# Joyzine

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## Posts

- [SINGLE REVIEW: Matt Finucane – Dead Artform](https://joyzine.org/2026/10/01/single-review-matt-finucane-dead-artform/): Matt Finucane releases neo-goth, post-punk single 'Dead Artform'.
- [LIVE REVIEW: YUR MUM, WONK UNIT AND HEALTHY JUNKIES AT THE UNDERWORLD, CAMDEN](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/30/live-review-yur-mum-wonk-unit-and-healthy-junkies-at-the-underworld-camden/): It must be getting on for 14 years since I last set foot in The Underworld. I used to come here regularly in a past life, so it was bloody marvellous to be back. And what better excuse for a return than a special night celebrating “10 years of Fuzz” - Yur Mum’s ten-year anniversary
- [Live in Pictures: Punk n Roll Rendezvous Festival Friday ft. Anarchistwood, PollyPikPockets & more at The Water Rats, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/30/live-in-pictures-punk-n-roll-rendezvous-festival-friday-ft-anarchistwood-pollypikpockets-more-at-the-water-rats-london/): Punk n Roll Rendezvous returned to The Water Rats for their annual festival, with a predictably excellent line up of some of the finest punk bands from the capital and beyond. Saturday's escapades were chronicled by Joyzine's Phil Watts here, and Rupert Hitchcox was there, camera in hand to capture Friday's action, which featured the
- [TRACK BY TRACK: CINDER WELL – A BLOOMING BODY](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/30/track-by-track-cinder-well-a-blooming-body/): Cinder Well's latest album is A Blooming Body which highlights an innate ability to write small songs about big concepts as well as focus on life’s minutiae. She was kind enough to give Joyzine a track by track breakdown.
- [Festival Review: Down at The Abbey Day 2 ft. Joshua Idehen, Ibibio Sound Machine, The New Eves and more](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/29/down-at-the-abbey-day-2/): After a splendid first day spent in the ruins of Reading Abbey in the company of the likes of Antony Szmierek and Kathryn Joseph (review here), we're back in the glorious mid-September sun for a further eleven hours or so of fantastic music from an eclectic line-up selected by local promoters Heavy Pop. It's family
- [Video Premiere: Eilis Frawley - Snakes](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/29/video-premiere-eilis-frawley-snakes/): Australian drummer and spoken-word artist Eilis Frawley releases her new album Twist My Words in a few weeks' time, and we're delighted to bring you a sneaky peak of what she has in store for us all with the premiere of the video for the album's third single 'Snakes', exclusively on Joyzine today. Loaded with
- [TRACK BY TRACK: JOSEFIN ÖHRN - CHERRY](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/29/track-by-track-josefin-ohrn-cherry/): “It began as fragments of reflections and evolved into a body of work shaped by transformation — a document of endings and awakenings.” Transformation is the catalyst for Josefin Öhrn's debut solo album Cherry. She describes it as her "most intimate and self-defined album yet" exploring themes of "fresh starts, desire, love and grief" where
- [Electroniq showcase - Dublin Castle, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/28/electroniq-showcase-dublin-castle-london/): Lucida Records have been running their all-electronic nights for a few years now, building a strong reputation as the go-to events for fans of alternative electronica. The Dublin Castle, a venue usually associated with guitar bands transforms into an audio-visual showcase for cutting edge electronic acts.
- [No Place Like Home: The Male Pattern's Will Schwartz is our guide to the musical life of Queens, NYC](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/28/the-male-patterns-queens-nyc/): If we're going to take a musical spin around the Queens district of New York City, who better to show us around than a musician and former tour guide? Thankfully, we know just the guy - Will Schwartz, aka The Male Pattern, a Queens native, who alongside his work as a novelist and English professor,
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Orbital – Glastonbury 1994](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/27/album-review-orbital-glastonbury-1994/): Orbital finally release their legendary Glastonbury 1994 set. (WARNING: Contains repetitive beats)
- [ALBUM REVIEW: MOODIE BLACK - ALL NATURAL, MOODIE BLACK](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/27/album-review-moodie-black-all-natural-moodie-black/): Moodie Black is the band name of experimental rap artist Kristen Martinez and 'All Natural, Moodie Black' is an album built from the heat of the Verde Valley, Arizona, and fuelled by the turbulence of wild and broken relationships, discrimination, and survival.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: OSEES, OFF COURSE](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/26/album-review-osees-off-course/): With a discography that is deliberately as confusing to get into as it is sprawling, OFF COURSE is a surprisingly accessible prog journey for anyone interested in Osees. The album consists of five tracks from what must have been some incredible jam sessions. Improvised, arcane, and a lot of fun. The album is an enjoyable
- [LIVE REVIEW: THE SPITTERS, COLD BLOSSOM, TRASH CULTURE AND JOHNNY MOSES AND THE ELECTRIC MOTHERFUCKERS](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/25/live-review-the-spitters-cold-blossom-trash-culture-and-johnny-moses-and-the-electric-motherfuckers/): It was good to be back at the Hope & Anchor on Wednesday night. I hadn’t been down there for a few weeks, but sometimes life just gets in the way of a good time. Fortunately, Shake Some Acton always find a pretty good reason (or in this case, four pretty good reasons) to get
- [ALBUM REVIEW: JOY DIVISION - ETERNAL (LIVE) - BOX SET](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/25/album-review-joy-division-eternal-live-box-set/): With Joy Division's 'Eternal (LIVE)' we get a box set of music that was born out of their Punk and youthful venom.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ANDY AQUARIUS - VALE OF TEARS](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/25/album-review-andy-aquarius-vale-of-tears/): 'Vale of Tears' is the new album from harp player Andy Aquarius, recorded during a 7-day retreat that was his way of repairing the damage done by modern life.
- [LIVE REVIEW: THE TUBS @ CLWB IFOR BACH, CARDIFF](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/24/live-review-the-tubs-clwb-ifor-bach-cardiff/): The Tubs invoke the nostalgia of R.E.M. and the Smiths, which results in a crowd of half fifty-year-olds - half twenty something indie-heads. They are such an excellent band live that, no matter your age, you will always feel the jangle bangers. The Tubs is the brainchild of Owen Williams. His lyrics are wry stories
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Mount Slatra – Fit for the Dead](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/24/album-review-mount-slatra-fit-for-the-dead/): Mount Slatra release thrilling thrash debut. Everyone will be Tolkien about it.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: GILLA BAND - PUGNELLO](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/23/album-review-gilla-band-pugnello/): Gilla Band are back with 'Pugnello 'which is the band's most obvious step into dance culture and their most experimental album to date
- [Live Review: Death Cab For Cutie, Pool Kids at O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/21/live-review-death-cab-for-cutie-pool-kids-at-o2-victoria-warehouse-manchester/): Review of Death Cab For Cutie's September 2026 live show at O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester.
- [Roundtable Interview: Garth Jennings on Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/21/roundtable-interview-garth-jennings-on-pulp-what-do-you-do-for-an-encore/): Garth Jennings began his creative career as one half of director-producer duo Hammer & Tongs, responsible for some of the most memorable pop videos of the turn of the millennium. Since then, he’s gone on to helm the film adaptation of a beloved sci-fi series (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), a cult classic of
- [ALBUM REVIEW: AGNES OBEL – THE MEANING OF FLOWERS](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/20/album-review-agnes-obel-the-meaning-of-flowers/): Agnes Obel's new album 'The Meaning of Flowers' is her first for six years and inspired by the birth of her daughter.
- [Festival Review: Down at The Abbey, Day One ft. Nubiyan Twist, Kathryn Joseph, Antony Szmierek and more at Reading Abbey Ruins](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/18/down-at-the-abbey-2026-day-one/): Since arriving in Reading a fortnight ago it seems to have been trying its hardest to impress me. I arrived with the sounds (though thankfully not the smells) of the annual bank holiday mega-fest filling the air, bringing back fond memories of my times at the festival a couple of decades ago; the following weekend […]
- [Album Review- Perennial- Modernism](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/18/album-review-perennial-modernism/): Any regular readers of my reviews will know I am often late to the party when it comes to discovering bands. Perennial are no exception. I am joining them on album number four – Modernism and this is one fun party. For those like me who are out of the know, the three-piece band are
- [ALBUM REVIEW: DUR-DUR BAND - DUR-DUR BAND VOLUME 3 (1988) & 4 (1989)](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/18/album-review-dur-dur-band-dur-dur-volume-3-1988-4-1989/): The 3rd and 3th volumes of the Somali group Dur Dur Band, another amazing release from the Analog Africa label.
- [LIVE REVIEW: XANDRIA, SEVEN SPIRES + TULIP AT THE DOME, TUFNELL PARK, LONDON 16/9/26](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/18/live-review-xandria-seven-spires-tulip-at-the-dome-tufnell-park-london-16-9-26/): In a departure from my recent punk rock adventures for Joyzine (and possibly a departure for Joyzine itself), I rolled into London to head for the Dome just over the top of the Boston Arms in Tufnell Park, for a soiree of symphonic rock. Honestly it must be 15 years since I was in these
- [Film Review: PULP - What Do You Do for an Encore?](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/18/film-review-pulp-what-do-you-do-for-an-encore/): It’s the modern Cinderella story. A shy, awkward beanpole of a boy, preferring the fantasies of Doctor Who to the realities of human contact, is transformed by the power of pop music and grows into a self-assured icon of oppositional outsider cool. Cult hero Robyn Hitchcock tells a similar tale in his memoir 1967, but
- [Live in Pictures: Camden Rocks Presents ft. The Priscillas, River Hounds, Midway Still, Barking Poets, Can't Stop Talking, Leoni Jane Kennedy and Tooth Gore at The Barfly, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/17/live-in-pictures-camden-rocks-presents-ft-the-priscillas-river-hounds-midway-still-barking-poets-cant-stop-talking-leoni-jane-kennedy-and-tooth-gore-at-the-barfly-london/): After a few months' hiatus, Camden Rocks Presents made a welcome return to North London this summer, and Joyzine's Rupert Hitchcox was at recently revitalised legendary NW1 venue The Barfly, camera in hand for their latest all-dayer. The stacked line-up featured glam-punk thrillers The Priscillas, London rock & rollers River Hounds, veteran indie trio Midway
- [LIVE REVIEW: BRAMWELL, PUSHBIKE, AND ST. CECILIA @ THE CANOPI, CARDIFF](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/16/live-review-bramwell-pushbike-and-st-cecilia-the-canopi-cardiff/): At Cardiff’s Canopi, three very different bands played a wicked gig. From hypnotic folk-rock (St. Cecilia), post-hardcore (Pushbike), to power-pop (Bramwell). Aesthetic differences aside, what they share is that their music brought people together to a lovely grassroots event. St. Cecilia Opening the night was the shimmering sextet, St. Cecilia. Named after the Patron Saint
- [LIVE REVIEW: PUNK N ROLL RENDEZVOUS FESTIVAL:  SATURDAY AT THE WATER RATS, LONDON](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/16/live-review-punk-n-roll-rendezvous-festival-saturday-at-the-water-rats-london/): HEALTHY JUNKIES/DESENSITISED/FRENCH TOAST/BAD MILK BLOOD ROBOT/SNM/GURU HONEY BADGER/JAZ SILVA I made it along to the second full night of the annual Punk n Roll Rendezvous Festival, at the Water Rats in Grays Inn Road. Armed with camera and my very small brain, I felt strangely uneasy about what I was about to witness. And with
- [LIVE REVIEW: FROG + WYATT AT THE PINK ROOM, MANCHESTER](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/16/live-review-frog-wyatt-at-the-pink-room-manchester/): Alejandro Burbano was the Pink Room, Manchester for Frog and Wyatt
- [Book Review: Music Video Mischief by Nigel Dick](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/15/book-review-music-video-mischief/): If you’re a complete music obsessive like me (and if you’re reading Joyzine, that’s 99.9 per cent likely) then you probably also enjoy learning more about the artists you listen to, and maybe about all the related things that go with music – concerts, how bands cope on the road, etc etc. So Music Video
- [DVD REVIEW: THE PETER SELLERS COLLECTION - STUDIOCANAL](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/13/dvd-review-the-peter-sellers-collection-studiocanal/): STUDIOCANAL continue their series of restored and mastered Blu-ray / 4K releases with a collection of Peter Sellers films from an 8-year period in his career from The Ladykillers (1955) through to Heavens Above! (1963).
- [LEG PUPPY – 10 YEARS IN OUR EARS](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/13/leg-puppy-10-years-in-our-ears/): In the year that Leg Puppy celebrate their 10-year anniversary we give some highlights of the reviews and interviews Joyzine has given them over the years.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Formal Sppeedwear – Punch Card](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/13/album-review-formal-sppeedwear-punch-card/): Stoke post-punkers Formal Sppeedwear release collection of funky bangers and are more than a-ware of their influences.
- [LIVE REVIEW: THE DRESDEN DOLLS + SAM BUTTERY - ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER, 10/09/26](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/13/live-review-the-dresden-dolls-sam-buttery-albert-hall-manchester-10-09-26/): Writer/Photographer Kristy Eighteen was at Manchester's Albert Hall to capture The Dresden Dolls celebrating 20 years of the album 'Yes, Virginia' plus support from Sam Buttery.
- [Album Review: The Meffs- Business](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/12/album-review-the-meffs-business/): The Meffs are a band that tick a lot of boxes for me- from Essex like myself- tick, punk- tick, political- big tick, noisy duo- even bigger tick. Having seen them live at Rebellion Festival in 2025 and loving them, I was excited to be reviewing their second album, Business. The band have garnered quite
- [SINGLE/VIDEO PREMIERE: LABELS - VOID](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/11/single-video-premiere-labels-void/): LABELS have given Joyzine readers the first chance to see and hear the onslaught of sound that is their new single ‘Void’.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: FRIKO, SOMETHING WORTH WAITING FOR EXPANDED EDITION](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/10/album-review-friko-something-worth-waiting-for-expanded-edition/): Friko's second album Something Worth Waiting For is highly ambitious; it had to be, following the brilliance of their debut. Branching between noise rock and slower ballads, the result is a set of songs that deal with the joys and perils of coming of age. The B-sides and demos in this expanded edition give us
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ENNEADS - ENNEADS](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/10/album-review-enneads-enneads/): Enneads new self-titled album is a lush bathing in harmonics, drone-like mesmerism, and ethereal wonderment from the New York experimental trio.
- [Electroniq showcase: A conversation with Cabin Madrid](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/08/electroniq-showcase-a-conversation-with-cabin-madrid/): Electroniq is a showcase of some of the best up-and-coming names in electronica. With a focus on live vocals and immersive visuals, the event puts female artists front and centre, highlighting the talent shaping the future of the scene. We caught up with Electroniq debutants Cabin Marid.
- [LIVE REVIEW: THE SUKIS + THE JACQUES + PISTOL DAISYS - FACTORY 251, MANCHESTER](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/07/live-review-the-jacques-the-sukis-pistol-daisies-factory-251/): Writer/Photographer Kristy Eighteen was at Factory 251 for a rousing night of music from The Sukis, The Jacques and Pistol Daisies.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: CORNTUTH - THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/07/album-review-corntuth-the-nightingale-floor/): I've been searching for some calming but interesting music. Something to play when everything else is just a bit too... much? Something with a bit of character. Something with a story, requiring a bit of effort. AI has just advised me I've said 'something' too often... christ alive, what times we live in... This new
- [SINGLE REVIEW: Detour – ‘On The Road’](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/06/single-review-detour-on-the-road/): Exeter-based Detour deliver an irresistible slice of chamber pop with their 2nd single.
- [Live Review: LOUD WOMEN Fest 2026](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/06/live-review-loud-women-fest-2026/): This year was the 5th year in a row I took my annual pilgrimage to my musical Mecca, LOUD WOMEN fest. I am sure the vast majority of Joyzine readers are aware of the amazing festival spearheaded by the brilliant Cassie Fox, but in case not- I’ll let you in on the down low. LOUD
- [LIVE REVIEW: TVOD AT THIRD MAN RECORDS, SOHO](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/05/live-review-tvod-at-third-man-records-soho/): It’s hot. Really fucking hot. Third Man Records’ tiny Soho basement has a capacity of around 60 and tonight it’s sold out, which means there’s barely room to swing a cat, let alone a guitar. By the time TVOD take the stage, the place is already feeling like a sauna. Then they turn the heat
- [ALBUM REVIEW: CHAT PILE - WHO LOVES THE SUN](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/05/album-review-chat-pile-who-loves-the-sun/): For their third album 'Who Loves The Sun', Chat Pile have decided to stretch their sound even further whilst maintaining their core, thunderous centreground.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SCALED ALPS - LET THE ALPINE PLAY](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/04/album-review-let-the-alpine-play-scaled-alps/): Let the Alpine Play is a 16-track album blending heavy rock and post-punk atmospherics with meticulous production. Each track is beautifully mixed with a controlled chaos—everything occupies its own space while simultaneously competing for attention, creating an engaging and dynamic listening experience. James Quentin Devine's baritone vocals are compelling and captivating, drawing the listener in
- [Album Review: The Black Wizards-Force Majeure & The Acts of God](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/04/album-review-the-black-wizards-force-majeure/): I was today years old when I found out about Porto-based band The Black Wizards. I’m meeting their music at album number four, Force Majeure & The Acts of God. The album title comes from a legal phrase used to describe uncontrollable circumstances that stop people from doing what they promised. A bit of a
- [Festival Review- Oya Festival-Oslo, Norway (August 15 and 16, 2026)](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/03/festival-review-oya-festival-oslo-norway-august-15-and-16-2026/): The last two days of Oya Festival afforded me the opportunity to take part in a visit to some Norwegian music venues in Oslo and to meet other people in the music industry in Norway. One of the key organisations is Music Norway who provide state funded support to Music both promoting this within Norway
- [ALBUM REVIEW: REAL LIFE EVOLUTION - JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/04/album-review-real-life-evolution-joan-as-police-woman/): Joan As Police Woman returns with 'Real Life Evolution', a thoughtful reimagining of the songs that first established her distinctive voice.
