Top 5 Albums of 2014 [Jan – June]

As we are halfway through 2014 already [!] I thought it was only right that I round up my 5 favourite albums of the year so far. All five albums are pretty different musically but all brilliant, excellent and stunning in equal measure. Hopefully, you'll all have had the pleasure of already listening to these …

Live Review: Foxes at Leadmill, Sheffield. 23rd May 2014.

After successfully impressing hoards of people with her great vocals and musical ability featuring on tracks with acts like Rudimental and Fall Out Boy, it has created a mass of excitement around Foxes. That was echoed clearly by the packed out Leadmill crowd encompassing everyone from young teenage fans to older, middle aged groups all …

tracks of the week #53

This week 4 tracks that sum up a lot about music in my life at the moment. One I've just seen live recently, one who's album has recently been released and that I love, one announced for Glastonbury that I love but has caused a lot of controversy and one who I always revisit when …

This Month I Have Been… May

May has ended already and I'm left wondering yet again just where exactly this year is going. This month has been a busy one, lots of gigs and things going on, home-wise it's been stressful, I've had some exciting new things starting and I've started on a journey this month that I know is going …

tracks of the week #41

Another week, another lot of tracks I've been listening to. 2 very recent discoveries, 1 artist I've been listening to non stop since discovering her music some time last year and 1 band I've been a fan of for a couple of years now and they've just released a really good follow up to their …