With much of the world still on lockdown and gigs still being cancelled left, right and centre, we thought we'd look back on some of our writer's favourite concerts, keeping your taste for live music alive. First up is Royal Blood at Sheffield's The Leadmill in 2014, attended by Vinyl Chapters writer Matt Wand. It’s cold and windy in the centre of Sheffield tonight. The … [Read more...] about Retro Gigs: Royal Blood – The Leadmill 2014
Mohamed Assani: Wayfinder – Review
Mohamed Assani creates unique and impressive soundscapes in Wayfinder, encapsulating a dizzying amount of genres with the sitar at the helm. Many would think sitar music has only one distinct style, but Mohamed Assani manages to blow this thought right out the water on new album Wayfinder. Using the record as a musical exploration, it brings in diverse genres such as … [Read more...] about Mohamed Assani: Wayfinder – Review
Brendan Benson: Dear Life – Review
Brendan Benson releases 'Dear Life', his first solo album in seven years, evidently written from a place of ecstasy and contentedness that translates into pure joy upon listening. Probably most well-known for co-founding Rock band The Raconteurs – alongside Jack White, Jack Lawrence, and Patrick Keeler – singer-songwriter-producer Brendan Benson is set to release his seventh … [Read more...] about Brendan Benson: Dear Life – Review
Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters – Review
The widely praised fifth album by Fiona Apple, the elusive and iconic New York singer-songwriter, is a self-indulgent, formless and rickety rackety listen that will alienate as much as elucidate. The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and classically-trained pianist Fiona Apple has something of a slim canon for a recording career stretching back over twenty-four years. … [Read more...] about Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters – Review
Jamie XX: Idontknow – Single Review
Jamie XX returns with a new song, his first since 2015’s all-conquering In Colour album. Just when you’d thought James Thomas Smith, the British producer and beat-sculptor known as Jamie XX, had vanished off the face of the earth, he’s unleashed a brand new track entitled Idontknow, an ear-worm that cropped up in live sets last year and is now getting props from other … [Read more...] about Jamie XX: Idontknow – Single Review
New Music Fridays – 17th April 2020
We have a very international New Music Fridays this week with four artists from four different countries, namely Sweden, Finland, the U.S and the U.K. Its also a very chilled out affair as we delve into settled beats, lo-fi sounds and dreamy folk to keep you lot stress-free in these troubled times. As always, click the pics to listen! Raye Zaragoza - Fight Like A … [Read more...] about New Music Fridays – 17th April 2020