- [News: LOUD WOMEN Volume 7 Compilation Album](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/03/news-loud-women-volume-7/): LOUD WOMEN Fest is only a few days away. I can't think of a better way to warm up for Saturday than checking out their latest compilation album. This is their seventh release. The compilation includes 22 LOUD WOMEN-approved artists, with many performing this Saturday at their London festival. The album releases tomorrow, Friday 4
- [Festival Preview: Down at The Abbey](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/03/festival-preview-down-at-the-abbey/): A music festival? In Reading? Aren't we a week late? Fear not dear reader, we have not lost our tenouos grasp of the concept of time, for rather than the gargantuan monster of Reading Festival, we're here to introduce you to the rather more intimate (and all the more wonderful for it) Down at The
- [LIVE REVIEW: FRIKO @ THE ELECTRIC BRISTOL](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/01/live-review-friko-the-electric-bristol/): The Chicago-based indie rockers began the set with the stunning atmosphere of their hit Where We've Been. Niko Kapetan's soft voice guided us through the song's expansive rise and fall. A poignant beginning that brought us all into the music of what would be an explosive set. Song after song, the band rocked. They had
- [Album Review- Wine Lips-TV Dinner](https://joyzine.org/2026/09/01/album-review-wine-lips-tv-dinner/): New to my ears, Toronto-based Wine Lips released their fifth full-length album, TV Dinner. I feel I've arrived at this psych-punk party very unstylishly late. But finally I've picked up a pew and made myself comfortable, turned up the volume and got ready for the wild ride that is this album. Wine Lips formed 11
- [ALBUM REVIEW: BLIND YEO - THE LEMOINE POINT](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/30/album-review-blind-yeo-the-lemoine-point/): 'The Lemoine Point' is the new album from fluid collective Blind Yeo who blend psychedelic grooves and African influences into a hypnotic whole.
- [News: Countdown to LOUD WOMEN Fest London!](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/29/news-countdown-to-loud-women/): Back in 2022, I went to my first LOUD WOMEN Fest and felt like I had arrived at my musical spiritual home. I have attended every year since, and it has become one of the yearly highlights of my musical calendar. For those who may have been living under a rock for the last eleven
- [VIDEO PREMIERE: MOODIE BLACK – WARM FOR YOU](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/28/video-premiere-moodie-black-warm-for-you/): Rapper and noise artist Moodie Black has given Joyzine readers the first chance to see the video to new single 'Warm For You'.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: POZI – HALE-BOPP](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/29/single-review-pozi-hale-bopp/): Pozi are back with 'Hale-Bopp' the first single from their forthcoming album 'Bark Bark'
- [Album Review: Hannah Wicklund- War on Women: Calling All Good Men](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/28/album-review-hannah-wicklund-war-on-women/): War on Women: Calling All Good Men is the ambitious fourth album from singer/songwriter and musician Hannah Wicklund. It feels like much more than simply an album release. The whole project surrounding this record has been fascinating and wonderfully creative. Leading up to its release, Hannah released each song as a single. Each release occurred
- [Album Review: Pulp - Live!](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/28/album-review-pulp-live/): The year is 2025. An oscillating wash of sound pours into London’s O2 Arena, only for Kelly Macdonald’s voice to come flickering through with we-hope-you-enjoy-your-flight crispness: ‘This performance is an encore.’ But what exactly do you do for an encore? Pulp aficionados will recognise that line from 1998’s characteristically searching single ‘This is Hardcore’. Nearly
- [EP REVIEW: Strange Fruit – Drips](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/25/ep-review-strange-fruit-drips/): Indonesia's shoegaze motorik band Strange Fruit release new EP 'Drips' to make you daydream and dance.
- [EP Review: The Secret Plan- Word Weapons](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/24/ep-review-the-secret-plan-word-weapons/): The brilliantly titled Word Weapons is the first EP release from exciting Houston-based band The Secret Plan. They have already gained a reputation as a great live band with loud, chaotic performances, and I for one am very glad I can now hear this fresh new band on record. This is an EP with bite
- [Interview: Four-Time UK Beatbox Champion Grace Savage on her new Beatboxing School](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/24/grace-savage/): UK Beatbox champion Grace Savage speaks to Joyzine about her new online beatboxing school.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: PLUM - BODIES IN MOTION](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/23/album-review-plum-bodies-in-motion/): 'Bodies in Motion' is the second album from Chicago’s Plum, and from its opening bars it’s an angular pulse quickening blend of percussion, propulsion, and perspicacity.
- [Lock-In at the Gate, with Beechwood and High Society.  15/8/26](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/22/lock-in-at-the-gate-with-beechwood-and-high-society-15-8-26/): Kenny McLeish was at Sunset Sessions at The Gate in Sawbridgeworth to see Lock-In, The High Society and Beechwood all in aid of the environmental charity ECCO.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: EELS - BEAUTIFUL FREAK, 30th ANNIVERSARY](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/21/album-review-eels-beautiful-freak-30th-anniversary/): Simon Tucker celebrates his love for Eels album 'Beautiful Freaks' as it celebrates its 30th Anniversary.
- [Live Review: Oya Festival- Oslo, Norway (August 13 and 14, 2026)](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/20/oya-festival-oslo-norway-august-13-and-14-2026/): Oya Festival are celebrating their 27th anniversary this year at Toyen Park, Oslo with an exciting line up of Norwegian and global acts. Oya started out in 1999 with their first festival welcoming 1,000 attendees. This year there will be around 100,000 people expected for this 4 day festival. Oya is well known for their
- [SINGLE REVIEW: Sex Mask – Lockjaw](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/20/single-review-sex-mask-lockjaw/): Australian post-punk threesome Sex Mask release another angular banger.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: Lacross Club – Everyone Knew](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/20/single-review-lacross-club-everyone-knew/): Welsh punk trio Lacross Club release fight the system with fun.
- [LIVE REVIEW: THE JUNGLES + 52 PUNCH UP + TAURUS TRAKKER - HOPE AND ANCHOR, LONDON 12/8/26](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/18/live-review-the-jungles-52-punch-up-taurus-trakker-hope-and-anchor/): Writer/photographer Phil Watts was back at his second home, London's Hope & Anchor for promoter Shake Some Acton's night featuring The Jungles + 52 Punch Up & Taurus Trakker.
- [VIDEO PREMIERE: GO FORWARD IN FLAMES – KUSARE-EN](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/18/video-premiere-go-forward-in-flames-kusare-en/): To announce their new album, Liminal Spaces which is released on October 23, Go Foward In Flames have given Joyzine readers the opportunity to see the video for the track ‘Kusare-en’ first.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: DATBLYGU - TYDWALADR AP APP](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/15/album-review-datblygu-tydwaladr-ap-app/): Datblygu's release 'Tydwaladr Ap App' features the last five songs that Dave and Pat were working on before his death, a collection of rare early demos where you hear the already-firing chemistry between the two band members.
- [MY LIFE IN 10 SONGS: ROSENDO](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/15/my-life-in-10-songs-rosendo/): rosendo is an Argentinian producer and songwriter based in London. We loved his new single 'antimeditación' that we asked him for his life in 10 songs.
- [TRACK BY TRACK: ROWENA WISE - BAD THINGS FEEL GOOD*](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/14/track-by-track-rowena-wise-bad-things-feel-good/): Rowena Wise has given Joyzine readers an in depth track by track breakdown of her new album 'Bad Things Feel Good*'.
- [EP REVIEW: Sex Mask – Raid](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/13/ep-review-sex-mask-raid/): Sex Mask are a post-punk/alt rock band from Melbourne. Their EP 'Raid' bangs.
- [EP REVIEW: Sex Mask – Body Broker](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/28/ep-review-sex-mask-body-broker/): Aussie post-post-punk Sex Tape release new EP 'Body Broker'.
- [Live Review: Rebellion Punk Festival 2026](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/11/live-review-rebellion-punk-festival-2026/): It is hard to believe we are already past the midpoint of 2026. The year has passed so quickly that, all of a sudden, Punk Christmas, otherwise known as Rebellion Festival, had arrived again — and somehow it has already been and gone, and I am back to reality. This year marked Rebellion’s 30th anniversary,
- [Live Review: Lily Allen at The O2 Arena, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/10/live-review-lily-allen-at-the-o2-arena-london/): Bethan King reviews Lily Allen's West End Girl show at London's O2
- [Live in pictures - Electroniq - Dublin Castle, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/11/live-in-pictures-electroniq-dublin-castle-london-2/): Lucida Records have been running their all-electronic nights for a few years now, building a strong reputation as the go-to events for fans of alternative electronica. The Dublin Castle, a venue usually associated with guitar bands transforms into an audio-visual showcase for cutting edge electronic acts.
- [LIVE REVIEW: DEAD DATES, BLOODY BENDERS, SPLEEN - HOPE AND ANCHOR, LONDON - 4/8/26](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/10/live-review-dead-dates-bloody-benders-spleen/): Writer/Photographer Phil Watts was at the Hope & Anchor in London for Shake Some Acton's show featuring Dead Dates, Bloody Benders and Spleen.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ROWENA WISE - BAD THINGS FEEL GOOD*](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/09/album-review-rowena-wise-bad-things-feel-good/): 'Bad Things Feel Good*' is the sophomore album from Rowena Wise a poetic and often painful autobiography in musical form.
- [FILM REVIEW: Dead Man’s Shoes (Shane Meadows) - Second Sight Films](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/07/film-review-dead-mans-shoes-shane-meadows-second-sight-films/): Shane Meadow’s 2004 revenge thriller 'Dead Man's Shoes' gets the full bells and whistles reissue treatment. Simon Tucker looks back on what he considers to be a contender for the greatest British film of all time.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: WEALTHY WOMEN - ATHEIST WIFE](https://joyzine.org/2026/08/01/single-review-wealthy-women-atheist-wife/): 'Atheist Wife' is the new single from Wealthy Women, with righteous anger against JD Vance's "childless cat ladies" comment.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SHONEN KNIFE  - LET'S KNIFE RE-CUT](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/31/album-review-shonen-knife-lets-knife-re-cut/): Shonen Knife's Re-Cut is a recreation of their 90s classic: Let's Knife. They add a new level of creativity and richness to the sound, contrasting with the grainy, DIY fun of the original.
- [The world needs more radarbase](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/29/the-world-needs-more-radarbase/): But fear not, radarbase are here to lift the mood with their anthemic dance-pop. Beneath the dystopian lyrics, the South London duo have a knack for celebrating life's simple pleasures, turning even the darkest observations into euphoric singalong anthems.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: Sad Cypress - Sirens / It Means A Lot To Me](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/26/single-review-sad-cypress-sirens-it-means-a-lot-to-me/): Cardiff-based Sad Cypress releases ethereal folk double A-sided single.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: LOMA SUYO - PALOMA](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/25/album-review-loma-suyo-paloma/): Loma Suyo is a musical project of Liz Fullerton and Ish Quintero who met in the underground and trip-hop scene of Philadelphia but on Paloma they mix Latin folk traditions with Americana.
- [Album Review: Cel Ray- Cel Rayzer](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/24/album-review-cel-ray-cel-rayzer/): Cel Rayzer is the debut full-length album from Chicago band Cel Ray. Formed in 2021 and releasing their debut EP Cellular Raymond in 2023, Cel Rayzer marks my first dive into the band's wonderfully chaotic world. A quick listen back to that EP shows just how much they've evolved in a few short years –
- [Electroniq showcase: A conversation Leg Puppy 2.0](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/24/electroniq-showcase-a-conversation-leg-puppy-2-0/): Electroniq is a showcase of some of the best up-and-coming names in electronica. With a focus on live vocals and immersive visuals, the event puts female artists front and centre, highlighting the talent shaping the future of the scene. We caught up with Sophie Sirota for the July (31st) event.
- [LIVE REVIEW: BLACK VIIOLET, THE CONTINENTAL LOVERS, GLITTER KICK – The Lexington, Islington, 18/7/26](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/22/live-review-black-viiolet-the-continental-lovers-glitter-kick-the-lexington-islington-18-7-26/): Phil Watts was at the Lexington, London for the 164th Shake Some Acton gig featuring Glitter Kick, The Continental Lovers, and Black Viiolet .
- [VIDEO PREMIERE: KAT FIVE – EMERGENCY START](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/22/video-premiere-kat-five-emergency-start/): Kate Five is a longstanding friend of Joyzine and last year we premiered her track ‘Switch’. She’s back with a new video for the track ‘Emergency Start’ and once again we have the great pleasure of premiering it for Joyzine readers.
- [FESTIVAL REVIEW: KALEIDOSCOPE 2026, ALEXANDRA PALACE, LONDON](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/19/festival-review-kaleidoscope-2026/): Lauren Powell was at the 2026 Kaleidoscope Festival a diverse range of entertainment in a compact space where there's something for everyone.
- [Electroniq showcase: A conversation with Lia Mice](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/17/electroniq-showcase-a-conversation-with-lia-mice/): Electroniq is a showcase of some of the best up-and-coming names in electronica. With a focus on live vocals and immersive visuals, the event puts female artists front and centre, highlighting the talent shaping the future of the scene. We caught up with our headline act Lia Mice for the July (31st) event.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: The XCERTS – i think i want to go home now](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/15/album-review-the-xcerts-i-think-i-want-to-go-home-now/): Brighton-based pop punkers The XCERTS release heavy and gorgeous sixth album.
- [10 QUESTIONS WITH BRAMWELL](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/14/10-questions-with-bramwell-2/): Bramwell are riding high. Formed in Torquay, strengthened in Exeter and now based in Cardiff, 2026 has seen the fourpiece boost their profile massively with everyone who knows how they like their jangle-pop buttered. We asked them 10 questions, they answered them.
- [EP REVIEW: RUN LOGAN RUN – AN EAR IN PLACE OF A MOUTH](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/13/ep-review-run-logan-run-an-ear-in-place-of-a-mouth/): 'An Ear In Place OF A Mouth' completes a trilogy of releases that started with 2025’s 'Prey For Peace' and 'LV: HRD'.
- [Rebellion Festival Preview](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/13/rebellion-festival-preview/): With less than four weeks to go, the countdown to Rebellion Festival has truly begun. Taking place at Blackpool's Winter Gardens between 6th and 9th August, the festival has been running for 30 years, showcasing the very best of punk alongside a wide range of alternative genres. Every year it brings together legendary headliners and
- [ALBUM REISSUE: JOHN COLTRANE - ASCENSION](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/11/album-reissue-john-coltrane-ascension/): Del Day reviews the reissue and remastered edition of John Coltrane's 'Ascension'.
- [LIVE REVIEW: WET LEG - SOUNDS OF THE CITY, CASTLEFIELD BOWL, MANCHESTER, 08.07.26](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/11/live-review-wet-leg-sounds-of-the-city/): Despite the 30-degree heat, Castlefield Bowl buzzed with a festival atmosphere as fans waited in anticipation for Wet Leg on this sweltering Wednesday evening.
- [News: Hannah Wicklund and The Strawberry Moon Tribune](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/10/the-strawberry-moon-tribune/): Two of my favourite things in life are music and creativity. Both music and the creative act of writing are hugely important to me, so when I heard about Hannah Wicklund's latest project, which brings those worlds together alongside another passion of mine – spirituality – I was completely on board and excited to find
- [Electroniq showcase: A conversation with ASHKAT](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/09/electroniq-showcase-a-conversation-with-ashkat/): Electroniq is a showcase of some of the best up-and-coming names in electronica. With a focus on live vocals and immersive visuals, the event puts female artists front and centre, highlighting the talent shaping the future of the scene. We caught up with Sophie Sirota for the July (31st) event.
- [FILM REVIEW: MISAN HARRIMAN - SHOOT THE PEOPLE, DIRECTED BY ANDY MUNDY-CASTLE](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/09/film-review-misan-harriman-shoot-the-people-directed-by-andy-mundy-castle/): “When I look around at what is happening today, it’s hard not to feel helpless. I’ve never known a time when humans have been more divided. It seems as though we are heading towards something truly catastrophic” – Misan Harriman This quote is the opening line to Shoot The People, a brand-new film about photographer and
- [LIVE IN PICTURES: BULLITZ 23, BAZOOMS & THE SCREAMING VIOLETS - HOPE & ANCHOR, LONDON](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/08/live-in-pictures-bullitz-23-bazooms-the-screaming-violets-hope-anchor-london/): Photographer Phil Watts was at Shake Some Acton #157 in the basement of the famous Hope & Anchor in Islington, and was billed as a mix of full-action bands including Bullitz 23.
- [LIVE IN PICTURES: HUMAN TOYS, THE NOIR MATES, NERVOUS TWITCH, HAUNTED MEN, JOHNNY MOSES AND THE ELECTRIC MOTHERFUCKERS – Fiddlers Elbow, Chalk Farm 3/7/26](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/08/live-in-pictures-human-toys-the-noir-mates-nervous-twitch-haunted-men-johnny-moses-and-the-electric-motherfuckers-fiddlers-elbow-chalk-farm-3-7-26/): Phil Watts was at SHAKE SOME ACTON at the Fiddlers Elbow for a full line-up including Noir Mates and Human Toys.
- [TRACK BY TRACK: ORLA NOBLE - UNFURL](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/05/track-by-track-orla-noble-unfurl/): 'unfurl' is an exceptional album by singer-songwriter Orla Noble and she was kind enough to give Joyzine a track by track breakdown.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: TIGER! SHIT! TIGER! TIGER! – GLUE](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/05/single-review-tiger-shit-tiger-tiger-glue/): Italy's TIGER! SHIT! TIGER! TIGER! have released 'Glue', a new single with cavernous reverb and mounting distortion.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: CHERRY SERAPH - SPLITTING THE SKY](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/05/single-review-cherry-seraph-splitting-the-sky/): Cherry Seraph's new single ‘splitting the sky’ is a sumptuous wash of sounds held together by a lightly ticking drum pattern and a beatific chorus.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: MARY IN THE JUNKYARD - ROLE MODEL HERMIT](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/05/album-review-mary-in-the-junkyard-role-model-hermit/): Mary in the Junkyard's debut album, 'Role Model Hermit' is a beautiful blend of folky textures, weathered ghost stories and wiry alternative rock.
