Tracklist: El Alamein My Baby's Place Hurracane Killing Time Heatin Park Emailz One & Only Dancing Luck Concrete Windows After a steady stream of singles and teasers, DMA'S are set to unveil their latest release, a self-titled album that feels less like a reinvention and more like the culmination of everything the band have been building towards over the course of their career. Having had the chance to hear an advance copy courtesy of RCA Records, one thing became immediately

Five years of my attending and Kendal Calling continues to prove why it remains one of the UK's finest medium-sized festivals. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Lowther Estate, the 2026 edition delivered four days of exceptional music, great food and memorable moments, capped by what may well have been the greatest headline performance I've ever witnessed at the festival. Before the music even started, there were positive signs. For the first time in several years, ent

Tracklist: 1. i think i want to go home now. 2. do it to myself 3. wow 4. sinking feeling 5. bury you 6. rinse repeat 7. pretty ugly 8. dream you in 9. losing it 10. breathe in what was 11. in your eyes First things first, this is a very emotional and honest album, a return to The XCERTS early albums and, in my opinion, the best thing they’ve done in years! There is a rawness to the lyrics and playing that I don’t think they’ve had recently and an overall sense of a cathartic

I have been a regular attendee at Kendal Calling for a number of years now. One of the great joys of Kendal Calling is the sheer variety of artists and styles of music. Last year I was lucky enough to stumble upon a set by a BBC Introducing artist, Marina Josephina, that I thought was one of the best sets I got to see all festival (I’d love to be able to say it was planned and take some credit but I really can’t!) I thought, before this years Kendal Calling at the end of July

Elles Bailey released, on Friday the 12th of June as stand alone single, 'Back To You', which has featured as a bonus track on the deluxe CD or her recent album, 'Can’t Take My Story Away'. It’s an emotional powerhouse of a single, I can understand why the decision was taken to release it as a single, if it doesn’t generate some serious airplay on radio, I’ll be very surprised. Elles has been steadily building a reputation as a brilliant live performer with a string of succes

Firstly, I’m going to confess this is a not a verbatim transcription of the interview I was lucky enough to have with David Balfe. We talked for an hour and if I wrote down everything we talked about it would probably take me days to get it into some semblance of a proper interview and it would be so long my editor probably wouldn’t publish it. However, I’ve tried to distil it down, so it gets published, but I don’t think I’ve spent a more enjoyable hour, ever, talking to som