Long Division Festival. Wakefield , 1st June 2019 (FESTIVAL PREVIEW)

Last year's first visit to Long Division proved hugely enjoyable, not simply due to the surprisingly alluring roster of performers but also thanks to the opportunity of witnessing quality live music inside Wakefield’s magnificent cathedral, a majestic setting for some of Long Division 2018’s leading lights including The Membranes and Billy Bragg. 

Fontaines D.C. 'Dogrel' (ALBUM REVIEW)

First James Joyce now, some 100 years later, Fontaines D.C. – whatever else Dublin is, it’s an artistic inspiration to its residents, and on that band’s remarkable debut Dogrel the grit and romance of the Irish capital flood from the speakers like the River Liffey.

Piroshka – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, March 31st 2019 (LIVE REVIEW)

Formed from the incestuous ashes of a bunch of 1990s Home Counties music scenes, tonight’s somewhat smaller than expected Brudenell gathering is unsurprisingly predominantly male, middle aged, with a cornucopia of band t-shirts on display for good measure. 

Crows ' Silver Tongues' (ALBUM REVIEW)

After years of hard graft on the toilet circuit, angular London punks Crows have finally dropped their debut album, and it instantly throws the seasoned support act (Crows have appeared on bills beneath the likes of Wolf Alice, Slaves and METZ) into the spotlight, sucked into the magnetic orbit of the unstoppable IDLES.