- [Electroniq showcase: A conversation with Sophie Sirota](https://joyzine.org/2026/07/03/electroniq-showcase-a-conversation-with-sophie-sirota/): Electroniq is a showcase of some of the best up-and-coming names in electronica. With a focus on live vocals and immersive visuals, the event puts female artists front and centre, highlighting the talent shaping the future of the scene. We caught up with Sophie Sirota for the July (31st) event.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Dour – Agora](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/29/album-review-dour-agora/): Canadian post-punkers Dour are immaculately dour and thrillingly New York circa 2002. New album 'Agora' out now.
- [EP REVIEW: NICOLA CONTE & NICO LAHS – RELOVED (THE AFRO CLUB MIXES)](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/28/ep-review-nicola-conte-nico-lahs-reloved-the-afro-club-mixes/): 'Reloved' has DJ Nicola Conte collaborating with house producer Nico Lahs to produce four reworkings of tracks from the golden age of Italian soundtracks, released through the label Four Flies Records.
- [Album Review: Dead Pioneers- Wagon Burner](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/27/album-review-dead-pioneers-wagon-burner/): Wagon Burner is the third album from American punk band Dead Pioneers, fronted by Native American artist and activist Gregg Deal. While Joyzine Deputy Editor Paul Cook has been championing this band since the beginning, I only properly discovered them earlier this year when I caught them live at The Underworld in March. Their performance
- [SINGLE REVIEW: chest. – Lotus Eater](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/26/single-review-chest-lotus-eater/): Paris-based chest. release their latest chunk of dark punk.
- [Album Review- Tiger Island- Let's Go Out](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/20/album-review-tiger-island-lets-go-out/): I first came across Leeds five-piece Tiger Island (which has to rank as one of the coolest band names ever, in my opinion) back at the start of 2024 when I reviewed their EP Looka Looka Looka (keeping with the theme of cute and cool titles). I fell in love with it straight away, and
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ALISON COTTON – THE GODS LAUGH](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/19/album-review-alison-cotton-the-gods-laugh/): Alison Cotton ‘s new album The Gods Laugh joins a long line of albums that inhabit dark and ancient parts of our collective past, drawing from folklore and collaging myriad sounds into layered and captivating sonic arrangements that often centre around drones, strings and her divine voice.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: HEY YOU GUYS! (feat. Kim Lowings) – Wild and Wicked Youth](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/12/single-review-hey-you-guys-feat-kim-lowings-wild-and-wicked-youth/): HEY YOU GUYS! stand up and deliver with juggernaut folk song about a highwayman.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Celine Cairo – Panacea](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/18/album-review-celine-cairo-panacea/): Amsterdam-based Celine Cairo releases third album of gorgeous folk and chamber pop.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: Holly Head – I’ve Had Want](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/16/single-review-holly-head-ive-had-want/): Manchester-based Holly Head release funky, fuming fourth single 'I Had Want'.
- [Live Review: Aldous Harding at Town Hall, Birmingham](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/15/aldous-harding-town-hall-birmingham/): 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 outstanding bandmates she held the audience in the palm of her hand, taking us through a spell binding set
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SUMIE - STARDUST IN VALLEYS](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/15/album-review-sumie-stardust-in-valleys/): Listening to the music of Sumie is to cast off the stresses of the world and be transported to the most beautiful landscape. For many reasons 'Stardust In Valleys' is quite simply her most exquisite album, replete with delicate touches and a fragility that comes from the fact that Nagano has been facing life-threatening health issues.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: PICTISH TRAIL – LIFE SLIME](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/11/single-review-pictish-trail-life-slime/): 'Life Slime' is the new single and title track of Pictish Trails forthcoming album. The video features Johnny Lynch being covered in 170 litres of pink slime.
- [Album Review: The Bobby Lees- New Self](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/12/album-review-the-bobby-lees-new-self/): The Bobby Lees are one of those bands who seem completely incapable of making a boring record. I reviewed their previous album Bellevue back in 2022 and enjoyed its chaotic energy, but I have to admit I like New Self even more. The Woodstock band's fourth album feels bigger, punchier and more confident, while still
- [EP Review: Kit Major- Miss Ego](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/12/ep-review-kit-major-miss-ego/): Kit Major is an artist from Los Angeles who I have been following since the release of her 2023 single 'I Wish You Didn't Hate Me So Much'. Not only did that song immediately grab my attention, but so did her whole aesthetic. Kit Major looks cool, confident and full of attitude, like she would
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Jenny Gillespie Mason – In the Safety of the Light](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/11/album-review-jenny-gillespie-mason-in-the-safety-of-the-light/): Jenny Gillespie Mason releases ambient folk album destined to soundtrack your summer and beyond.
- [Video Premiere: Your first chance to see Martyrs' new single 'He Breaks Horses'](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/10/video-premiere-martyrs-he-breaks-horses/): Melancholically melodic Merthyr Tydfil duo Martyrs released Church Street, the seventh in a series of ten EPs, earlier this year and today we're delighted to bring you the first chance to see the lyric video for the latest single to be released from it. The EP focuses in on small town life, and in keeping
- [FILM REVIEW: KÖLN 75 - DIRECTED BY IDO FLUK](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/10/film-review-koln-75-directed-by-ido-fluk/): KÖLN 75 is one of those true stories that would likely have been rejected by a studio for being too far-fetched had it been fiction. It centres on Vera Brandes who, at 18 in 1975, is living a double life, school by day, jazz club by night.
- [Live Review: A Night with John Robb & Holly Ross at Bootleg Social, Blackpool](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/09/john-robb-holly-ross/): Last night (24/5/2026) I went to Bootleg Social in central Blackpool to see John Robb of The Membranes launch his new biography How punk destroyed my life. John has also had a successful career as a journalist/writer - he was the first journalist to interview Nirvana, what a scoop! In the second half of the
- [Track by Track: Not Richard & Her Majesty walk us through their debut LP 'Success & Fulfilment'](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/08/track-by-track-not-richard-and-her-majesty/): Rich Fownes has featured in many a Joyzine favourite over the years, from The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster to Bad for Lazarus, Clever Thing and Short People, all of whom have received copious, well-earned praise from within these pages. So we're delighted that Rich is back with a new band, Not Richard & Her Majesty,
- [EP REVIEW: JINJÉ - TRACES & TREMORS](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/08/ep-review-jinje-traces-tremors/): Jinjé’s new release maybe an EP but it packs more than a double album’s worth of sounds into its running time. Traces & Tremors is a hugely captivating set of tracks that show Jinjé - aka Yorkshire DJ and producer Lee J Malcolm – to be a master of sound placement, like a high-end chef
- [ALBUM REVIEW: RACINES - ARILOS MENNAR](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/07/album-review-racines-arilos-mennar/): Racines new album Arilos Mennar is a collection of tracks driven by pulsating rhythms and intoxicating beats that it is hard not to move to.
- [Album Review: Where We Sleep- The Arsonist](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/05/album-review-the-arsonist/): The Arsonist is the second album from electro post-punk artist Where We Sleep. Another artist I have discovered a few albums into their career. The title is perhaps a little misleading because although I think the album is fire, the overall feeling is less destruction and more immersion. Listening to The Arsonist feels like sinking
- [Bearded Theory Festival - Sunday May 24, 2026](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/04/bearded-theory-festival-sunday-may-24-2026/): As Bearded Theory comes to an end after an incredible weekend of music, camaraderie and scorchingly warm weather we are left with one final set of line-up choices to be made. Escaping reality for one more day before a return to our normal lives and any home comforts that we've missed. Bearded Theory has provided
- [ALBUM REISSUE: A CERTAIN FRANK - NOTHING](https://joyzine.org/2026/06/03/album-reissue-a-certain-frank-nothing/): A Certain Frank are Frank Fenstermacher and Kurt Dahlke who emerged from a fertile musical landscape in 1990s Düsseldorf. 2001's 'Nothing' has barely dated since its release.
- [Bearded Theory Festival -Saturday May 23, 2026](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/26/bearded-theory-festival-saturday-may-23-2026/): Saturday has arrived and anyone still standing is discussing just how hot it is going to be as we start to plan around how to see as much as we can while occasionally finding some shade. The line up is packed with choices to make leading to both new discoveries and some regret over not
- [Live Review: screensaver + Ishango Bone at Big Hands, Manchester](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/31/live-review-screensaver-ishango-bone-at-big-hands-manchester/): Review of Australian band screensaver's headline show at Big Hands in Manchester.
- [Album Review: Lennie Rayen – Entertain the Space](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/30/album-review-lennie-rayen-entertain-the-space/): Entertain the Space is Lennie Rayen's debut full-length album. The deeply personal lyrics read like chapters in a book, each track building on the last. The production and mixing are exceptional throughout—even the stripped-back songs showcase strong production values, with beautifully placed sounds across the stereo spectrum. Rayen's voice is gently captivating. On tracks like "Time
- [Live in Pictures: The Anoraks + Healthy Junkies at The Dublin Castle, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/30/live-in-pictures-the-anoraks-healthy-junkies-at-the-dublin-castle-london/): East London punks The Anoraks formed in the summer of 1996 and tonight celebrated their 30th birthday at Camden's legendary Dublin Castle, ably supported by Joyzine faves Healthy Junkies. Rupert Hitchcox was there to capture the night's action on camera. The Anoraks: Facebook / Instagram / Bandcamp Healthy Junkies: Website | Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram Photography by Rupert Hitchcox: Instagram Keep
- [SINGLE REVIEW: The Sedonas – Whistlin’ Along](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/30/single-review-the-sedonas-whistlin-along/): The Sedonas' new single will have you whistlin' along in a non-irritating manner.
- [EP REVIEW: TITS UP - NEVER BEEN CHEDDAR](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/30/ep-review-tits-up-never-been-cheddar/): 'Never Been Cheddar' is the new fuzzed-up punk rock is splashy, angular, nearly-out-of-control, febrile and raw EP from Liverpool-based band Tits Up,
- [Album Review: Wynona Bleach- Animal Style](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/29/album-review-wynona-bleach-animal-style/): Recorded in a dusty disused ballroom above a working men's club in Belfast, Wynona Bleach's 'Animal Style' feels atmospheric from the very beginning. Mixing grunge, shoegaze, goth and alternative rock influences.
- [Album Review: Sauvageoness- A Maze Deep In](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/28/album-review-sauvageoness/): A Maze Deep In is the debut album from Sauvageoness, a solo post-punk and industrial artist based in Switzerland. This is not an album made for the faint-hearted, or for those who don’t want to be fully immersed in a musical soundscape. This album is as mysterious and trippy as the title makes it sound.
- [Interview: Marc Riley + Paul & Stephen Hanley look back as they prepare to release The Fall 'Singles Live 1980-83' compilation](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/27/the-fall/): The Fall are one of those bands whose influence is so deeply ingrained into independent and alternative music that it's hard to imagine the musical landscape without them. They are one of those bands about whom (and most often about iconic frontman Mark E Smith) so many stories have been told that it's hard to
- [Live Review: Haggard Cat + Death Cult Electric at The Head of Steam, Newcastle](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/26/live-review-haggard-cat-death-cult-electric-newcastle/): The Head of Steam is the kind of venue where the staff are canny but the toilets have a pin number and you can pick a cubicle with two out three features: a lock, toilet roll, or not clogged. Upstairs it's full of slightly awkward tables fixed into the seating, and a really decent array of
- [Bearded Theory Festival -Friday May 22, 2026](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/24/bearded-theory-festival-friday-may-22-2026/): Basking in the tropical heat (and it is only going to get hotter) Bearded Theory is the place to be today. So much variety on offer today makes it more challenging for those who like to plan their day with military precision (kind of like me). Friday was another fantastic day of music, food and
- [Bearded Theory Festival Preview Derbyshire (May 20-24, 2026)](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/17/bearded-theory-festival-preview-derbyshire-may-20-24-2026/): Bearded Theory Festival will be celebrating their 18th edition this year and have a carefully created line up and mix of genres to delight their faithful fanbase. The list of bands including Pixies, CMAT, Lambrini Girls, Neville Staple, Goldie, Peter Hook and the perennial favorites 3 Daft Monkeys to name but a few. It is
- [Now and Then: Lora Logic and Paul Dean of X-Ray Spex look back in time as early X-Ray Spex demo recordings released](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/22/now-and-then-lora-logic-and-paul-dean/): Hayley Foster da Silva talks to Lora Logic and Paul Dean who look back at their time with X-Ray Spex as their early demos get reissued on the album 'Obsessed With You'
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ED O’BRIEN – BLUE MORPHO](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/22/album-review-ed-obrien-blue-morpho/): Ed O’Brien’s Blue Morpho is an album born out of the darkness during the pandemic. However, it is a sonic journey that encompasses some minor keys en route but also some sun to warm the melancholy.
- [Bearded Theory Festival -Thursday May 21, 2026](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/22/bearded-theory-festival-thursday-may-21-2026/): The second day of Bearded Theory is a carnival of good spirited friendliness in the sunshine as we all bask in the impending heatwave. A few people are actually saying it could get too hot but most would agree that sunshine and warmth are welcome relief. So with advice to wear sunblock, stay hydrated and
- [Book Review: How to Fail as an Artist by Ela Thier](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/20/book-review-how-to-fail-as-an-artist-by-ela-thier/): I have always had an interest in the creative for as long as I can remember — from writing short stories as a young girl, to angsty poetry as a teenager, to writing reviews as an adult and poetry that flits between depth and silliness. Because of that, I am far too familiar with writer’s
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Hammock – The Second Coming Was a Moonrise](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/21/album-review-hammock-the-second-coming-was-a-moonrise/): Nashville duo Hammock take us to space with more beautiful neoclassical shoegaze post-rock.
- [Track by Track: Bugeye- The Shape of Things](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/18/track-by-track-bugeye-the-shape-of-things/): Bugeye’s second album The Shape of Things is a glittery disco-punk party that I have had on repeat ever since its release. Covering topics as diverse as drunken nights out, diet culture and the rise of A.I, it is all wrapped up in an extra shiny giftwrap of synths, sass and irresistible beats. To help
- [Meet X-Ray Spex Legends Lora Logic and Paul Dean in London](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/18/news-x-ray-spex/): Exciting news for any fans of legendary seventies punk band X Ray Spex. Former band members Lora Logic and Paul Dean will be appearing at iconic London record store Rough Trade East on Sunday 24th May for a special Q&A and signing session. The event celebrates the release Obsessed With You- The Early Years, an
- [Live in Pictures: The Sophs + Pyncher at The 100 Club, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/17/the-sophs-pyncher-100-club-london/): LA pop-punk sextet The Sophs, who recently released their debut album Goldstar through legendary UK imprint Rough Trade Records, took their European tour in support of the record to similarly fabled London venue The 100 Club, where they were ably supported by Mancunian alt-rockers Pyncher. Joyzine's Rupert Hitchcox was there to capture the night's action
- [ALBUM REVIEW: COCANHA - FLAME FOLCLÒRE](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/17/album-review-cocanha-flame-folclore/): 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 passion.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: TAMIKREST- ASSIKEL](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/17/album-review-tamikrest-assikel/): 'Assikel' is Tamikrest’s new album with the title meaning ‘voyage’ or ‘journey’ and draws on just how the band have come in those two decades.
- [FILM REVIEW: A Way To Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance (Timeless)](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/16/film-review-the-films-of-peter-christopherson-and-john-balance/): 'A Way To Die' collects together the early 8mm and 16mm films made by the hugely influential queer majick duo Coil.
- [Album Review: Bugeye- The Shape of Things](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/15/album-review-bugeye-the-shape-of-things/): The Shape of Things is the second album from the fun disco punk band Bugeye. For those not familiar, Bugeye originally formed in the 90s and have built a strong reputation for themselves on the live scene thanks to their lively, infectious performances. I have been lucky enough to see them twice so far and
- [SINGLE PREMIERE: ANNA RAN - VULTURES WITH GUILT](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/15/single-premiere-anna-ran-vultures-with-guilt/): An exclusive listen for Joyzine readers of Anna Ran's new single 'Vultures with Guilt'.
- [Up The Packet: One Man's Crisp Odyssey by Simon Williams](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/13/up-the-packet-one-mans-crisp-odyssey-by-simon-williams/): I was entertained, informed and educated (the 3 principles on which the BBC was originally based) and you can’t say fairer than that now can you
- [Live in Pictures: Tori Amos at Royal Albert Hall, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/12/tori-amos-royal-albert-hall-london/): Tori Amos released her latest album In Times of Dragons earlier this month, drawing praise from all quarters, including our own Poppy Bristow (read her review here), and took the record out on the road around the UK in the lead up to its release. Joyzine's Lauren P was wowed by the show at Newcastle's
- [LOUD WOMEN- How a DIY Feminist Punk Community Went Global](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/12/loud-women-how-a-diy-feminist-punk-community-went-global/): Any regular reader of my reviews will know, I have been the official Joyzine LOUD WOMEN correspondent/supporter since first attending LOUD WOMEN fest back in 2022, reviewing the festival for the past 4 years (I have already booked a day off from work this year so I can attend in full) and discovering so many
- [Album Review- Spit Takes- Teeth](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/12/album-review-spit-takes-teeth/): When the debut album from Minneapolis-based punk band Spit Takes landed in my inbox, it was like Christmas had come early. Not only do the band have a super cool band name, but the songs on Teeth seem to mash together so many bands I love and turn them into something that basically feels like
- [Live in Pictures: Sounds From The Other City 2026, Salford ft. Lynks, SCALER, Bathing Suits & more](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/10/live-in-pictures-sounds-from-the-other-city-2026-salford-ft-lynks-scaler-bathing-suits-more/): On Sunday 3rd of May 2026, the wonderful Sounds From The Other City festival returned to Salford for a vibrant day of live music, cabaret and art. Der Fotoautomat was on the scene, documenting a selection of the day's performances, catching the sets of Lynks, Milan W., Phoenix Rousiamanis, SCALER, The Manifestation Group, Bathing Suits,
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Lemoncello – Perfect Place](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/11/album-review-lemoncello-perfect-place/): Irish folk duo Lemoncello release stunningly beautiful second album.
