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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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. […]
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 […]
Album Review: LNZNDRF – LNZNDRF
LNZNDRF LNZNDRF 19 February 2016; 4AD The introductory notes of “Future You” locate LNZNDRF (pronounced “Lanzendorf”) – the second side-project of members of The National in the last six months – among pulsating Sahara. Orientalism, Arabian Nights… thoughtless synecdoches are kept under wraps and torn apart. The strong riff that follows launches the album as […]
Album Review: Savages – Adore Life
Savages are a great band live. They play with a remarkable intensity- something I can testify to having experienced it myself. The music of their first album Silence Yourself, a punchy, frenetic array of tracks that refuse to let up, translate extremely well. In their gigs leading up to the release of their second album […]
Album Review: Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
It wasn’t easy but, after three changes to the title and repeated adjustments to the track list, the enigmatic Kanye West’s new album is finally here. Twitter tirades, a listening party at his Madison Square Garden fashion show and public antics all threatened to take the spotlight away from what West started recording in 2013. […]
The same old chestnut: An interview with This is the Kit
You released your third album Bashed Out earlier this year, what influences did you take into recording? Oh I’m not sure really. I went into the studio with very much the bare bones of the songs. There was a couple of songs that I’d been playing for a while live but the others took on their own […]