Author: Andrew Sockanathan
Leeds & Reading Festival - Leeds Festival, 2011
See pictures from Leeds Festival 2011FridayAt Leeds Festival, wondrous as it is, there's little else to do apart from watch music and eat rather underwhelming fast food, so unless you are a major comedy and...
Review posted on 30th August 2011
Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
I saw Jamie Woon play in Leeds in the early 00s, when he'd managed to gain an underground reputation for his one-man Loop Station gigs, layering 8-part harmonies building to massive, beautiful electro-soul crescendos. I...
Review posted on 11th April 2011
The Doves - Kingdom of Rust
Review of Doves album 'Kingdom of Rust'There has never been a better time for a band of middle aged men from Greater Manchester to make a record, especially a band that has managed to come...
Review posted on 31st March 2009
Alela Diane - To Be Still
Review of Alela Diane's album 'To Be Still' released through Rough Trade. Alela Diane is a folk artist whose ability to sing of family, nature and love in pure, disaffected tones has led to her...
Review posted on 26th March 2009
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Review of Flying Lotus' album 'Los Angeles' released through Warp.An early indicator that hip hop producer Steven Ellision (A.K.A. Flying Lotus) is a force to be reckoned with is the ease at which he has...
Review posted on 23rd February 2009
N.E.R.D - Seeing Sounds
N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds Album ReviewAccording to Pharrell, the previous N.E.R.D. record 'Fly or Die' was intended to be a "kaleidoscope of sounds" but in reality failed to depart from the realm of the kitsch;...
Review posted on 17th July 2008
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
Album Review of 'The Odd Couple' by Gnarls Barkley.At their best, Gnarls Barkley manage to effortlessly combine accessibility with gravitas. They are able to execute that cunning trick, common in much of the pop pantheon,...
Review posted on 15th July 2008
PlantLife - Love Toy
PlantlifeLove ToySingle ReviewOf the myriad of artists that have been compared to Prince since his re-invention as a commercially viable proposition, I doubt many have as deeper understanding of his oeuvre than Plantlife. On new...
Review posted on 14th April 2008
Cadence Weapon - House Music
Cadence WeaponHouse Music Single ReviewThe term 'hip-house' re-entered music review parlance last year, following Kanye West's all-major-label-guns-blazing reinterpretation of Daft Punk's glitzy electro-disco 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger'. The.ahem.'hip-house' aesthetic of Cadence Weapon's 'House Music', an...
Review posted on 14th April 2008
The Heavy - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
The Heavy Great Vengeance and Furious FireNinja TuneAlbum ReviewIn an environment where the idea of simply having a deep sense of rhythm and melody has become subordinated to banal social commentary, whether that be of...
Review posted on 10th April 2008
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Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
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WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
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![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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