- [EP Review- Red Vanilla- Where I Should Be](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/10/ep-review-red-vanilla-where-i-should-be/): Red Vanilla are an upcoming alternative rock band from Dundee who have just released their second EP Where I Should Be, the follow-up to their 2024 debut Days of Grey. Their first EP saw them quickly gaining attention as a bold new Scottish band, landing support slots with Dea Matrona and even catching the attention
- [Film Review: Evil Does Not Exist](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/01/film-review-evil-does-not-exist/): A father (Takumi, played by Hitoshi Omika) and his young daughter (Hana, played by Ryo Nishikawa) live a near-idyllic life in a bucolic village – foraging wasabi, chopping firewood, and in their spare time, wandering through the forest to identify trees together. That is, until a proposed glamping development for Tokyoite tourists challenges their blissful
- [Album Review: A Certain Ratio - It All Comes Down to This](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/23/album-review-a-certain-ratio-it-all-comes-down-to-this/): When you consider A Certain Ratio’s ample influence on some of the 21st century’s best and brightest, it’s easy to imagine the late Factory Records label head (and incorrigible self-mythologist) Tony Wilson muttering a sly ‘I told you so’. Perhaps most famously, they’re favourites of LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy, who cites them as a
- [Album Review: Dry Cleaning - Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks/Sweet Princess](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/09/album-review-dry-cleaning-boundary-road-snacks-and-drinks-sweet-princess/): Anyone who came to contemporary cult favourites Dry Cleaning from their first two studio albums might assume they were born from the unprecedented void of lockdown. ‘Do everything, feel nothing,’ goes the chorus of ‘Scratchcard Lanyard’, lead single of 2021’s New Long Leg. With her forensic brain for language and sense of humour as dry
- [Album Review: Yard Act - Where's My Utopia?](https://joyzine.org/2024/02/26/album-review-yard-act-wheres-my-utopia/): ‘It appears I have become rich.’ James Smith repeats these words like an incantation on a standout track from Yard Act’s lean, bracing debut album, The Overload, as if shrewdly anticipating the tide of hype soon to sweep the band away. So what are they to do now that prophecy’s fulfilled itself? Well, on follow-up
- [Book Review: Subculture Vulture: A Memoir In Six Scenes by Moshe Kasher](https://joyzine.org/2024/01/29/book-review-subculture-vulture-a-memoir-in-six-scenes-by-moshe-kasher/): Are there still such things as subcultures? Some sociologists say not; that the Internet has shepherded us all into uniquely individual cultural corners, making the term meaningless. But the ‘subcultures’ which American stand-up comedian Moshe Kasher has lived through are unlikely to go anywhere soon. His new book, Subculture Vulture, is an absorbing, eclectic, hilarious
- [Album Review: Cocteau Twins - Milk & Kisses](https://joyzine.org/2024/01/08/album-review-cocteau-twins-milk-kisses/): There wasn’t a lot of fanfare when Cocteau Twins first released Milk & Kisses in the spring of 1996. Nobody yet knew that it would be their final album, but every attempt to produce a follow-up proved too fractious to overcome and ever since, they have remained in the realm of pop history. Of course,
- [Album Review: Gruff Rhys - Sadness Sets Me Free](https://joyzine.org/2024/01/23/album-gruff-rhys-sadness-sets-me-free/): Are there many veterans of the 90s indie scene as adventurous as the mighty Gruff Rhys? The Cool Cymru figurehead, Super Furry Animal, and resistor of phoney encores has journeyed across North America with a felt totem of his ancestor for a sidekick. He’s travelled to Patagonia’s Welsh-speaking colonies in search of a long-lost relative.
- [Album Review: Robyn Hitchcock - 1967: Vacations in the Past](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/13/album-review-robyn-hitchcock-1967-vacations-in-the-past/): You remember the very last scene of Withnail and I, don’t you? All right, then, for those of you at the back: Richard E. Grant’s alcoholic out-of-work actor Withnail is left alone at London Zoo. Leaning over the wolf enclosure’s railings, he delivers with extraordinary eloquence and bitter personal rage the ‘what a piece of
- [Album Review: BGH - We're Too Awkward to Say Hello](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/02/album-review-bgh-were-too-awkward-to-say-hello/): (Quick disclosure to start – BGH's Glenn Fosbraey was my course leader throughout my Creative Writing BA with the University of Winchester. He asked if I’d be interested in reviewing this new album and I enthusiastically accepted.) Is it any wonder that power pop strikes a resounding major chord with so many? Fashions may change,
- [Album Review: The Wave Pictures - Gained / Lost](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/26/album-review-the-wave-pictures-gained-lost/): To make music, you have to love music. It’s a good job, then, that Wymeswold-originating cult indie trio the Wave Pictures are absolutely enamoured with the stuff, having spent their early days obsessively taping John Peel’s radio shows and playing cover versions of their favourite songs. Even now, their sound is often compared to the
- [Album Review: CMAT - Euro-Country](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/01/album-review-cmat-euro-country/): CMAT's new album 'Euro-Country' is a "bold, big-hearted epic of love, loss, and politics" in this epic review from Poppy Bristow.
- [Album Review: Ladytron - Paradises](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/19/album-review-ladytron-paradises/): The adage that nostalgia comes in twenty-year cycles may be an old marketers’ tale, but sneak a superficial glance at über-stylish Liverpool synth-poppers Ladytron and you’d be forgiven for taking it as fact. As leading lights of the 2000s British club scene, they were branded 80s revivalists and lumped in with the contemporary electroclash movement,
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SPACEPORT - CUT THE LAKE](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/09/album-review-spaceport-cut-the-lake/): Minnesota based three-piece Spaceport have just released Cut the Lake, their sophomore album through the Aura Vortex label. This is an album of songs that explore gentle sounds and vulnerable lyrics alongside bursts of heavier experimentation.
- [Album Review: Carla J. Easton - I Think That I Might Love You](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/08/album-review-carla-j-easton-i-think-that-i-might-love-you/): If the UN suddenly issued a directive to replace all national anthems with popular music genres, and why not, there’s one country which would be bound to bagsy indie pop. Ever since about 1979, when Alan Horne founded Postcard Records, the independent music scene of Scotland has jangled to the beat of bands who shun
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Middle Class Guilt – Their King of Comedy](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/08/album-review-middle-class-guilt-their-king-of-comedy/): Middle Class Guilt release second album of excitedly eccentric folk drone and post punk.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: WITH SUN – GO LIGHTLY](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/08/single-review-with-sun-go-lightly/): With Sun's new single is ‘Go Lightly’, written after the death of her mother.
- [Grassroots Uncovered - Back to the 90's](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/06/grassroots-uncovered-back-to-the-90s/): There’s no denying radarbase have a soft spot for the ’90s. It was one of those decades that just hit differently. Music felt new and unpredictable, design was breaking out of its shell, and fashion didn’t care if you understood it or not. It wasn’t flawless, but no era is. Still, it felt like things were opening up.
- [My Life in 10 Songs: David Cronenberg's Wife frontman Tom Mayne](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/04/my-life-in-10-songs-david-cronenbergs-wife/): UK cult (anti?) heroes David Cronenberg's Wife returned this week with their fifth LP Department of Biology (out now via the ever excellent Blang Records), and those familiar with their oeuvre might not be surprised to find them within that faculty, lingering particularly around seminars on anatomy and reproduction. Through ten surreal, darkly humorous story-songs
- [ALBUM REVIEW: PIGEON – OUTTANATIONAL](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/04/album-review-pigeon-outtanational/): 'OUTTANATIONAL is the new album from Pigeon, a wonderful collage of style held together by the incredible voice of Falle Nioke.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Rural France – SLOTHS](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/04/album-review-rural-france-sloths/): Jangly duo Rural France from Wiltshire release fourth album of whimsy and reflection.
- [Album Review: Irked- The Grievance](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/03/album-review-irked-the-grievance/): I reviewed punk band Irked’s self-titled debut back in the summer of 2024, and I’ve had it on repeat ever since, so I was very excited when I heard they were releasing their debut album (in fact, it got forwarded to me twice — that’s how much our co-editor knew I’d love it). The album
- [ALBUM REVIEW: JAKE KING – ROCK AND ROLL](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/03/album-review-jake-king-rock-and-roll/): Jake King’s new release Rock And Roll is an abrasive joy. There are five songs that barely scrape together 8 minutes of music. But what a wild ride those 8 minutes are.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: SUMIE – DAHLIA](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/03/single-review-sumie-dahlia/): 'Dahlia' is the beautiful first single from Sumie's forthcoming album 'Stardust In Valleys'.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Clocolan - When The Emptying Sun Filled The Sky](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/03/album-review-clocolan-when-the-emptying-sun-filled-the-sky/): Clocolan's 'When The Emptying Sun Filled The Sky' by is nine tracks of the most intriguing and heart-bursting joyful music.
- [Single Review: Tiger Island- Find Out Who You Are (And Do It On Purpose)](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/01/single-review-tiger-island-find-out-who-you-really-are/): Some time ago I reviewed an EP from a band I fell in love with immediately for ‘making my ears smile’- that band was Tiger Island. I was absolutely delighted when they reached out more recently to tell me they have their debut album coming out on June 19th and a new single out today-
- [Album Review: Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/01/album-review-tori-amos-in-times-of-dragons/): How can you possibly fight the global dominance of the USA’s tech billionaires? As they continue to sink their obscene fortunes into artificial intelligence and other tools of domination, it seems nobody knows what’s real any more. So why not take up the language of fantasy and meet them on their own Tolkien-fixated terms? That’s
- [Interview: mclusky's Andrew Falkous on fatherhood,  featuring in the Peaky Blinders film and being asked to be strapped to the underside of a plane](https://joyzine.org/2026/05/01/interview-mclusky-andrew-falkous/): Last year mclusky completed a triumphant comeback by releasing their first studio album in more than 20 years, a record which surpassed the expectations of the many fans, both new and old, that had been clamouring for fresh material after a string of packed out live shows and a single tantalising EP put out a
- [TOUR ANNOUCEMENT: PICTISH TRAIL](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/29/tour-annoucement-pictish-trail/): Johnny Lynch aka Pictish Trail has just embarked on an ambitious UK tour throughout May, July and August and this video gives a glimpse at the full band line-up.
- [Live in Pictures: Peaches + Bimini at The O2 Ritz, Manchester](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/23/live-in-pictures-peaches-bimini-at-the-ritz-manchester/): On the 17th of April, Peaches slid into town on her "No Lube, So Rude" tour, bringing her uncompromising (and utterly insane) live show to The O2 Ritz in Manchester. The party was started earlier in the evening by the fiery Bimini, who soon had the place moving and primed for Peaches; a fitting support,
- [SINGLE REVIEW: Mount Slatra – 5x5](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/27/single-review-mount-slatra-5x5/): Thrash metal from the Midlands - Mount Slatra release frantic & political new single.
- [Live in Pictures: Witch Fever at Oslo, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/27/live-in-pictures-witch-fever-at-oslo-london/): Following their rage-filled, heavy 2022 debut, Witch Fever returned late last year with FEVEREATEN, their second full album, an explosive comeback with similar themes of the religious rage of Congregation, but faster, harder and angrier than before. They arrived at Oslo, London, an intimate Hackney venue, as part of their UK/EU tour, and the immediate
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Portrayal of Guilt – …Beginning of the End](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/26/album-review-portrayal-of-guilt-beginning-of-the-end/): Austin-based death metallist trio Portrayal of Guilt release fourth album and more tension than Olympic-level trampoline springs.
- [Live Review: CHROMA at The Old Blue Last 22/4/26](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/26/live-review-chroma/): Less than a week after reviewing their second album 25 Forever, I was off to see CHROMA live- this time at yet another London venue I had somehow never stepped foot in, despite my constant gig-going. Discovering a new venue is honestly almost as exciting as discovering new music, and this time it was The
- [Live Review: Carsie Blanton, The Burning Hell and Joe Plowman at The Lexington, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/22/carsie-blanton-the-burning-hell-joe-plowman-the-lexington/): Everything Is Great!, the new album forged by a collaboration between US singer-songwriter Carsie Blanton, her bandmate Joe Plowman and Mathias Kom and Ariel Sharratt of Canadian garage-folk outfit The Burning Hell has been one of my musical highlights of the year so far, so it was with great anticipation that I wended my way
- [MY LIFE IN 10 SONGS – HEMI HEMINGWAY](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/22/60838/): With Hemi Hemingway's latest album 'Wings of Desire' gaining critical success he was kind enough to give Joyzine his My Life In 10 Songs.
- [Live Review: Tori Amos + Issac Levi at Newcastle City Hall](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/19/tori-amos-newcastle-city-hall/): Would you believe I've been culturally aware of Tori Amos for years, but before tonight I couldn't name a song or probably even exactly what kind of music she performed? Apparently all of my cool musicy friends have been on the Tori Amos bandwagon since they were old enough to attend gigs (the 90's if
- [FILM REVIEW: ROSE OF NEVADA](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/19/film-review-the-rose-of-nevada/): Mark Jenkin's new film 'The Rose of Nevada' is set in a fractured and diminished Cornish coastal town where one day the fishing boat of the film's title arrives back in harbour after being missing for thirty years.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: Middle Class Guilt - Skald](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/19/single-review-middle-class-guilt-skald/): Shetland folk droners Middle Class Guilt release third single 'Skald' from their upcoming second album 'Their King of Comedy'
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Choncy – Trademark](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/19/album-review-choncy-trademark/): Midwest punks Choncy release breakneck third album Trademark.
- [Album Review: CHROMA - 25 Forever](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/17/album-review-chroma-25-forever/): Sometimes I am just constantly reminded of how much music is out there waiting to be discovered, and Welsh alternative rock trio CHROMA are another band I’m very glad to have found. 25 Forever is their second album, following 2023’s Ask for Angela, (see Paul Cook's ace review here) which focused powerfully on women’s experiences.
- [Live in Pictures: RIKI, GHOST COP + Zeropolis at Hootananny Brixton](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/17/live-in-pictures-riki-ghost-cop-zeropolis-at-hootananny-brixton/): On the 9th of April, Hootannany Brixton played host to Synthicide UK, with a formidable line-up of RIKI, GHOST COP and Zeropolis.A night of high energy and moody synth sounds unfolded, with photographer Der Fotoautomat there to document. RIKI: Bandcamp / Facebook / Instagram GHOST COP: Bandcamp / Facebook / Instagram Zeropolis: Bandcamp / Facebook
- [VIDEO: MASSIVE ATTACK / TOM WAITS](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/16/video-massive-attack-tom-waits/): Massive Attack is sharing their collaboration with Tom Waits, 'Boots on the Ground'. And sadly for all, their song is never more urgent and timely. The song chronicles the madness and rabid abandonment of mankind to the commands of "The Masters of War”,
- [ALBUM REVIEW: AYSAY - MAL](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/15/album-review-aysay-mal/): AySay are Copenhagen-based and led by singer Luna Ersahin who combines Anatolian folk and Nordic pop through her Danish/Kurdish heritage.
- [Interview: A Place To Bury Strangers' Oliver Ackermann on the band's new multi-format rareties collection](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/14/a-place-to-bury-strangers-interview/): A Place to Bury Strangers frontman Oliver Ackermann discusses the new rarities collection 'Rare & Deadly'
- [Live Review: Bugeye/Tiny Stills/Cheerbleederz at The Lexington 12/04/26](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/13/live-review-bugeye-tiny-stills-cheerbleederz/): I have LOUD WOMEN Fest to thank for getting me into so many bands over the last few years, as I’ve seen so many at one of the fests and followed them since. One of those bands is Bugeye, one of my favourites from the 2024 festival - I immediately loved their disco punk, Le
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ANGINE DE POITRINE - VOL.II](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/04/album-review-angine-de-poitrine-vol-ii/): Angine de Poitrine play microtonal music, one on a guitar/bass double neck and one on drums. Their new album is their second album and it’s called Vol. II.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: PICTISH TRAIL – LIFE SLIME](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/12/album-review-pictish-trail-life-slime/): Life Slime is the new release from Pictish Trail, and despite being the product of the “personal tumult” following a relationship break-up there is still a great deal of warmth radiating through the melancholy DNA of the album.
- [Live in Pictures: Dayton, Ohio's Battle of the Bands - Six Weeks at The Brightside](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/12/dayton-battle-of-the-bands/): The Brightside was packed on March 7, with fans from six different bands filling the main room. This was what six weeks of the semi-finals had led to. Six different versions of what Dayton’s music scene sounds like right now. By the time the finalist stepped onto the main stage, the room already knew their
- [SINGLE REVIEW: Desperately Seeking Suki – Suki](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/10/single-review-desperately-seeking-suki-suki/): Desperately Seeking Suki release debut slice of blissful electro-pop.
- [Live Review: Wild Billy Childish & CTMF + The Shadracks at The Lexington, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/10/billy-childish-lexington/): Live review and photography of garage rock legend Wild Billy Childish & CTMF + The Shadracks from The Lexington in London, 2026.
