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Abbie McCarthy: two years of Good Karma Club, going on tour and Kent’s hotbed of new music

You know that feeling when you host a party; loads of mate have clicked 'going' on the Facebook event, some have even texted you personally to say they're coming but until they walk through the door, you're uns...

Jagwar Ma: Sheffield, Sydney and Adele in a Library

Returning last year with their second album Every Now and Then Jagwar Ma, cemented their sound in psychoactive synths and Madchester driven hooks. The Sydney based band are less cemented in location however – i...

Esmé Patterson: “I have been working on my diva skills.”

Originating from Portland, Colorado: Esmé Patterson kicked up the energy and unleashed her in-built rock ‘n’ roll spirit to the Leeds crowd in wake of album number three We Were Wild. Like a painter it is c...

Frank Turner: “It’s a scary time to be a human.”

Fast approaching show number 2000, Frank Turner tackled the turmoil of 2016 , by bringing people together in Leeds for a night of Yorkshire-fuelled bedlam. “We have toured hard this year, we’ve really put gr...

RAYE: “You have to know when to stand your ground.”

2016 has been a blazing year for Croydon’s rising star RAYE. But 2017 better be ready. Collaborations with Stormzy and Charli XCX have focused the spotlight on this determined nineteen-year-old who is taking al...

Georgie: Rock ‘n’ Roll’s no-nonsense modern classic

A stout-hearted, straight talking northerner with no theatrics; Georgie is the real deal. Performing at The O2 Academy Sheffield, it is apparent this 21-year-old from Mansfield is rock n’ rolls budding salvatio...

Declan McKenna: The 17-year-old whose school days are far behind him

Challenging the media’s representation of the LGBT community, police brutality and the 2014 FIFA corruption, Declan McKenna takes on the big issues in his music at just seventeen years old. Supporting Blossoms ...

LANY: “We want to sound like 2016”

“I’d say we get a good amount of attention… although I’d love more.” singer Paul Klein laughs along with band members Les Priest and Jake Goss as he hides his head, realising what he’s just said. “That soun...

Interview: VANT

VANT aren't ones for the polished, dead-eyed promotional campaign that so many breaking bands submit to. Their mentality turns its back completely on that kind of red-tape constraint and lets them freely di...

Wolf Alice: Progression & Prejudice (and Elton John)

You’d be forgiven for thinking that after winning two NME Awards, receiving a BRIT nomination and a second place charting album, Wolf Alice have reason to start getting ahead of themselves. But this is definite...