14 bands started out in January as young, hopeful musicians battling it out for only one thing: eternal bragging rights as Exeter’s finest student band (oh, and a £500 cash prize). As the numbers slowly whittled down week by week through audience vote and the judge’s pick, the competition got fiercer until just four finalists […]
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Listen: the perfect study playlist
It’s getting to that time of year again: dissertations are due, exams need revising for, and that amounts to a fair amount of time spent working. But, after all this time, do you ever find yourself struggling to concentrate? Now, that’s where I come in. Below is my favourite study playlist, with a balanced mix of […]
Album Review: Animal Collective – Painting With
Animal Collective Painting With February 2016; Domino Not many artists make ten albums, especially in the indie scene, which for all its self-awareness is definitely the least inviting. Anyone who achieves any success or notoriety is battered with cynicism, sneers grow as sales do, and affection for anything can be drenched in up to six levels […]
Live Review: City and Colour at Cardiff’s Great Hall
Standing slightly off centre, Dallas Green takes to the stage to perform as the better known City and Colour for the second night of his UK tour. The sold out gig is one that surpasses any other I’ve been to for a long time. A still atmosphere, not caused by not knowing the words but […]
Live Review: English Disco Lovers
A Wednesday or two ago, while the sports fans went in their hundreds to get drunk at Varsity, the more disco-inclined got drunk in the depths of Cavern. English Disco Lovers run nights all over the country, aiming to re-appropriate the meaning of ‘EDL’ from the racist English Defence League to something that’s all about […]
Poltimore Sessions | Daisy Vaughan
Exeposé Music is proud to present – in collaboration with XTV and Poltimore Festival – Poltimore Sessions. Set at the historic Poltimore House, the coming sessions will showcase our favourite local musicians in the build-up to Poltimore 2016. DAISY VAUGHAN Before moving to Exeter, Daisy Vaughan lived in a cottage by the sea. Before that, a […]
Talking fans and plans: an interview with The Stranglers
This week I had the pleasure of talking to Baz Warne, lead singer of The Stranglers since 2006, and possibly the nicest man to ever pick up a guitar. Before their 18 date tour of the UK – followed by dates in New Zealand and Australia – the legendary four piece came together in the […]
“Tell Me It’s Real”: an interview with Seafret
Hailing from Bridlington in the north of England, Seafret are an up-and-coming singer songwriter duo for whom 2015 has been an impressive year. The duo already have the notable CV of opening for renowned artists such as James Bay, Jake Bugg and Hozier, and now they can add a brand new album to that list. […]
Album Review: Ra Ra Riot – Need Your Light
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 […]
Jan-Feb: Beats & Bass Society // Exeposé Music takeover
El Presidente DJ Katapila – Trotro (Awesome Tapes) Originally released in 2009 in Accra, Ghana, this album was snapped up by Awesome Tapes from Africa and re released this month – and for good reason. It features traditional Ghanaian influences alongside electronic drum beats to produce a new level of dance music. It is safe […]