- [Live in Pictures: SO LONG, GOOD FRIDAY 2026, Liverpool ft. Fat Dog, The Orielles, TTSSFU & more](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/09/live-in-pictures-so-long-good-friday-2026-liverpool-ft-fat-dog-the-orielles-ttssfu-more/): On Good Friday 2026, Liverpool saw its debut festival SO LONG, GOOD FRIDAY take place across a scattering of venues. Der Fotoautomat was there, alternating between the Camp & Furnace stages, camera in-hand to document some of the action, catching the sets of Fat Dog, The Orielles, Opus Kink, GANS, TTSSFU, Jeanie and The White
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SUNN O))) - SUNN O)))](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/09/album-review-sunn-o-sunn-o/): SUNN O))) new self-titled album is soaked in the conflict between technology and nature.
- [Grassroots Uncovered - A conversation with radarbase](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/29/grassroots-uncovered-a-conversation-with-radarbase/): RadarBase emerged in 2024, fuelled by a passion for ’90s alternative dance music, carrying its raw energy into the present. At the core of the project is a fusion of dystopian lyricism and cyberpunk-inspired cinematic visuals. The name RadarBase reflects a fictional world of outsiders living under an authoritarian regime, finding rebellion and release on the dance floor in the shadow of the radar base.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: DÄLEK - BRILLIANCE OF A FALLING MOON](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/06/album-review-dalek-brilliance-of-a-falling-moon/): dälek’s 'Brilliance Of A Falling Moon' is a rap album that sonically goes to the edge of chaos but dälek has a way emboldening the listener by speaking truth to power.
- [My Life In 10 Songs: Les 'Fruitbat' Carter shares influential songs from his life as Carter USM reissue expanded 'Straw Donkey' singles collection](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/05/my-life-in-10-songs-les-fruitbat-carter/): Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine recently re-issued Straw Donkey, their singles compilation, in an expanded, remastered 2xLP version - it's an astonishingly good collection, funny, political and packed with banging tunes. Last week we caught up with one half of the band, singer Jim Bob, who shared 10 songs that had been important in his
- [ALBUM REVIEW: TOPSY TURVY - FIGHTING THE GINORMOUS MACHO NACHO](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/04/album-review-topsy-turvy-fighting-the-ginormous-macho-nacho/): Topsy Turvy’s new album 'Fighting the Ginormous Macho Nacho' has the low rumble of bass, gravel guitar, pounding drums, super-catchy vocals and some great ooh-aah backing vocals.
- [Live in Pictures: The Red Stains, FREE ZORBA THE HOOLIGAN + BLONDINE at Gullivers, Manchester](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/03/live-in-pictures-the-red-stains-free-zorba-the-hooligan-blondine-at-gullivers-manchester/): NOIZE MAGAZINE held a Manchester launch party for the release of their second volume at Gullivers on the 1st of April, with a loud and lively line-up of BLONDINE, Free Zorba The Hooligan and The Red Stains.Photographer Der Fotoautomat was there to document the night. The Red Stains: Website / Facebook / Instagram FREE ZORBA
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Billy Fuller - Fragments](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/03/album-review-billy-fuller-fragments/): 'Fragments' is the debut solo album release of Bully Fuller (BEAK>).
- [Live in Pictures: Nova Twins + Venus Grrrls at Chalk, Brighton](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/02/nova-twins-venus-grrrls-chalk-brighton/): Brighton’s Chalk was blessed with an insane, entirely female-fronted lineup of alt punk power, energy and aggression, and fitted perfectly to warm up the energy for the opening show of Nova Twins’ UK tour was the gritty, confident: Venus Grrrls. Bringing punk and punchy riot grrrl energy to the stage, Venus Grrrls do not shy
- [Playlist: The Burning Hell & Carsie Blanton share their protest playlist](https://joyzine.org/2026/04/01/the-burning-hell-carsie-blanton-protest-playlist/): Perennial Joyzine favourites The Burning Hell have teamed up with American singer-songwriter Carsie Blanton for Everything Is Great!, an astonishingly good record (even with the sky-high expectations I went in with) of hilarious, scathing, insightful calls to action through song, loaded with revolutionary zeal, dripping with irony and very much up for both a fight
- [Interview: Asbestos Salesman, Pigeon Dog, National Playboys & Naomi In Blue ahead of their appearances at Bad Friday at The Windmill Brixton](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/31/bad-friday-2026/): Back through the mists of time, the Easter Weekend at legendary independent South London music venue The Windmill featured a double header of bank holiday all-dayers: Bad Friday and our own Joyfest, both brimming with incredible new musical talent (if we do say so ourselves) and free BBQ. And whilst Joyfest has been on long-term
- [Live Review: Decius at EartH, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/31/decius-earth-london/): I think I pigeonholed myself for too long when it came to Decius. I tell myself I like bright guitar music, solemn folk numbers, the occasional foray into electronic music and that’s where I stand. Sure, I’m familiar with Fat White Family, fronted by Decius front-man Lias Saoudi, I’ve seen him and Saul Adamczewski live
- [Interview: Billy Childish on cult status, UFOs and the new CTMF album](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/27/interview-billy-childish-ctmf/): Punk polymath Billy Childish returns with House on Fire, another Medway missive alongside CTMF bandmates Nurse Julie and Wolf Howard - by my count their eleventh and Childish's umpteenth long player in a musical career stretching back to the late 1970s - and from the moment his familiar bark ignites opening track 'Magpie's Flown', we
- [Live in pictures - Electroniq - Dublin Castle, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/31/live-in-pictures-electroniq-dublin-castle-london/): Lucida Records have been running their all-electronic nights for a few years now, building a strong reputation as the go-to events for fans of alternative electronica. The Dublin Castle, a venue usually associated with guitar bands transforms into an audio-visual showcase for cutting edge electronic acts.
- [Live in Pictures: Mandy, Indiana + SILVERWINGKILLER at YES, Manchester](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/30/live-in-pictures-mandy-indiana-silverwingkiller-at-yes-manchester/): The 26th of March saw Manchester's YES host one of several specially-curated shows as part of the 6 Music Festival, with an incendiary line-up of Mandy, Indiana supported by SILVERWINGKILLER.A night of rapturous and cathartic high-intensity electro played out in the Pink Room; photographer Der Fotoautomat was there to capture the chaos. Mandy, Indiana: Bandcamp
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Peter Richard Adams – Peter Richard Adams presents University](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/29/album-review-peter-richard-adams-peter-richard-adams-presents-university/): Peter Richard Adams - most prolific man in indie pop - retrieves and rejuvenates tracks by cult band And What Will Be Left Of Them?
- [ALBUM REVIEW: HAIKU SALUT & MEG MORLEY - THE LOST SCORE](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/29/album-review-haiku-salut-meg-morley-the-lost-score/): The songs that make up 'The Lost Score' were originally written to be performed as a live score for the 1930 German silent film People on Sunday commissioned by Birmingham’s Flatpack Film Festival.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: DOMENIQUE DUMONT - PEOPLE ON SUNDAY](https://joyzine.org/2020/11/15/album-review-domenique-dumont-people-on-sunday/): People On Sunday has drawn for its inspiration a 1930s silent film known by a few names including Menschen am Sonntag, Les Hommes le Dimanche and People On Sunday. It was written by Billy Wilder and filmed in 1930 before Hitler came to power and Wilder left for America, a move that gave us such
- [My Life in 10 Songs: Jim Bob looks back on formative tracks from his musical journey as Carter USM reissue singles collection 'Straw Donkey'](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/30/my-life-in-10-songs-jim-bob-carter-usm/): I was just a bit too young to catch grebo legends Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine at their peak. I was still in primary school when they released seminal single 'Sheriff Fatman', were banned by the BBC for 'Bloodsport for All''s attack on racism and bullying in the British military (released shortly after the outbreak
- [Single Review: Wheelchair Sports Camp - EAT MEAT!](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/25/wheelchair-sports-camp-eat-meat/): ‘EAT MEAT!’ by Wheelchair Sports Camp opens with a sense of intent that feels immediate rather than hurried, as though the track has already decided exactly what it wants to be before you’ve had a chance to catch up. It’s direct without being blunt, chaotic without losing control, and it establishes its tone within moments.
- [Live in Pictures: Violent Vira at Electric Ballroom, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/24/violent-vira-electric-ballroom/): Late last month, the quickly-rising alt icon, Violent Vira, performed for a packed out Electric Ballroom as part of her first ever UK run, in support of Kim Dracula’s 2026 European tour. Combining her dark, distorted sound with confessional lyrics of obsession, sin and desire, I felt genuine chills every time she snapped from her
- [SINGLE REVIEW: Middle Class Guilt – The Golden Tiger](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/23/single-review-middle-class-guilt-the-golden-tiger/): Shetland folk droners Middle Class Guilt release latest off-kilter single.
- [Track Premiere: Exclusive new track from Movement 81 ahead of headline slot at Electroniq in Camden](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/23/movement-81-exclusive/): Joyzine is delighted to be partnering with Lucida Records for their Electroniq night, which on 27th March will bring some of the UK’s finest (and weirdest) electronic artists to Camden’s legendary Dublin Castle. The show will see sets from Movement 81, Leg Puppy 2.0 (launching their new First World Problems LP), punkdiSCO and nównøis. Tickets are on
- [Live Review: The Alarm 2.0 at The Lexington, London - March 20, 2026](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/23/live-review-the-alarm-2-0-at-the-lexington-london-march-20-2026/): The Alarm 2.0 rolled in to the Lexington bringing along like minded musicians to open for them for their faithful fanbase. The Lexington is one of my favorite venues, intimate and friendly, and I'm grateful for their continued existence and promotion of amazing live music line ups. Running a music venue these days can't be
- [Live in Pictures: LOUDER THAN WAR LIVE 2026, Manchester ft. Sea Power, Mouth Ulcers, The SIck Man of Europe and more](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/22/live-in-pictures-louder-than-war-live-2026-manchester/): On the 14th of March 2026, LOUDER THAN WAR held an inaugural indoor festival (on a rare sunny day in Manchester!). The day unfolded at Manchester Academy, seeing an eclectic selection of bands play the Academy 2, 3 and Club spaces, spanning the genres of punk, post punk, shoegaze and psych. Der Fotoautomat was there
- [Album Review: Hen Ogledd - Discombobulated](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/22/hen-ogledd-discombobulated/): Hen Ogledd makes foreground music. Their new album, Discombobulated (Domino), would never work as sonic padding in beige cafés or fluorescent supermarkets, a background texture to distract us from the mundane terror of another day in a soft hell. These are songs that demand attention and reward deep focus. There are treasures buried here, and
- [Theatre Review: The Battle at Manchester Opera House - Nostalgia, Surrealism and a few belly laughs for good measure](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/22/theatre-review-the-battle/): This week, John Niven’s ‘The Battle’ came to Manchester’s Opera House for a four-night run on the home turf of one side in the war it promises. The crowd on Manchester’s opening night were ‘mad fer it’, turning up en masse in Adidas merch from Oasis’ tour last summer. A disappointing lack of bucket hats
- [Interview: Gavin Bowers on processing relationship breakdowns through music, creating his first solo record and avoiding self-indulgence](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/20/interview-gavin-bowers-on-processing-relationship-breakdowns-through-music-creating-his-first-solo-record-and-avoiding-self-indulgence/): Gavin Bowers has had a hand in some fantastic music over the past few years, both as a member of bands such as Palm, Elephant, Never Never Man and Waxx and behind the control desk as producer for Floral Image and Toast on his own Catch 21 Records imprint. This month he released a new
- [ALBUM REVIEW: AURE – PRINTEMPS](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/21/album-review-aure-printemps/): Printemps is the new album from Aure Delaroière and it’s a gentle delight that perfectly accompanies the turning of the seasons, from winter into the spring of its title.
- [Cardiacs - Brixton Electric, London 11/3/2026](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/17/cardiacs-brixton-electric-london-11-3-2026/): The moment they burst into life all doubts were dispelled. Our beloved Cardiacs were back
- [Live in Pictures: Altin Gün + Pigeon at Koko, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/16/altin-gun-pigeon-koko/): Amsterdam based Altin Gün's heady mix of Turkish folk and psychedelia on their recent LP Garip (a tribute to the legendary Turkish folk star Neşet Ertaş) led our very own Paul F Cook to declare it "a joyous tribute to Ertaş, their Anatolian roots, and the rich musical history of Türkiye," and promised readers they were
- [Track Premiere: Exclusive new song from Leg Puppy 2.0 as they prepare to play Electroniq at Dublin Castle](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/16/track-premiere-leg-puppy-2-0/): We were thrilled to have been asked to team up with Lucida Records for their excellent Electroniq night at legendary Camden venue The Dublin Castle, and with the next show coming up on the horizon we've got another exclusive track for you to download today. It comes from Electroniq's house band Leg Puppy 2.0, who
- [THEATRE REVIEW: Jamaica Love](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/14/theatre-review-jamaica-love/): Jamaica Love is a bravely complex and entertaining musical drama that fuses high-minded poetic storytelling with stunning performances.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: THE FOOT & LEG CLINIC - SIT DOWN FOR ROCK AND ROLL](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/13/album-review-the-foot-leg-clinic-sit-down-for-rock-and-roll/): 'Sit Down for Rock and Roll' From The Foot & Leg Clinic is a fabulous ramble through music that’s rooted in their modern take on rock but also diversifies into angular indie and lightly psychedelic folk.
- [Album Review: The Orielles - Only You Left](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/12/album-review-the-orielles-only-you-left/): In any creative field, the sooner you get started, the further you can go. At least, that’s the principle which Halifax indie trio the Orielles seem to be working from. Bassist Esmé Hand-Halford and guitarist Henry Wade were teenagers when the band’s joyful debut album Silver Dollar Moment lit up the British music scene like
- [SINGLE REVIEW: PICTISH TRAIL – TORCH SONG](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/15/single-review-pictish-trail-torch-song/): The third single from Pictish Trail's forthcoming album 'Life Slime'.
- [Single Review: Gabi Garbutt - Radical Love ft. Jemma Freeman](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/11/gabi-garbutt-radical-love/): It's always an exciting and anxiety-inducing moment when friends get together - when it goes well it's a beautiful thing, but what about when it doesn't, especially when you're the one who has to tell them? So you can imagine our state of mind on the arrival of 'Radical Love', which sees two long-term friends
- [SINGLE REVIEW: ANNIE DRESSNER – DUMB BOY](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/11/single-review-annie-dressner-dumb-boy/): ‘Dumb Boy’ is the new single from NYC singer-songwriter Annie Dressner and, from the hooky opening guitar riff, we are transported back to a world of 90s music television, vibrant colours and the angst of teenage crushes.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: MITSKI - NOTHING'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO ME](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/10/album-review-mitski-nothings-about-to-happen-to-me/): Mitski's eighth album 'Nothing's About to Happen to Me' is a sprawlingly beautiful half an hour of music.
- [Track Premiere: Exclusive new track from nównøis ahead of performance at Electroniq in London on 27th March](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/10/track-premiere-nownois/): Joyzine is delighted to be partnering with Lucida Records for their Electroniq night, which on 27th March will bring some of the UK’s finest (and weirdest) electronic artists to Camden’s legendary Dublin Castle. The show will see sets from Movement 81, Leg Puppy 2.0 (launching their new First World Problems LP), punkdiSCO and nównøis. Tickets are on
- [Album Review: Surfbort- Reality Star](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/08/album-review-surfbort-reality-star/): My hidden treasure hunt of cool bands continues, and my latest find is Los Angeles’ own Surfbort, via their third album Reality Star. This album is chaotic, grungy, punk-infused mayhem that sounds like a more fucked-up, feral version of Hole. From the first track, you’re thrown into a whirlwind of raw energy, feedback-drenched riffs, and
- [EP REVIEW: The Très Bien Ensemble - Keep On Keepin' On](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/08/ep-review-the-tres-bien-ensemble-keep-on-keepin-on/): Multi-genre Toronto six-piece release uplifting new EP.
- [TRACK BY TRACK: DOG CHOCOLATE - SO INSPIRED, SO DONE IN](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/07/track-by-track-dog-chocolate-so-inspired-so-done-in/): Dog Chocolate have given Joyzine readers a track by track guide of their new album 'So Inspired, So Done In'.
- [Album Review: VIAL- Hellhound](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/06/album-review-vial-hellhound/): Sometimes I am just astounded by how many incredible bands I haven’t discovered yet, so when a new one lands in my orbit, I’m genuinely delighted to know there’s still so much great music out there if you dig a little deeper. My latest discovery is VIAL, an American trio based in Minneapolis who somehow
- [My Life in 9 Songs: Hater's Måns Leonartsson shares tracks that shaped his musical journey](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/06/my-life-in-10-songs-hater/): Swedish indie pop quartet Hater return this week with Mosquito, their fourth LP and the first since swooning 2022 album Sincere. The new record sees them hone the hazy shoegaze instincts of their previous work, blending in a few dabs of slacker rock, post-rock and post-punk, a swirl of alt country, and injecting the whole
- [Single Review: Moms With Bangs - Do What's Delicious](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/03/single-review-moms-with-bangs-do-whats-delicious/): California’s Moms With Bangs make a great first impression with their debut single for Alternative Tentacles records, Do What's Delicious. The record is a fascinating collision of brevity and intensity, blending indie rock sensibilities with a deliberately chaotic, almost mischievous energy. From the first note, it becomes clear that this band thrives on unpredictability, crafting songs
- [Track Premiere: Exclusive new track from punkdiSCO ahead of their performance at Electroniq in Camden on 27th March](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/05/track-premiere-punkdisco/): On 27th March, Electroniq will bring some of the UK's finest (and weirdest) electronic artists to Camden's legendary Dublin Castle, and we're delighted to be getting in on the act by partnering with Lucida Records for the show. The latest installment of the cult club night will see sets from Movement 81, Leg Puppy 2.0
- [ALBUM REVIEW:  My Mercury – Starship 3000](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/03/album-review-my-mercury-starship-3000/): London-based ‘Americana-kissed’ My Mercury release beautiful debut album.
