Live review: Live At Leeds 2017
Live At Leeds is the North’s award-winning metropolitan festival for new music and the organisers pulled out all of the stops for another successful year. With far too many incredible…
Review: Chelsea Wolfe at The Haunt 19.04.17
It is hard to file Chelsea Wolfe under a specific genre. Part Joni Mitchell-esque singer-songwriter folk and part all encompassing doom metal riffing, Wolfe has certainly carved out her own…
Preview: Live At Leeds 2017
Award-winning metropolitan all-dayer, Live At Leeds is back for another year and 2017 sees them flaunt another impressive billing. Having earned a reputation in previous years for showcasing some of…
Review: Warpaint – Brighton Dome 29.03.17
After a brief hiatus, LA band, Warpaint are back with their third studio album ‘Heads Up’ and are touring it across the UK. Tonight we find them in Brighton Dome…
“See On Both Sides Like Chanel” – Lessons on Life, Love and Sexual Identity from Frank Ocean
On March 10th, Frank Ocean dropped his latest single, ‘Chanel’ via his Beats1 radio show, ‘Blonded’. Following an already very successful album release, ‘Blond’, earlier in 2016, ‘Chanel’ is but…
Interview: Dutch Uncles
Fresh from releasing what many are calling their best album, Dutch Uncles are back in Brighton to play a triumphant show at The Haunt. The Stockport quartet, famed for their…
Preview: The Great Escape 2017
Next month sees the return of The Great Escape – Europe’s leading festival for new music. Conveniently located in Brighton, from Thursday 18 – Saturday 20 May hundreds of artists…
Fickle Friends, Blood Red Shoes, Rat Boy and more added to The Great Escape line-up
Brighton’s annual new music bash, The Great Escape has added over 150 new artists to its already dazzling line-up. Fickle Friends, Blood Red Shoes and Rat Boy are amongst the…
De La Soul – Age Doesn’t Matter
To promote their most recent album funded by crowd sourcing, De La Soul have been back on the road touring ‘and the Anonymous Nobody…’ Their sold out show in London’s…
The 10 Worst Beatles Songs
Yes, we know that The Beatles are great. Yes, they are unarguably the most important band in musical history, achieved more in their brief period together than any band have…
Review: Dutch Uncles – The Haunt – 11/03/17
If you were to choose the most overlooked band of the past few years, Dutch Uncles would surely rank highly up there. Formed in Stockport in 2008, the band have…
Stormzy – Blinded by his grace
As most are probably already aware, 24th February finally saw the release of Stormzy’s highly anticipated debut album Gang Signs & Prayer. Not only did the record receive 69,000 combined…
New Noise #1
Here’s The Badger’s round-up of the latest singles to be released recently. Take a listen and you might even find a new favourite to add to your collection. Clean Cut…
Review: Kaiser Chiefs @ Brighton Centre 28.02.17
Anticipation and excitement hung thick in the air prior to Leeds five-piece Kaiser Chiefs taking to the stage. The band, who dismiss the indie labels that have been placed on…
Superfood, Estrons and Childhood amongst new additions to The Great Escape
The Great Escape Festival have announced 130 new artists to their annual three-day seaside bash set to take place in May. Stacking up the reasons why you should grab your…
Step Aside for Scandi-Pop
A genre of music that’s been on the rise lately and is predicted to have its moment in 2017 is Scandi-Pop. We’ve had guitars, we’ve had grime but this new…
Review: The Island Club @ The Prince Albert 23.02.17
The Prince Albert is one of those brilliant venues that many new bands aspire to play whilst working their way up. Local five-piece, The Island Club were the latest band…
The Orwells on digging what they do and alternative careers
Chicago garage rockers, The Orwells are fronting Illinois’s punk revival alongside bands like Twin Peaks, and are in the unique position of releasing a third album whilst still in their…
The top 10 Foo Fighters songs
The Foo Fighters are one of the biggest bands in the world. With eight albums to their name, multiple Grammys under their belt and having sold 20 million albums worldwide,…
Live At Leeds Festival announces final additions
The final batch of acts have been added to this year’s Live At Leeds Festival. Frightened Rabbit, AJ Tracey and VANT lead the final additions and demonstrates the strength of…