Album Review: Radstewart – ‘Wiccans and Beatlemancers’

RadstewartÔÇÖs debut EP proper, ÔÇÿWiccans and BeatlemancersÔÇÖ is as confident and catchy an indie pop record as youÔÇÖll hear this year. The Cardiff boys have garnered a great deal of interest lately and ÔÇÿWiccansÔǪÔÇÖ serves to continue their rise to indie royalty in the ÔÇÿdiff. The EP starts with a riff very similar to The Pixies garage classic ÔÇÿWhere Is My Mind?ÔÇÖ This may be … Continue reading Album Review: Radstewart – ‘Wiccans and Beatlemancers’

Live Review: Franz Ferdinand, O2 Academy Bristol

About ten minutes in to Franz FerdinandÔÇÖs gargantuan 90 minute set I am struck by how bizarre a situation I have found myself in: watching Alex Kapranos and co rocking out to a full O2 acadamy. In 2014. Minus ten years and perhaps this would seem normal, but a feeling of sheer nostalgic pleasure proves impossible to resist. I suppose Bristol agreed, a hungry crowd … Continue reading Live Review: Franz Ferdinand, O2 Academy Bristol