- [Live Review: Dead Pioneers + YAKKIE at The Underworld 1/3/26](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/02/live-review-dead-pioneers/): Sunday night. Not your typical gig night. But there I was, on my way to Camden on a slightly drizzly evening, heading to The Underworld, a venue so conveniently placed you can practically roll out of Camden Town tube station and straight through the doors. The support band were YAKKIE, a band I first saw
- [ALBUM REVIEW:  The Mad Mile - Legroom](https://joyzine.org/2026/03/01/album-review-the-mad-mile-legroom/): Leeds duo The Mad Mile release an enticing blend of shoegaze and post-punk.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Dog Chocolate - So Inspired, So Done In](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/28/album-review-dog-chocolate-so-inspired-so-done-in/): 'So Inspired So Done In' is the new album from Dog Chocolate, fast paced, short songs that fly all over the place and make you feel like you’re in the recording studio.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: HAZEL CITY - GOBLYNMARKYTT](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/28/album-review-hazel-city-goblynmarkytt/): Hazel City is the project of Chicago’s Clay Frankel who wrote, recorded and produced the sophomore album goblynmarkytt. There is a golden hour glow to all the tracks, and the warmth of the album radiates like alfresco drinking on a sunny summer’s afternoon.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Lucy Kitchen – In the Low Light](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/27/album-review-lucy-kitchen-in-the-low-light/): Lucy Kitchen releases tear-prompting third album of gorgeous folk songs.
- [Teri & the Electric Sunrise - Mirror Image](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/27/teri-the-electric-sunrise-mirror-sunrise/): If you’ve ever hung out at midsummer mornings watching the sun rise over standing stones, then maybe Teri & the Electric Sunrise is your bag.
- [EP REVIEW: Ken Park – Ken Park](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/26/ep-review-ken-park-ken-park/): Smashing shoegaze debut EP by Ken Park (with added folk).
- [Track by Track: Mexico City/London based multidisciplinary electronic producer Reifier guides us through her debut EP 'The Unfolding' (in English y Español)](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/25/track-by-track-mexico-city-london-based-multidisciplinary-electronic-producer-reifier-guides-us-through-her-debut-ep-the-unfolding-in-english-y-espanol/): Reifier, the solo project of composer, producer, engineer and vocalist Daniela Mandoki, who splits her time between Mexico City and London, released her debut EP The Unfolding earlier in February. The six tracks flit between waking and dreaming, creating electronic worlds to explore themes of identity and transformation. “This project became a steadfast companion through
- [FILM REVIEW: THE STRAIGHT STORY – DAVID LYNCH, 4K UHD BLU-RAY DVD](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/24/film-review-the-straight-story-david-lynch-4k-uhd-blu-ray-dvd/): 'The Straight Story' is David Lynch's 1999 film based on the 1994 true story of 73-year-old Alvin Straight who, on hearing of his estranged brother’s stroke, decides to make the 240-mile journey from Laurens, Iowa to Mount Zion, Wisconsin on a John Deere ride on lawn mower.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Zahn – Purpur](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/22/album-review-zahn-purpur/): Noisy German trio Zahn release third gloriously noisy rock album. Includes synths.
- [EP Review- Twat Union- Don't Blame The Peach](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/21/dont-blame-the-peach/): Last year Twat Union became one of my firm favourites after the release of their debut EP Don’t Look It In The Eye. That record has barely left rotation since, and I’ve seen them live twice in the months that followed -with another gig already firmly in the diary. Feminist, loud, theatrical, feral and very,
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ALTIN GÜN - GARIP](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/21/album-review-altin-gun-garip/): Altin Gün are the Amsterdam-based band that have been bridging the gap between Turkish folk and psychedelia since 2018. Garip is their sixth studio album and shows them at the height of their powers as they produce a tribute to the legendary Turkish folk star Neşet Ertaş
- [Live Review: The Nightingales + Thomas Truax at The Bunkhouse, Swansea](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/20/the-nightingales-thomas-truax-bunkhouse-swansea/): A cold and wintery Thursday welcomed The Nightingales to The Bunkhouse this week. A delayed tour from last May, the long-awaited Swansea debut from this consistently brilliant band was finally happening. Since they cancelled their UK tour last year, the four piece released their latest LP (The Awful Truth) and expanded their band (and sound)
- [Live Review: Bratakus + Fightmilk at The Grace 19/2/26](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/20/live-review-bratakus/): Last night was my first time visiting The Grace, a small venue tucked right next door to The Garage. Perhaps that’s why the security guard asked me what I was there for. I answered, “the gig,” assuming it was the usual pub-downstairs, club-upstairs setup. “What gig?” he asked. When I said Brakatus, it felt like
- [Live Review: Dream Nails + Gaydar at Zerox, Newcastle](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/20/dream-nails-zerox-newcastle/): What a night! For a chilly Tuesday in February, Dream Nails supported by Gaydar was just what my soul needed. Before they came up on the joyzine review sheet, I hadn't heard of either band. I YouTubed Dream Nails, and was totally sold by 'Vagina Police', so I put my name down and chant/spelled the
- [SINGLE REVIEW: Harvey & Webber – Unchained Kiss](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/20/single-review-harvey-webber-unchained-kiss/): Devon-based duo Harvey & Webber release poetic single that's rife with strife.
- [Artist Spotlight: Nasalrod - Redefining Punk on Their Own Terms ](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/19/artist-spotlight-nasalrod/): Nasalrod hail from Portland, Oregon and they occupy a curious place in the contemporary punk world, one that resists easy definition. What they do is rooted in punk’s unruly lineage, yet it feels restless in ways that most of their peers have not attempted. The band is made up of Chairman on vocals, Mandy Morgan
- [Album Review: Peiriant - Plant](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/19/peiriant-plant/): Welsh folk duo Peiriant return with their third album and the first for the fledgling Recordiau Nawr Records.
- [Live Review: Insecure Men at YES Pink Room, Manchester](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/20/insecure-men-yes-pink-room-manchester/): “My Conscience it begins to thaw...” Selling out Manchester's 250 capacity Pink Room at YES, the avant pop “supergroup” display an extremely tight 40-minute tour de force. An Insecure Men gig was a bit of a white whale for me. Notoriously spontaneous, the band was formed in 2015, and its main brain and frontman Saul
- [Interview: “wtf is this shit?” - Reshma Eyafé speaks with Alex Mazey about his new poetry collection 'RIVAL STREAMER // AI SLOP X BRAINROT (IN)FINITITY WARRIORS'](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/18/alex-mazey-interview/): If you follow me, you most likely know that Alex Mazey is my favourite writer. There are many reasons for this, which I’ll come to; but I’ll begin with explaining that I created the title image of Alex Mazey by using a photograph of him I found on the Internet and asking ChatGPT to help
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ANDY AQUARIUS, KIMI RECOR – SCHLAFES BRUDER](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/16/album-review-andy-aquarius-kimi-recor-schlafes-bruder/): On 'Schlafes Bruder' harpist Andy Aquarius has collaborated with Kimi Recor who is a Berlin-based sonic artist, sound therapist, and educator.
- [Interview: Heartbreakers Club](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/16/interview-heartbreakers-club/): Being passionate about both music and feminism, when I was told about Heartbreakers Club- described as “the ultimate girls’ night out that celebrates self-love and sisterhood loud and proud, to a diva-led soundtrack” — I knew I had to learn more about the London-based club night. Born from the ashes of a breakup and built
- [LIVE REVIEW: SESSA + BARNEY KEEN – STRANGE BREW, BRISTOL](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/15/live-review-sessa-barney-keen-strange-brew-bristol/): What better antidote to the endless rain that has dogged the start of 2026 than to spend a night basking in the sunshine from Sessa and support act Barney Keen at Strange Brew in Bristol.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Katzin – Buckaroo](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/14/album-review-katzin-buckaroo/): Katzin releases Wild West-inspired debut album.
- [Live Review: Suede at Mountford Hall, Liverpool](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/16/suede-mountford-hall-liverpool/): 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 scene for Brett Anderson and his band to come on and knock the socks off a crowd who couldn’t believe their luck. The atmosphere
- [Album Review- YAKKIE- Kill the Cop Inside Your Head](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/13/album-review-yakkie-kill-the-cop-inside-your-head/): It’s been a great day for debut album releases (see also my Congratulations review), and Kill The Cop Inside Your Head by YAKKIE is another powerful first record that’s just dropped into our laps. I first saw YAKKIE live at Loud Women Fest back in 2023, which was actually their very first show, and they
- [Artist Spotlight: Rhys Trimble - The Pulse of Words and Sound](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/13/rhys-trimble/): Rhys Trimble moves through the world like a voice that cannot be contained. He is a poet, a performer, a musician, but none of those words fully hold him. He bends language the way wind bends grass and carries rhythm in his body like it is blood. To encounter his work is to feel a
- [SINGLE REVIEW: My Mercury - The Shadows](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/12/single-review-my-mercury-the-shadows/): My Mercury release final gorgeous single before launching their debut album 'Starship 3000'
- [Album Review: Congratulations- Join Hands](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/12/album-review-congratulations-join-hands/): I caught the band Congratulations supporting The Subways towards the end of last year, and I immediately fell in love with them. They put on an amazing live show filled with bright colour, dance moves, fun, and attitude in equal measure. I was so impressed I was looking up their music online as soon as
- [ALBUM REVIEW: RANIL Y SU CONJUNTO TROPICAL - GALAXIA TROPICAL](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/09/album-review-ranil-y-su-conjunto-tropical-galaxia-tropical/): 'Galaxia Tropical' is Analog Africa’s 43rd release and features a selection of tracks from Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: Middle Class Guilt – Edinburgh](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/09/single-review-middle-class-guilt-edinburgh/): Middle Class Guilt from Shetland produce another slice of 'rollicking juvenilia'.
- [Album Review: Bratakus- Hagridden](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/09/album-review-bratakus-hagridden/): 'Hagridden' is the second album from Scottish punk sisters Bratakus,
- [Interview: Ben Fox Smith on releasing three albums in a year, covering Lily Allen and the upcoming Stony Sleep documentary](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/09/ben-fox-smith-interview/): There are few bands and musicians still regularly making new music from the earliest days of Joyzine, back towards the start of this millenium, fewer still from the formative period before Joyzine was even a twinkle in my eye, and almost none from that period making anything that appeals to me on its own merit
- [ALBUM REVIEW: AYKA – DOGGY BAG](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/08/album-review-ayka-doggy-bag/): Ayka is the recording name of Norwegian-Turkish artist Ayça Lingaas and new album 'Doggy Bag' Doggy Bag is raw around the edges but totally captivating.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ANNIE GARDINER – SLEEPING DOGS](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/08/album-review-annie-gardiner-sleeping-dogs/): Sleeping Dogs is Annie Gardiner's second solo album under her own name and, once again, the emotive nature of her dark folk is captivating and replete with the poetry of storytelling and allusion.
- [PROFILE & MY LIFE IN 10 SONGS: VIC VARNEY - THE LOST LEGEND OF ATHENS, GA](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/07/profile-vic-varney/): As the frontman of The Method Actors, one of the first bands to erupt from the early-80s Athens, Georgia that produced The B-52s, Pylon, and R.E.M., Varney helped shape a sound that rippled far beyond the college town’s borders.
- [LIVE REVIEW: DEATH MACHINE + ASTRID CORDES – HOTEL CECIL, COPENHAGEN](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/07/live-review-death-machine-astrid-cordes-hotel-cecil-copenhagen/): The Death Machine gig is on a cold night in Copenhagen, and the warmth of venue Hotel Cecil is inversely proportional to the -3°C outside. Death Machine by name, life affirming by nature.
- [Five outfits that inspired me by Leg Puppy 2.0](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/26/five-outfits-that-inspired-me-by-leg-puppy-2-0/): Leg Puppy 2.0 celebrate their 10 year anniversary this year. That's 10 years of calling out BS and taking swipes at society in various forms. They are also set to release their 12th and final album 'First World Problems' Here are five bands that have inspired the South London act.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: LEG PUPPY 2.0 – LANYARD MAN](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/06/single-review-leg-puppy-2-0-lanyard-man/): ‘Lanyard Man’ is a bittersweet release as 2026 is Leg Puppy 2.0’s 10th Anniversary bringing their 10th, and final, album.
- [Album Review: Dream Nails- You Wish](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/06/album-review-dream-nails-you-wish/): Somehow Dream Nails is another band I’ve managed to be late to the party for (as seems to happen to me far too often), because You Wish, their latest release, is actually their third album. I’m just glad I’ve found them now, because I’m not sure how I managed to miss a band who describe
- [Live in Pictures: Xiu Xiu [Eraserhead] + Burn Into Sleep at Gorilla, Manchester](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/05/live-in-pictures-xiu-xiu-eraserhead-burn-into-sleep-at-gorilla-manchester/): Experimental outfit Xiu Xiu brought their latest live show to Manchester’s Gorilla on the 2nd of February, in the fittingly industrial setting of a railway arch. After the previous success of their Twin Peaks tour, and just over a year since the passing of David Lynch, the band presented their audio-visual ode to his nightmarish
- [Soundtrack Review: Louder Than You Think: A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young and Pavement](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/05/louder-than-you-think-gary-young/): The soundtrack to Louder Than You Think: A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young and Pavement is the story of a man who propelled himself, and others, to greatness and destroyed it at the same time. It is a musical autobiography of Pavement’s self-contradicting first drummer told through snippets and rarities from his career. Gary Young,
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Kula Shaker – Wormslayer](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/03/album-review-kula-shaker-wormslayer/): Indian-inflected Britpop stalwarts Kula Shaker return with their 8th studio album, 'Wormslayer'
- [News: Rebellion Festival celebrates 30th Anniversary this year](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/02/news-rebellion-festival-30th/): Despite only attending for the first time myself last year, the amazing Blackpool punk institution Rebellion Festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2026. Originally named Holidays in the Sun back in 1996, the festival first opened its doors at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens to celebrate 20 years of punk. That inaugural line-up was an absolute
- [SINGLE REVIEW: My Mercury – Karaoke Friday](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/29/single-review-my-mercury-karaoke-friday/): My Mercury's latest starry-eyed single before the launch of their debut album.
- [Grassroots Uncovered - A conversation with Tuudi](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/03/grassroots-uncovered-a-conversation-with-tuudi/): Tuudi is a London-based alternative-pop artist and producer whose music blends immersive storytelling with ethereal, introspective songwriting, wrapped in cinematic soundscapes and electronic influences.
- [ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: The Dream Machine’s top 5](https://joyzine.org/2026/02/01/artist-spotlight-the-dream-machines-top-5/): The Dream Machine's frontman Zak McDonnell reveals his top 5 underrated British artists.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: The Dream Machine – Things That Make Us Cry](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/14/single-review-the-dream-machine-things-that-make-us-cry/): The Dream Machine release a gorgeous slice of the 60s.
- [Live Review: St. Paul & The Broken Bones + Tyler Ballgame - New Century Hall, Manchester](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/29/st-paul-and-the-broken-bones-manchester/): New Century Hall, the revitalised Grade II listed building in Manchester’s NOMA district played host to St. Paul & The Broken Bones on Saturday night. Whilst at first, I thought perhaps the Alabama-based 8 piece were worthy of a bigger venue, it turned out the sprung floors and disco ceiling were the perfect accompaniment to
- [NO PLACE LIKE HOME: JOSALEIGH POLLETT - SALT LAKE CITY UTAH](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/28/no-place-like-home-josaleigh-pollett-salt-lake-city-utah/): This is the third in a series of No Place Like Home articles in association with the record label Audio Antihero. This time around we have a tour around Salt Lake City with artist Josaleigh Pollett.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: HOLLY HEAD - NO COUNTRY IS AN ISLAND](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/27/single-review-holly-head-no-country-is-an-island/): Holly Head, the Manchester band with a growing ‘if you know, you know’ status, have released their first track of 2026, 'No Country is An Island', a riotous Latin-inspired track with a strikingly relevant political message. Written in response to the rash of violent anti-immigration protests in the summer of ‘25, 'No Country is An
- [ALBUM REVIEW: YĪN YĪN - YATTA!](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/25/album-review-yin-yin-yatta/): Yatta! Is the new album from Maastricht band YĪN YĪN who manage to balance an eclectic range of musical styles such as Italian and Space Disco, Library Music, and psychedelic sounds.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: CHROMA – STRAIGHT MEN](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/25/single-review-chroma-straight-men/): CHROMA announce their new album (out in April) with a bang as they release the single ‘Straight Men’ which tackles the attitude of men towards women head-on.
- [EP REVIEW: Charlie Ward – Learning to Stay](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/22/ep-review-charlie-ward-learning-to-stay/): Charlie Ward releases new, bright, jangly EP.
- [Interview: David J Boswell - fame, friendship, UFOs, autism & his new album, Going Down Slow](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/22/interview-david-j-boswell-fame-friendship-ufos-autism-his-new-album-going-down-slow/): Aitch Nicol talks to "old friend and phenomenally talented musician" David 'Bozz' Boswell about his music and life.
- [Live Review: The Army The Navy at Bush Hall, London](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/21/the-army-the-navy-bush-hall/): Bush Hall was originally a dance hall built by a publisher for one of his daughters in 1904, and has upkept the Edwardian features that make it such a beloved venue in the city. Tonight, the chandeliers sparkle for another group of young people, adorned in winged eyeliner, bright dyed hair, and one fan rocking
- [Single Review: NIMF - ‘Solar Excess Sacrificial Ecstasies (Willie O’ Winsbury, Sumer is icumen in)’](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/19/single-review-nimf-solar-excess-sacrificial-ecstasies-willie-o-winsbury-sumer-is-icumen-in/): There is something in the way of an inherent tragedy, unfolding with delicate balance, across ‘Solar Excess Sacrificial Ecstasies (Willie O’ Winsbury, Sumer is icumen in).’ The tender 10-minute instrumental ballad, presented across four pieces within, is the latest single from Dublin visual artist, composer, and sound designer, Aoibhín Redmond - known as NIMF.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Peaer– Doppelgänger](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/18/album-review-peaer-doppelganger/): Peaer from the Big Apple release their latest slice of math rock.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: IMARHAN - ESSAM](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/18/album-review-imarhan-essam/): 'Essam' is the fourth studio album from Imarhan and is a swaying, undulating, uplifting joy and their finest release to date.
