Album Review: Alt-J – Relaxer
Emerging in 2007 as a group of lads from Leeds, famously named after the mac keyboard shortcut, Alt-J graced our presence with their debut Mercury and Ivor Novello Award-winning ‘An Awesome Wave’ back in 2012. ...
Album Review: The Amazons – The Amazons
Reading boys The Amazons have been stirring up a lot of attention recently. Being shortlisted for the BBC’s Sound of 2017 poll and receiving a nomination for Q’s Best Breakthrough Act has stood them in good ste...
Track of the Week: Hyukoh – ‘Wanli’
When you think of music from South East Asia, blinding neon, sickly sweet pop comes to mind. The region is synonymous with J-Pop, K-pop and anything else that pulsates through you faster than a sugar rush. What...
Track of the Week: Courts – ‘Any of Us’
Since The VLM was born out of the bosom of music-loving friends 18 months ago, Courts have been at the forefront of new music we've promoted. Perhaps it's their ability to make class A bangers or the fact they'...
Album Review: Mac DeMarco – This Old Dog
We last heard from our favourite goof-rocker Mac DeMarco two years ago with the release of the mini-LP Another One and its following demo version. It was back in 2014 however that we last received a proper albu...
Photos: JAWS at Scala, London
As the smoke filled London's Scala on Wednesday night it was the guys from JAWS that the rowdy crowd was here to see. The nights proceedings started with 'Just A Boy' no encouragement was needed to get the vibe...
Track of The Week: Ardyn – ‘Together’
It may not feel like it but we're on the verge of summer. Just a few weeks away from inevitably sickly sweet pop anthems saturating the charts, Ardyn add a touch of class with summer pop banger 'Together'.
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Track of The Week: LEWN – ‘She’
At the back end of 2016 we introduced you to brotherly duo LEWN. London-based Jack and Patrick Lewin first flexed their muscles with glitch-ridden track 'Ride' before setting aside six months to work on their n...
Album Review: Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
DAMN. is a thoughtful, honest and passionate exploration into Kendrick Lamar's mind. A collection of tracks that listen as if they were entries into a diary, Lamar’s fourth studio album is his most moving and p...
Track of The Week: Noga Erez – Off The Radar
This week's thunderous Track of The Week comes from Tel-Aviv singer Noga Erez. With a thick glitchy bass line that's reminiscent of previous TOTW entry Georgia, Erez is another gutsy vocalist who can pack a pun...