Ra Ra Riot are back with their fourth album Need Your Light and it’s pretty good. You may not have heard of them and that’s fine; hailing from the New York indie scene in the mid 2000s and following the preppy baroque styling of close friends Vampire Weekend, Ra Ra Riot haven’t really made the […]
Album Review: Duran Duran – Paper Gods
First of all, there’s nothing wrong with Duran Duran. Back in the 80s they were massive, their sound and style defined an era of pop music, and there’s a reason why Heart plays ‘Rio’ on a regular basis. The thing is, their fourteenth album Paper Gods is a bit crap. There’s no other way of […]
Review: Macbeth
Whether on the screen or the stage, you can never have too much Shakespeare. The stories speak for themselves, they continue to resonate with modern audiences and offer themselves up for multiple interpretations. That being said, sometimes the best of the bunch are the ones that keep it traditional. That’s what the latest version of […]
Album Review: Disclosure – Caracal
Disclosure Caracal 25 September 2015, Island House is everywhere at the moment: Deep House, Soft House, Tropical House, Chart House, Classical House; you just can’t get away from the stuff now that it’s broken through to the mainstream. The duo that are largely responsible for bringing it to the forefront are back, two years […]
The secret life of music in video games
Music and sound design in video games isn’t something you probably think about very much or take notice of when playing Fifa on your Xbox. But recently, metal legends Iron Maiden have released a free to play 8-bit video game, based on the Nintendo classic Donkey Kong, on their website to promote their new album […]
Album Review: Delmer Darion – The Emperor Of Ice Cream
Delmer Darion The Emperor of Ice Cream 6 August 2015 Tom Lenton and Oliver Jack are Delmer Darion. Hailing respectively from our very own Exeter University and cousin Bath, they make Electronica and their latest LP The Emperor of Ice Cream is good. In fact it’s a very good, very clever and a very well-constructed […]
Album Review: Nate Ruess – Grand Romantic
Nate Ruess is the man who penned mega hits for P!nk and Eminem, and found success fronting FUN. No longer young, growing up, the Grammy Award winning recording artist returns with Grand Romantics, reviewed by Scott Ford. Nate Ruess Grand Romantic Atlantic, 15 June 2015 [dropcap size=small]Y[/dropcap]ou’re probably familiar with Nate Ruess, even if you […]
Paloma Faith at The Eden Project, 24/6/15
Scott Ford heads along to Cornwall’s Eden Project for the head of Hackney eccentricity, Paloma Faith, with support from Nottingham’s Liam Bailey. “Since when was I adhering to any kind of protocol?” This is what Paloma Faith laughs to the audience at the climax of her set, dwarfed by the glass domes of the Eden […]