- [THINGS OF 2025: PAUL F COOK SHARES HIS FAVOURITE MUSIC AND CULTURE OF THE YEAR](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/11/things-of-2025-paul-f-cook/): Joyzine's Deputy Editor shares his music and culture highlights of 2025.
- [OUR LIFE IN TWELVE SONGS: MIDDLEMAN](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/15/our-life-in-twelve-songs-middleman/): Middleman's Ted, Harper, Rory and Noah give us a selection of tracks that have helped shape their musical lives.
- [Album review: The Cribs- Selling a Vibe](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/14/album-review-the-cribs-selling-a-vibe/): The Cribs have returned with their 9th studio album Selling a Vibe released by the Play it Again Sam label -their first in five years, and it feels wonderful to have them back again. The veterans of the indie rock scene have outlasted many of their peers and continue to create music that showcases the
- [Things of 2025: Joyzine Editor Paul Maps shares his favourite music and culture of the year](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/14/things-of-2025-paul-maps/): It's the final day of our Things of 2025 celebration and we end with the choices of Joyzine's founder and editor since 2003, Paul Maps.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SLEAFORD MODS: THE DEMISE OF PLANET X](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/16/album-review-sleaford-mods-the-demise-of-planet-x/): Simon Tucker reviews the latest album release from Sleaford Mods, 'The Demise of Planet X'
- [Things of 2025: Neil Laurenson & Attila Peter share their favourite music and culture of the year](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/10/things-of-2025-neil-laurenson-attila-peter-share-their-favourite-music-and-culture-of-the-year/): To start of the new year we've been looking back at some of our favourite releases, gigs and events of 2025. Yesterday Mathias Kom shared his selections, including a country-folk album written entirely in Māori, a vampire western movie and a song described as 'bard rap' - you can read his picks in full here.
- [Things of 2025: Mathias Kom shares his favourite music and culture of the year](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/07/things-of-2025-mathias-kom-shares-his-favourite-music-and-culture-of-the-year/): We're starting the new year by taking a look back at some of the highlights of 2025. Yesterday, Joyzine editorial team member Aitch Nicol shared her picks, including Bob Vylan, The Moonlandingz and feminist body horror film The Substance - check out her full selection here. Today it's the turn of one of our newest
- [Things of 2025: Aitch Nicol shares their favourite music and culture of the year](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/06/things-of-2025-aitch-nicol-shares-her-favourite-music-and-culture-of-the-year/): To kick off 2026 we've been sharing some of our favourite music and culture of the previous twelve months. Yesterday Poppy Bristow and Evan Meikle's picks included CMAT and Insecure Men - check out their full list here. Today it's the turn of editorial team member Aitch Nicol. MUSIC RELATED MOMENT: Bob Vylan (& Kneecap)
- [Things of 2025: Ioan Humphreys shares his favourite music and culture of 2025](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/04/things-of-2025-ioan/): Yesterday we kicked off our review of 2025's musical and cultural highlights with selections from Joyzine writers Andrew Wood and Hayley Foster Da Silva (check out their picks here). Today it's the turn of editorial team member Ioan Humphreys. New Musical Discovery of 2025 – Voluntary Redundancy Lovely and fast as fuck hardcore/fastcore from Suffolk.
- [Things of 2025: Poppy Bristow and Evan Meikle share their musical and cultural highlights](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/05/things-of-2025-poppy-bristow-and-evan-meikle-share-their-musical-and-cultural-highlights/): We're kicking off the new year by looking back at some of our favourite music and culture of 2025. Yesterday saw editorial team member Ioan Humphreys selecting the unlikely bedfellows of grindcore act FILTHxCOLLINS and Desert Island Discs in his selection, and today it's the turn of Joyzine writers Poppy Bristow and Evan Meikle. Poppy
- [Things of 2025: Andrew Wood & Hayley Foster Da Silva share their favourite music and culture of the year](https://joyzine.org/2026/01/03/things-of-2025-andrew-wood-hayley-foster-da-silva-share-their-favourite-music-and-culture-of-the-year/): Happy new year everyone! We've got lots of exciting plans for 2026, but before we look to the future it's time to take a look back at a few of our favourite things from the last 12 months. Over the next week or show we'll be sharing selections from several members of the Joyzine team,
- [Live Review: Stephen Evens, Hurtling + Windpipe at The Cavendish Arms, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/30/live-review-stephen-evens-hurtling-windpipe-at-the-cavendish-arms-london/): One last gig for 2025 and what better way to spend it than surrounded by friends? Tonight's impressive line-up features two long-term Joyzine favourites on stage (and a fair few in the audience) at one of South London (and indeed the UK)'s loveliest little venues. Before we get onto those established faves there's the intriguing
- [LIVE REVIEW: CERYS HAFANA – ST. GEORGE’S, BRISTOL](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/06/live-review-cerys-hafana-st-georges-bristol/): Cerys Hafana’s show at St. George’s, Bristol was an enthralling experience with the Welsh triple harpist and double bass player Ursula Harrison holding the audience in their spell.
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #24 - A whole Christmas album from Peter with Rosie!](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/24/advent-calendar-2025-24-peter-with-rosie/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #22 - a.P.A.t.T. and David J Boswell](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/22/advent-calendar-2025-22-a-p-a-t-t-and-david-bozz-boswell/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #23 - Linus Fitness Centre](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/23/advent-calendar-2025-23-linus-fitness-centre/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #21 - Slime City](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/21/advent-calendar-2025-21-slime-city/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #20 - LOUD WOMEN ft. deux furieuses, I, Doris, ShyGodwin, HotWax, Twat Union + Retropxssy](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/20/advent-calendar-2025-20-loud-women/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [SINGLE REVIEW: ANDREW J - FOLLOW ME](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/19/single-review-andrew-j-follow-me/): Andrew J releases 80s neon disco funk banger.
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #18 - The Gymkhana's take on an 80's Christmas favourite + The Pawnbroker](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/18/advent-calendar-2025-18-the-gymkhana/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [Live Review: Doves — Cambridge Junction, 16 December 2025](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/17/live-review-doves-cambridge-junction-16-december-2025/): So, here we are… and what a place to be There’s something profound about seeing a band whose music has threaded itself through your life turn up, years later, in a room like Cambridge Junction. Doves holds a special place in my heart, as one of their songs soundtracked my wedding video. So when the
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #19 - Electroniq ft. Leg Puppy 2.0](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/19/advent-calendar-2025-19-electroniq-leg-puppy-2-0/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #17 - Crocodile Collective & Friends ft. Elisabeth Elektra, The Margins, Jolt, Charlie Salvidge, New Commercial Product and Great Silkie](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/17/advent-calendar-2025-17-crocodile-rcrds/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #16 - MJ Hibbett & CJ Thorpe-Tracey's cover of a Christmas number one!](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/16/advent-calendar-202516-chris-t-t-mj-hibbett/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Ólöf Arnalds – Spíra](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/14/album-review-olof-arnalds-spira/): Icelandic folk singer Ólöf Arnalds releases her fifth solo album.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: SUPER PATTERN - LAUNDRY POPS](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/15/single-review-super-pattern-laundry-pops/): Super Pattern’s debut single “Laundry Pops” twists familiar power-pop tropes into something delightfully off-kilter. With floating synths, a shimmering organ, and surreal, half-spoken lyrics, the trio creates a quirky, otherworldly sound that recalls Animal Collective, Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, Stereolab, and Can. Attila Peter reviews the track.
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #15 - Kat Five (festive exclusive!) + Charley Stone](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/15/advent-calendar-2025-15-charley-stone-kat-five/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ISOBEL WALLER-BRIDGE - OBJECTS](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/14/album-review-isobel-waller-bridge-objects/): 'Objects' from Isobel Waller-Bridge is a set of compositions that mix field recordings and music to stretch, stop, and have time fold in on itself. Each track takes an everyday object as its starting point and filters them through ambient, minimalism and musique concrète”.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: HAYWARDxDÄLEK](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/14/album-review-haywardxdalek/): On the new release 'HAYWARDxDÄLEK', rapper/producer Dälek has worked with drummer Charles Hayward bringing New Jersey and South East London together in a collision of industrial beats and unsettling soundscapes.
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #14 - DRIFT. + Annie Gardiner](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/14/advent-calendar-2025-14-drift-annie-gardiner/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #13 - The Joyzine Christmas Band + Gift Box, Skink + Adam & Elvis, all featuring members of the Joyzine team](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/13/advent-calendar-2025-13-joyzine/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [EP Review: mildred - red](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/13/ep-review-mildred-red/): "red" is the latest EP release from Oakland, California band mildred. The indie Americana band revisits some of their earliest tracks born from kindred jam sessions.
- [Live Review: Cameron Winter at Albert Hall, Manchester](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/12/cameron-winter-albert-hall-manchester/): Last year Cameron Winter thought he would be broke and living with his parents. From New York, his band Geese were slowly rising as respected cult figures in modern rock with their 2023 album 3D country but it was not enough to buy a lofty city apartment. Luckily (for all Cameron Winter heads) this put
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #12 - Gemma Rogers](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/12/advent-calendar-2025-12-gemma-rogers/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #11 - Alcopop Records: bis x Art Brut exclusive!](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/11/advent-calendar-202511-alcopop-records-bis-art-brut/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #10 - Cerys Hafana exclusive!](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/10/advent-calendar-2025-10-cerys-hafana/): It's been an amazing year for triple harpist Cerys Hafana and they have given Joyzine a stunning exclusive track for day 10 of our musical advent calendar.
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #9 - Salt The Snail exclusive](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/09/advent-calendar-2025-9-salt-the-snail/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #8 - Craig Fortnam's take on a festive favourite](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/08/advent-calendar-2025-8-craig-fortnam/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [Live Review: Loose Articles at Sebright Arms 6/12/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/08/live-review-loose-articles-at-sebright/): Having discovered Manchester’s self-proclaimed “Northern Sugababes” at Loud Women Fest back in September, and instantly falling in love with them — I was excited to catch Loose Articles again, this time headlining their own Christmas Party. I’m not much of a Christmas person, so you won’t usually find me at a festive gig, but when
- [Live Review: Panic Shack at Electric Brixton 4/12/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/07/live-review-panic-shack-electric-brixton/): Cardiff-based punk band Panic Shack are one of my most-listened-to bands this year — and for good reason. They’re fun, fiery, and unfiltered, with humour and hooks packed into every song. Their debut album, released in July, is filled with banger after banger, so it’s no wonder I was compelled to see them live again.
- [FILM REVIEW: Possession - Limited Edition Reissue](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/07/film-review-possession-limited-edition-reissue/): 'Possession' the seminal cult horror classic from director Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession returns in beautiful 4K UHD/Blu Ray and containing a whole plethora of extras which is set to satisfy every horror fan's thirst
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #7 - Dextro (exclusive) + Rubber Oh](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/07/advent-calendar-2025-7-dextro-rubber-oh/): THE JOYZINE ADVENT CALENDAR - DAY#7: DEXTRO (EXCLUSIVE) + RUBBER OH
- [LIVE REVIEW: ZACH TEMPLAR, HERE @ OUTERNET, LONDON](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/06/live-review-zach-templar-here-outernet-london/): On a cold Saturday night in central London, 2000 fans queued around London’s “Here at Outernet” for what felt less like a conventional gig and more like an intimate gathering around one of internet pop’s fastest-rising stars. Singer,songwriter Zach Templar’s sold-out headline show drew a predominantly teenage audience — many of whom arrived early to
- [SINGLE REVIEW: iiis – CHAIRS / ARMS](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/06/single-review-iiis-chairs-arms/): iiis (pronounced ‘eyes) are an Oxford-based 3-piece and their new double-A single is 'Chairs' and 'Arms' which demonstrate beautiful restraint and a compelling poetic tunefulness.
- [Track by Track: Breakup Haircut guide us through their new LP 'No Worries If Not!'](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/05/track-by-track-breakup-haircut/): Every once in a while (not very often if you're me, but it does happen) you meet a new person and the conversation flows as if you've known each other since childhood. South London pop-punk quartet Breakup Haircut's second album No Worries If Not! is the musical equivalent of this person. A collection of 12
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #6 - The Scaramanga Six](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/06/advent-calendar-20256-the-scaramanga-six/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #5 - Ombudsmen with a cover of a Christmas classic](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/05/advent-calendar-20255-ombudsmen/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #4 - Stephen Evens exclusive!](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/04/advent-calendar-20254-stephen-evens/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #3 - The Happy Hollow](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/03/advent-calendar-20253-the-happy-hollow/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [EP/MINI ALBUM REVIEW: BOBTODDDANCE - CHAPTER I](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/02/ep-review-bobtodddance-chapter-i/): For all the young uns at the back, Bob Todd was the name of an actor mainly active in the 70s and 80s, who was most famous for playing a ‘straight man’ and one of the comedy stooges to the late great Benny Hill. He is also immortalized in the brilliantly named song ‘99% of
- [My Life in 10 Songs: Reshma Eyafé](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/01/my-life-in-10-songs-reshma-eyafe/): Reshma is a conceptual artist who uses abstract satire in both audio and visual artforms to comment on the lives and loves of the human race in this realm and beyond. We asked her to offer up her life in 10 songs and here’s what she delivered: The moment I heard there was a chance
- [LIVE REVIEW: TTSSFU, LONNIE GUNN & MAXIMILIAN TANNER AT THE WHITE HOTEL, SALFORD](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/01/live-review-ttssfu/): How do you know an artist is onto something? Sold out shows, yes. In demand guestlist, tick. Top quality support acts, booked. More photographers down the front than you can shake a speedlight at? Oh yes. This is the last night of the TTSSFU tour and she's on fine form. I've been keeping an eye
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #2 - Syd Howells exclusive!](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/02/advent-calendar-2025-2-syd-howells/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [Electroniq - An electronic showcase with a difference](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/01/electroniq-an-electronic-showcase-with-a-difference/): Lucida Records have been running their all-electronic nights for a few years now, building a strong reputation as the go-to events for fans of alternative electronica. The Dublin Castle, a venue usually associated with guitar bands was transformed into an audio-visual experience.
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2025 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #1 Piney Gir & Parenthesis Dot Dot Dot exclusive!](https://joyzine.org/2025/12/01/advent-calendar-2025-1-piney-gir-parenthesis-dot-dot-dot/): Joy to the world! It's the return of our favourite festive tradition, the Joyzine Advent Calendar, back for its 22nd consecutive edition, which as far as we're aware makes it the longest running on the net. As always, every track is completely free to download and we don’t require you to sign up for a
- [SINGLE REVIEW: GASOLINA – THIS TIME OF YEAR / EXPENSIVE](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/30/single-review-gasolina-this-time-of-year-expensive/): ‘This Time of Year’ and ‘Expensive’ are festive tunes from Gasolina, out on the PNKSLM label.
- [Album Review: Iona Zajac - Bang](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/30/album-review-iona-zajac-bang/): Bang is the debut album of Glasgow singer-songwriter Iona Zajac - a deeply introspective works dabbling into indie folk music.
- [Album Review: No Violet- Self Titled](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/28/album-review-no-violet/): Bristol-based four-piece No Violet have unleashed their long-awaited self-titled debut album, and it’s every bit as dark, dirty, and deliciously unhinged as their reputation suggests.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: JERKCURB - NIGHT FISHING ON A CALM LAKE](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/28/album-review-jerkcurb-night-fishing-on-a-calm-lake/): Written in the aftermath of Jacob Read’s father’s death, “Night Fishing on a Calm Lake” is a nocturnal, cinematic dream-pop record where grief, doubt and hope coexist - the soundtrack for someone learning to live with loss. Attila Peter reviews.
- [Live: My Bloody Valentine and J Mascis, Wembley Arena, 25/11/2025](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/27/live-my-bloody-valentine-and-j-mascis-wembley-arena-25-11-2025/): The whole thing started with poor judgement on my part. My high school friend introduced me to My Bloody Valentine by playing Isn’t Anything and my gut reaction was that it sounded like his record had been left out in the sun and become warped. It took me a few more listens to appreciate the album and
- [Live in Pictures: Lambrini Girls, Enola Gay + CLT DRP at The Forum, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/27/lambrini-girls-the-forum/): Fresh from scooping LOUD WOMEN's Hercury Prize for best female/non-binary driven album by a UK or Irish artist in 2025 for their brilliant LP Who Let The Dogs Out, Lambrini Girls embarked on their biggest tour yet at a packed out Kentish Town Forum, with an excellent supporting bill of Enola Gay and CLT DRP.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ELIJAH MINNELLI – CLAMS AS A MAIN MEAL](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/27/album-review-elijah-minnelli-clams-as-a-main-meal/): Ever wondered what folk songs would be like re-worked as dub plates then Elijah Minnelli has you covered on his new album 'Clams As A Main Meal'.
- [LIVE REVIEW: BLIND YEO + PICTISH TRAIL – THE JAM JAR, BRISTOL, 21/11/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/26/live-review-blind-yeo-pictish-trail-the-jam-jar-bristol-21-11-25/): Paul F Cook reviews the uplifting, life affirming and joyous gig by Pictish Trail and Blind Yeo at The Jam Jar, Bristol on 21 November 2025
- [SINGLE REVIEW: LINDSEY TROY – I’VE SEEN THE WILLOW TREES](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/24/single-review-lindsey-troy-ive-seen-the-willow-trees/): 'I've Seen The Willow Trees' is the new song from Lindsey Troy and her first solo material since her duo Deap Vally split.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: THE BUG VS GHOST DUBS - IMPLOSION](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/24/album-review-the-bug-vs-ghost-dub-implosion/): 'Implosion' by The Bug Vs Ghost Dubs is not an album that sets out to reveal its secrets straight away as it is an album that sounds like the wandering ghost of another project haunting its creators.
