Review – Set It Off: Upside Down
Set It Off’s third studio album, Upside Down, is certainly that – upside down. It’s a record with so many musical styles infused throughout out. Although the band are typically classified somewhere within the broad rock genre, I…
Review – Young Guns: Echoes
It’s been less than 18 months since Young Guns’s last release, ‘Ones and Zeros‘, but they’re back again already, with their fourth studio album, ‘Echoes’. The band have been around the British modern rock scene for a good…
Review – Twin Atlantic: GLA
If Twin Atlantic’s last release, 2014’s ‘Great Divide‘ was a progression into mainstream alternative rock, which earned them wider recognition and plenty of airplay time, then this, their fourth album, has taken quite the u-turn. ‘GLA’ is a…
Review – Catfish and the Bottlemen: The Ride
Catfish and the Bottlemen launched into our lives two years ago with their debut album, The Balcony, which seemed to breathe life back into the British indie-rock scene, with everyman lyrics and prevalent use of guitars, especially…
Review – Against The Current: In Our Bones
It’s a little bit of everything, yet somehow it all works together. Against The Current’s debut record has been highly anticipated by their fans, most of whom will know them from their YouTube channel (containing many covers, as…
Review – Captain America: Civil War
Another Marvel film, another review! I think I review these the most, because I usually see them as soon as they come out (in part from excitement, in part to avoid spoilers!), whereas it seems less relevant to…
Review – The Summer Set: Stories for Monday
“I’m a bit too pop for the punk kids, but I’m too punk for the pop kids”. The opening lines of ‘Stories for Monday’ sums up the tone of the album entirely, proving that this band know what…
Udderbelly: Beardyman
I got so excited when I heard that the Udderbelly was coming to Hong Kong that I went right ahead and booked tickets for not one, but two shows. Round two was for Beardyman, a regular at the Edinburgh Fringe…
Udderbelly: Russell Howard
Have you ever seen a jet lagged comedian improvise his set, while inside a giant upside-down purple cow in Hong Kong? I highly recommend it!
Review – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The decision to add another film to such a famous and loved franchise is not one to be taken lightly. Episode VII of the Star Wars franchise could have gone horribly, horribly wrong – just look at the…