How often should an artist release a record? In the streaming era especially, this is up for debate. If we look back at some older artists, especially in the 1960s, bands would release multiple records a year; in the early days of the Beatles’ careers, they released two albums a year from 1963-1965, without a […]
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Festival Review: Reading 2017
Friday On the blindingly sunny morning of the 25th of August, my friend Olivia and I embarked our train from Exeter to Reading. Having both missed out on the 16-year-old post-GCSE rite of passage that is going to Reading festival, we were excited for a great weekend of music. We’d unfortunately forgotten to […]
Band On Tour: An Interview with You Me At Six
Ahead of touring their new album Night People, Chris Miller, guitarist of You Me At Six talks to Exepose Music’s Alex Wingrave about Sabbath and Zepplin influences, recording, touring, and general band-stuff. Congratulations on the success of Night People – it is a darker tone, so what inspired you writing the record? In the time […]
Oh Britannia…: Is British Music Still Cool?
Two decades ago, the end of year album charts for 1997 painted a clear picture of the British music scene at the height of its Britpop era. The top ten alone included Oasis’s third album Be Here Now, after the success of its 1994 and 1995 predecessors, plus magnum opus Urban Hymns from The Verve, […]
Album Review: Muse – Drones
Theo Stone reminisces Bellamy & co.’s brief homecoming last term, but is unconvinced by their June release. “I feel sorry for Matt Bellamy’s GP. If they ever have to give him a colonoscopy, they’ll be unable to work out which hole they’d need to examine.” Muse Drones Warner Bros., 5 June 2015 [dropcap size=small]O[/dropcap]nce again, Muse’s […]