Mountford Hall at Liverpool University’s Student Union was the setting for an incredible live gig from Britpop pioneers Suede on Friday 6th February. A laidback set from support act Bloodworm set the ...

“I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety my whole adult life, and in recent years found relief in letting go of that insatiable search for happiness and peace.” So says Celine Cairo, whose album ...

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If you want proof that horror-punk is alive and thriving in London, look no further than the O2 Forum Kentish Town. The 2,300-capacity room was packed for Creeper, and every inch of it was in ...

Few bands can command a room quite like The Hoosiers, and their performance at Manchester’s O2 Ritz proved exactly why they remain such a beloved live act almost two decades into their career. Before ...

Director Boots Riley has very quickly carved out a distinct niche style for himself. 2018’s Sorry to Bother You was one of the oddest films to be released in years. It’s mix of satire, surrealism, ...

Firestations are no strangers to Joyzine having featured on our reviews pages as well as 20 Years of Joy Vol. 1 compilation, and Christmas advent calendar. So a new release is going to be met with ...

There are few bands as deeply woven into the fabric of Joyzine as Art Brut. We first crossed paths in the very earliest days of both the band and this site’s existence at a South London Music Tourist ...

Without a word to the crowd Aldous Harding shyly emerged from the back stage shadows and began singing the title track of her new album Train on the Island. With her singular voice backed by four ...

The stark opening of guitar and voice on ‘Home In This World’ from Rowena Wise’s new album Bad Things Feel Good* pulls you straight in emotionally and with the sense that this is an intimate concert ...

Cocanha are Caroline Dufau and Lila Fraysse a duo who are reimaging traditional Occitan folk. Their new album Flame Folclòre does not just reimagine tradition but ignites it with their exuberance and ...

Christmas music is just starting to drift into our lives; a dense, glittery fog that consumes shopping malls, radio stations and home hi-fi’s. Every year we get the split between ‘traditional’, and ...