Hailing from Newcastle upon Tyne, a city renown for it’s relentlessly hard working and ever-growing music scene, Tissue Culture are the latest addition to the gang, and they’re kicking up quite a fuss. Over the last 12 months Tissue Culture have taken the local scene by storm. Off the back of their debut EP (‘Saint Waleric’) release last October, the brooding five-piece have racked up an extensive and impressive portfolio of live shows and…
Martin Longstaff (left) of The Lake Poets and Fran O Hanlon (right) of Ajimal. Today’s dose of new music is provided by Martin Longstaff (A.K.A The Lake Poets), hailing from Sunderland, UK. In the first of a series of live collaborations curated by Generator (an organisation which focuses on artist development and supporting new found musicians), brooding singer/songwriter The Lake Poets has teamed up with fellow North-East music scene cohort Ajimal for a unique…
Having pulled out of all of his hip-hop squad OFWGKTA’s summer dates in order to work on his own material, and with his only releases this year being small guest appearances on his co-workers albums (Frank Ocean’s ‘Channel ORANGE’, Mellowhype’s ‘Numbers’, Domo Genesis’ ‘No Idols’), fans have been eagerly awaiting new material from lyrical youngster Earl Sweatshirt ever since he was released from his Samoan disciplinary school in February 2012. ‘Chum’, the suprise new single which landed…
Considering the huge musical difference between Foals’ first two full-length efforts, the jerky math-rock yelps of ‘Antidotes’ and the eerie textured anthems of ‘Total Life Forever’, no one could accuratley predict what to expect when the Oxford five-piece announced the release date of new album ‘Holy Fire’, followed by the premier of new single ‘Inhaler’ last week. Although front man Yannis Philippakis has hinted at a heavier direction, I don’t think anyone could have predicted this. Anyone…
Let's Buy Happiness: (l-r) James King - Drums, James Hall - Guitars, Sarah Hall - Vocals, Mark Brown - Bass, Greame Martin - Guitars.
Joe Allan