review: Belle and Sebastian, The Roundhouse 18/07/23 To those only vaguely familiar, Belle and Sebastian make music for anaemic, vegan, cardigan-wearing, poetry-writing, bedsit-dwelling students.
Ticketmaster UK • 14th July 2023 Album Of The Week: Far Caspian – The Last Remaining Light Review Mark Grassick / 14 July 2023 Review Our pick of the week's new releases is the beautiful second album from Joel Johnston (aka Far Caspian) Most people become musicians to escape the grind. It’s the romantic myth that drives so much of the lifestyle’s allure. So, it’s something of an anomaly for an artist to...
Ticketmaster UK • 7th July 2023 Live Review: Bruce Springsteen, BST Hyde Park 6/7/23 Review Mark Grassick / 7 July 2023 Review At the first of his 2023 BST appearances, Springsteen finds time for reflection and poignancy in the midst of sheer euphoria Springsteen live reviews often read like a weird kind of word bingo. “Communal experience.” Tick. “Marathon set.” Tick. “Age-defying enthusiasm.” T...
Ticketmaster UK • 6th July 2023 The Minus 5 and The No Ones provide an unforgettable night in deepest Kent Review Mark Grassick / 6 July 2023 Review Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck and co. bring their A-game to a surreal al fresco show in Knockholt In the world of incongruous live performances, The Minus 5 in a Kentish beer garden is near the top. Not least because the band’s bass player is ex-R.E.M. guitar wizard Peter Bu...
Ticketmaster UK • 23rd June 2023 Militarie Gun – Life Under The Gun review Review Mark Grassick / 23 June 2023 Review One of the best melodic hardcore bands out there delivers an album of ready-made anthems If you know, you know. In ever-increasing circles, word has been travelling fast about Militarie Gun. There’s an in-built awe, something in the eyes, a look that transpires when you a...
Ticketmaster UK • 23rd June 2023 Album Review: The High Water Marks – Your Next Wolf Review Mark Grassick / 23 June 2023 Review The Scandi-American Elephant 6ers turn out another sparkling set of fuzzy, catchy indie pop For a while, it seemed like The High Water Marks might become a footnote in the story of the Elephant 6 collective. While Neutral Milk Hotel became celebrated enough for 10.0 revie...