Liverpool Sound City 2017

In brutal honesty, before now, there has not been anything about a festival that isn’t set in a field that would appeal to me.  Why would I want to sit and eat cheesy chips and gravy on hard gravel?  Why would I want to be able to walk from a centre of town to a [...]

Music | Control by Chase & Status Ft. Slaves

Music | Control by Chase & Status Ft. Slaves

It's not their plan, and apparently they don't particularly fancy being "that man".   It's London: it's February 24th 2016: Chase & Status have teamed up with Slaves to release the biggest single of the year so far: 'Control'. Premièred via Annie Mac's Radio 1 show last night, (February 23rd) 'Control' - the first official taste of Chase [...]

Music | Introducing Proletariat

Music | Introducing Proletariat

'Proletariat':"The class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment" (Dictionary.com). In other words: the working class. This may be the dictionary definition, but at this moment, the word means something bigger than that. 'Proletariat', are a bunch of lads surging with energy similar to the height of the 70's punk movement. Screaming out dirty passion – introducing, Proletariat. With only two demo tracks surfacing online at this current [...]

gigs: Slaves, The Cluny, Newcastle Upon-Tyne

gigs: Slaves, The Cluny, Newcastle Upon-Tyne

On the surface, Laurie Vincent and Isaac Holman seem like standard, semi-shirtless lads hailing from Tunbridge Wells, Kent.  But, immediately pouncing behind their two-piece drum kit and slick, monochrome Fender; an atmosphere of rare adrenaline suddenly bursts in The Cluny. The visage of ordinary is lifted, and May 11th 2015 witnesses a life-changing event - [...]