Qs answered by Johnny Took. Your new album The Glow is out in a few weeks, how would you sum up your feelings leading up to the release? Excited and a little nervous again. I’m not sure if this ever goes – every new album is like living the first again. We’re definitely proud of […]
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HUMM by Malojian Hi there. Are you O.K.? Given the current climate it seems a suitable way to open a review of an album that seems to be asking the same; a piece that might just become your best friend through these dark times. We are all in lockdown and I am sure that like me, you […]
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This Blackburn four-piece rock outfit has been getting a lot of attention lately with their blisteringly, earth shaking live performances up and down the UK, as rather than pastiching the sounds and styles of earlier rock bands, Sky Valley Mistress capture that spirit and channel it into something fresh and modern. Now, at long last […]
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REMEMBERING PETE SHELLEY Who is Pete Shelley? Peter Campbell McNeish, known to us as Pete Shelley, was born 17th April 1955 at 42 Milton Street, Leigh, Lancashire. Pete sadly died on the 6th December 2018 at his home in Estonia. News that shocked a nation, genius and gone, but as a fellow Leigh born man, […]
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Urbanista Magazine are thrilled to bring you the premiere of Last Summer Rain from Matullas feat. Haley Listen here: https://matulla.bandcamp.com/track/haley-tibbs-last-summer-rain Matulla is the creator of the rock story “Lost On The Way”This project includes over fifty song features from artist around the world. For “Last Summer Rain” Haley Tibbs has joined. Haley Tibbs is a […]
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Synth lined drumrolls and mellow echoes blur many lines in this a psychedelic pop-jazz adventure. Corduroy; the latest single from local five-piece Monks, has a lot packed into the six-minute track time, and on the first listen felt almost like two tracks in one. It took a couple of spins to ease into the jangly […]
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Friday 13th March 2020 Aleks Kelvin’s darkwave dreams of Neo Noir and Sci Fi nostalgia have a sonic background that draws inspiration from the 70s New Wave/Post Punk aesthetics on which he cut his teeth, Vogue.Noir is a less abrasive, more emotionally mature approach that pays tribute to these early influences while merging them with a more […]
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Palaye Royale, Counterfeit & Charming LiarsO2 Ritz, Whitworth St, Manchester, M1 5NQWednesday 19th February 2020 The press release for this Palaye Royale tour states: “Each show comes with an element of unpredictability and danger, with the three guys playing as if their lives depended on it, pure showmanship over perfectionism.” No doubt words such as […]
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“I can’t listen to music too often. It affects your nerves, makes you want to say stupid, nice things and stroke the heads of people who could create such beauty while living in this vile hell.” The desire to hear music is a strange phenomenon; for some it is something as simple as being able […]
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The strut says it all. Shaun Powell sashays onto the stage with a sold-out crowd in front; and fronts them out. Gyrating to the malevolent beat of Iggy’s Nightclubbing it is a statement of intent. I am here to entertain you, but it will be done on my terms. It’s Phase One, Liverpool and the […]
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