Music

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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,…

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…

Just two years after her previous album, Laura Marling’s new record ‘Semper Femina’ will be released on March 10th. Her fifth album, ‘Short Movie’, demonstrated a change in direction for…

Brighton’s underground scene is getting a vital injection of energy from POLAR, who are supporting up and coming DJ’s in Brighton and ensuring the South coast reclaims its title as…

With festival season rolling around again shortly, line-ups have just started to be announced and the diversity of headlining artists proves to be impressive so far. It seems to be…

Last week the elusive Frank Ocean took to his Tumblr account to criticise the Grammys for both the seeming exclusion of black artists, similar to the Oscars in previous years,…