- [Live Review: Tuung and William Doyle at Where Else? Margate 21/11/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/24/live-review-tuung-and-william-doyle-at-where-else-margate-21-11-25/): Deciding to take the day off to travel to the seaside town of Margate to join in the 20 year celebration of tunng at Where Else? was an easy decision to make. Having never seen tunng before (I have seen Diagrams and Lump side-projects) I was happy to finally get the opportunity. Where Else? is
- [Live Review: The Subways at The Electric Ballroom,  London 21/11/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/23/live-review-the-subways/): Some people have yearly pilgrimages to sacred places-Mecca, Jerusalem, maybe even Glastonbury for the more hippy-hearted among us. Others (erm, me) take a yearly pilgrimage to see one of their favourite live bands. I guess you could say that for me, music and live gigs are something of a religion. Being at a gig is
- [Interview: CWRW, Carmarthen - A full circle of beer, bands and bargain bin vinyl](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/21/interview-cwrw-carmarthen-a-full-circle-of-beer-bands-and-bargain-bin-vinyl/): CWRW is a place with a lot of gwrw to choose from. I went up from Cardiff to see my friend’s band play there and was warmly surprised by how much this venue/pub/record shop/recording studio does for artistic voices. I had a lovely time and recommend it to anyone looking for local community. On the
- [Live Review: SPRINTS at The Troxy, London 14/11/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/19/live-review-sprints-troxy/): Late to the party as always, I’ve only recently discovered Dublin-based band SPRINTS. I first saw their name pop up on one of Joyzine’s album review lists and decided to give them a listen and within seconds, I was thinking, “A band with a female singer that sounds this full of attitude? How do I
- [Live Review: Songs of Joni Mitchell at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/18/live-review-songs-of-joni-mitchell-at-shepherds-bush-empire-london/): Shepherd's Bush Empire was host to a collection of musicians touring the UK, Ireland and France playing tribute to Canadian musical royalty Joni Mitchell. The evening was split into two sets with musicians performing solo, collaborating in a variety of combinations and playing a selection of Joni's music across her career. As Kate Stables of
- [Live in Pictures: Wet Leg + Faux Real at Mountford Hall, Liverpool](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/18/live-in-pictures-wet-leg-faux-real-at-mountford-hall-liverpool/): Wet Leg returned to Liverpool off the back of their sold out album launch show at Camp and Furnace at the end of Summer, this time packing out Mountford Hall on the 15th of November for another memorable night of idiosyncratic, fired-up live music.Faux Real opened for the evening, immediately seizing the room's attention with
- [INTERVIEW: KULA SHAKER - "BACK THEN I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A SOCIOPATH WAS AND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS FULL OF THEM."](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/17/interview-kula-shaker-back-then-i-didnt-know-what-a-sociopath-was-and-the-music-industry-is-full-of-them/): Kula Shaker’s debut album K, released in 1996, went to number one and outsold Elastica’s debut from the year before in its first week, selling 105,768 copies the UK. They were properly massive. And yet they decided to call it a day three years later after recording their ambitious second album Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Constant Smiles – Moonflowers](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/17/album-review-constant-smiles-moonflowers/): New York-based Constant Smiles release their 'ambient pop' album Moonflowers.
- [Album Review: Kali Malone & Drew McDowall - Magnetism](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/17/album-review-kali-malone-drew-mcdowall-magnetism/): There is a contemplative feeling, which rests on the verge of anxiousness, as experimental composers Kali Malone and Drew McDowall present their new album 'Magnetism'.
- [Live review: Mac DeMarco + Tex Crick At Aviva Studios, Manchester & Hammersmith Apollo, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/17/live-review-mac-demarco-tex-crick-at-aviva-studios-manchester-hammersmith-apollo-london/): I do remember the first time I “seriously listened” to Mac DeMarco. Maybe walking back from the market buying that coffee they only sell there, possibly coming back from a uni course on a sunny day (because when I hear Mac I hear sun and blue skies and this mean that you can be depressed
- [ALBUM REVIEW: LE GRAND COUTURIER - LE GRAND COUTURIER](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/16/album-review-le-grand-couturier-le-grand-couturier/): 'Le Grand Couturier' is the self-titled second album from Jean-François Riffaud, Rachel Langlais, and Clément Vercelletto, a trio who know their way round the French experimental scene and have taken a tropical aesthetic into the realm of musique concrète.
- [NO PLACE LIKE HOME: TIBERIUS - BOSTON](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/15/no-place-like-home-tiberius-boston/): In conjunction with the Audio Antihero label we asked Boston band Tiberius for the lowdown on the music scene in their hometown.
- [Interview: What is Ultra-Punk? We ask scene progenitor Shian Smith-Pancorvo](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/16/interview-what-is-ultra-punk-we-ask-progenitor-shian-smith-pancorvo/): Scenes and genres are a funny old thing. We've seen hundreds of them come and go in our time, and will see hundreds more, but where do they come from? Who decides when one has come into being? And who chooses what it's called? For the first time I can remember, Joyzine has been invited
- [Live in Pictures: Tops + Shunk at Heaven, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/14/live-in-pictures-tops-shunk-at-heaven-london/): Montreal indie-pop quartet Tops brought their world tour in support of new album Bury The Key to London this week, ably supported by their genre-blurring fellow Québécois Shunk. Joyzine's Rupert Hitchcox was at Heaven to capture the night's action on camera. Tops: Website / Facebook / Instagram Shunk: Website / Bandcamp Photography by Rupert Hitchcox: Instagram
- [Film review: The Session Man](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/14/film-review-the-session-man/): 'The Session Man' is a film about the legendary keyboard player Nicky Hopkins who worked with The Stones, The Beatles, The Kinks and many more. Stars pay tribute to his talent.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: TIBERIUS - TROUBADOUR](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/14/tiberius-troubadour/): Boston’s Tiberius melds emo intensity with rural flair on 'Troubadour'. Pedal steel and fuzzed-out guitars carry Brendan Wright’s confessional lyrics through shifting moods and tempos as the songs examine love, loss and limerence. Reviewed by Attila Peter.
- [Interview: Blang Records celebrates 20 years of outsider pop](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/13/blang20/): In spirit and in sound, Blang Records have been one of the labels that we've most closely identified with here at Joyzine since our origins in the early 2000s, and this year sees the DIY imprint celebrating an impressive two decades of existence. Over those two decades they've released music by a host of our
- [Festival Review: Sŵn 2025, Cardiff](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/30/swn-festival-2025/): Cardiff’s Sŵn Festival came back for its 18th year last Friday, in what was a wonderfully chaotic amalgamation and celebration of art, community and culture.
- [Live Review: Swans and Jessica Moss at Electric Brixton, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/13/live-review-swans-and-jessica-moss-at-electric-brixton-london/): Swans were at the Electric Brixton on 9/11/2025 playing the first of three nights as part of their last tour in their current incarnation. Michael Gira, bandleader and vocalist, has indicated that there will be no further tour dates added and that whatever happens next with Swans will be a different composition, so this is
- [Live Review: BC Camplight + British Birds at The Globe, Cardiff](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/13/live-review-bc-camplight-british-birds-at-the-globe-cardiff/): After the announcement of a venue swap for the gig from the Tramshed to the more intimate The Globe (whose own tagline literally is 'Getting you close to the action'), as someone who lives a stones throw away from The Globe, I was particulary elated that BC Camplight himself will be parking his (as he kept referring to it during the show) HUGE tour bus right outside some of my local haunts.
- [Graphic Novel Review: Disconnect by Magnus Merkin](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/10/disconnect/): It's not very often I get to review a book for Joyzine, and since I love books almost as much as I love music, it always feels like a small personal celebration when something to read lands on my doorstep — especially a physical copy that has travelled across oceans to get here. (In my
- [ALBUM REVIEW: R.SEILIOG - DISPATCH ALL GODS](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/10/album-review-r-seiliog-dispatch-all-gods/): The fifth full-length album from R.Seiliog, released via acclaimed independent label Castles In Space’s CD imprint Lunar Module, finds the producer further exploring the more ambient side. Simon Tucker reviews.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SESSA - PEQUENA VERTIGEM DE AMOR](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/09/album-review-sessa-pequena-vertigem-de-amor/): Sessa is the recording name of São Paulo-based singer, guitarist and instrumentalist Sergio Sayeg and his new album Pequena Vertigem De Amor (roughly translates as ‘the vertigo of love’) harks back to the golden age of Brazilian music while bringing it right up to date.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: DAS KOPE - BRUTAMONTE](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/08/album-review-das-kope-brutamonte/): Das Kope is Brazilian-born, Los Angeles-based psych-pop artist who draws from his love of psychedelia, krautrock, bossa nova and post-punk who describes his music as "The Beach Boys trapped in a Black Mirror episode." Brutamonte is his new album.
- [Live in Pictures: King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard (rave set) + Kit Sebastian at The Warehouse - Aviva Studios, Manchester](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/08/live-in-pictures-king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-rave-set-kit-sebastian-at-the-warehouse-aviva-studios-manchester/): Australian psych-rock behemoths King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard rumbled into Manchester for a show that saw them ditch their customary fuzz-laden guitars for a fully modular synth table to present a rave set based on tracks from across their staggering 26 album back catalogue. Joyzine's Ace Cheng was there to capture the metamorphosis on
- [ALBUM REVIEW: THE FLOWER PRESS - SLOWDANCE](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/06/album-review-the-flower-press-slowdance/): The Flower Press is a most fitting name as the new album 'Slowdance' feels more rooted in the country than the city and, like the music it contains, manages to capture the essence of being outdoors while wrapping everything in a warm psychedelic glow.
- [Live in Pictures: Kathryn Williams at St Pancras Old Church, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/07/kathryn-williams-st-pancras-old-church-london/): Celebrated veteran English folk singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams is currently touring the UK in support of her 15th studio album Mystery Park, which is out now via One Little Independent Records. Joyzine's Rupert Hitchcox was at St Pancras Old Church to capture the London show on camera. Kathryn Williams: Website / Facebook / Instagram Photography by
- [Album Review: Nervous Twitch- The Day Job Gets in the Way](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/06/album-review-nervous-twitch/): I reviewed Leeds-based band Nervous Twitch’s fourth album Some People Never Change back in 2022, so it was a lovely surprise when I received a message from singer Erin asking if I’d like to review their newest release — the rather relatably titled The Day Job Gets in The Way. On first listen, it’s clear
- [ALBUM REVIEW: PAUL DIELLO - FIREWORK SKY](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/06/album-review-paul-diello-firework-sky/): Paul Diello is a singer/songwriter, musician, and performer from Brighton, ‘Firework Sky’ is Diello’s new album.
- [Live in Pictures: U.S. Girls at EartH Theatre, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/05/live-in-pictures-u-s-girls-at-earth-theatre-london/): Following the recent release of their latest record Scratch It, U.S. Girls brought their tour to the decaying grandeur of London's EartH Theatre (a haunted-looking venue if ever there was one), the night before Halloween. Meghan Remy and the band successfully transformed what started as a strangely-formal seated affair into a boogie befitting of their
- [LIVE REVIEW: THE LOVELY EGGS, FRANK SKINNER + POLITE BUREAUX AT MANCHESTER ACADEMY](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/04/live-review-the-lovely-eggs-frank-skinner-polite-bureaux-at-manchester-academy/): Twenty glorious years of The Lovely Eggs, and may we have many, many more. It was a very special occasion at Academy 2 as we gathered to celebrate Holly and Dave and the wonderful music they make. And for such a special event, we required special support. Polite Bureaux are loud, inventive and impressive. It’s
- [Live Review: MONO at The Fleece, Bristol](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/01/mono-the-fleece-bristol-30-10-2025/): MONO from Japan - sound art at its finest.
- [VIDEO PREMIERE- Where We Sleep- Headlong](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/03/video-premiere-where-we-sleep/): Dark pop meets full-throttle catharsis in “Headlong”, the latest single from London-based project Where We Sleep — the musical vision of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Beth Rettig. Released ahead of her forthcoming second album The Arsonist (due early 2026), Headlong is a visceral blast of sleek chaos: throbbing beats, searing guitars and Rettig’s commanding vocal presence
- [Live Review- Wendy James at One Ninety Four, London 29/10/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/02/live-review-wendy-james/): Continuing my tour of gig venues across London in 2025 (17 stops so far and only two repeats — at this rate, I might as well be in a band myself), last Wednesday night saw me make my first visit to Piccadilly-based venue One Ninety Four. Once I actually found it, that is. Google Maps
- [ALBUM REVIEW: FF8282 – A THIN MEMBRANE BETWEEN HER HANDS](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/02/album-review-ff8282-a-thin-membrane-between-her-hands/): April Emily, recording under the name ff8282, has released their new album 'a thin membrane between her hands', a wonderful soundscape that swims in ambient waters and soothes as much as it treats the brain to a gentle sonic bath.
- [BOOK REVIEW: VAL HAMILTON - PIRATES, PUNTERS, AND POLITICIANS](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/01/book-review-pirates-punters-and-politicians/): How pirates, punters, and politicians founded the Bank of England in 1694, and (unintentionally) caused the act of union of 1707, by Val Hamilton.
- [Comedy Review and Interview: Bitches in Stitches-New Grrrl Order](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/01/new-grrrl-order/): I do love a good laugh, so I was excited to be invited to the London debut of Bitches in Stitches — a global all-female collective of comedians championing inclusivity and creating safe spaces for femme comics and comedy lovers alike. Bitches in Stitches was created by feminist comedian Fran Ayala-Rock in Hong Kong in
- [SINGLE REVIEW: ADAM ROSS (FEAT C DUNCAN) - DRINK THE FIRST LIGHT](https://joyzine.org/2025/11/01/single-review-drink-the-first-light-adam-ross-feat-c-duncan/): 'Drink The First Light' is the new standalone single from Adam Ross and features fellow Scot C Duncan and three-and-a-half-minute slice of perfect pop.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: The Singing Loins – Camber ‘87](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/31/album-review-the-singing-loins-camber-87/): Trash-folk band The Singing Loins release their lively and beautiful new album Camber '87
- [Track by Track: Doc Horror of Zombina & The Skeletones guides us through their new LP 'In Sinestereo'](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/31/zombina-in-sinistereo/): 'In Sinestereo' from Zombina & The Skeletones is a collection of re-recorded rarities from the past twenty-odd years and takes in a huge range of musical styles but makes them all work.
- [EP REVIEW: WILKS - A SOUL TO BORROW](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/31/ep-review-wilks-a-soul-to-borrow/): 'A Soul To Borrow' is the second release by producer Nick Wilkinson under his Wilks moniker and shows how much his talent as a producer has improved and how refined his compositions are.
- [Live in Pictures: The Molotovs at Electric Ballroom, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/30/themolotovs-electricballroom/): Teenage brother and sister duo Mathew and Issey Cartlidge, aka The Molotovs, brought their incendiary live show to Camden's Electric Ballroom ahead of the release of their third single, 'Rhythm Of Yourself', out on October 31. Joyzine's Rupert Hitchcox was there to capture the night's action on camera. The Molotovs: Website / Facebook / Instagram
- [Now & Then: Brian O'Brien of Your Heterosexual Violence looks back at 1982, as the band release their debut album 43 years later](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/28/yourheterosexualviolence/): Cult psychedelic punk band Your Heterosexual Violence formed in 1982, built a following based on their ferocious live shows and played with the likes of Television Personalities, The Nightingales and Alternative TV before splitting in 1988, leaving little by way of recorded evidence. Now, more than four decades since their formation, they're back with a
- [Track by Track: The Scaramanga Six guide us through their new LP 'Dearth'](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/29/thescaramangasix_dearth/): A new Scaramanga Six album is always a cause for celebration round these parts, and with the band celebrating their 30th anniversary this year they've blessed us with not one but two new LPs (and an EP, Bad Time Music, between the two). The second part of this brace of new albums, Dearth, led Joyzine's
- [EP Review: Aura Bora- Welcome to Heck](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/27/ep-review-aura-bora-welcome-to-heck/): Picture the scene: it’s the late nineties. You’re a millennial. Going to the cinema with your friends every weekend is actually affordable. Amazingly, there’s always a film worth watching — because this is the golden era of teen movies. Your stupid humour, your angst, your heartaches, your questionable fashion choices — all perfectly represented on
- [FILM/DVD REVIEW: LE QUAI DES BRUMES (PORT OF SHADOWS, 1938) 4K RESTORATION](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/26/film-dvd-review-le-quai-des-brumes-4k/): Le Quai Des Brumes (Port Of Shadows, 1938), directed by Marcel Carné is a film that foreshadows film noir and the French New Wave as much as it was made at a time of great apprehension for a second great war. The Studiocanal 4K restoration breathes new life into this black and white French classic.
- [FILM REVIEW: THE WICKER MAN 50TH ANNIVERSARY DVD COLLECTOR’S EDITION](https://joyzine.org/2023/09/25/film-review-wicker-man-50th-anniversary-dvd-collectors-edition/): The Wicker Man is a 1973 film directed by Robin Hardy from a screenplay by Anthony Shaffer, starring Edward Woodward as Sergeant Howie and Christopher Lee as Lord Summerisle. It was conceived by Hardy, Shaffer and Lee as a way for Lee to cast off the cloak, red contact lenses and fangs of his Dracula
- [SINGLE REVIEW: THE ADVENTURES OF BERT & HENRY - THE FORCES OF EVIL](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/25/single-review-the-adventures-of-bert-henry-the-forces-of-evil/): New single by Welsh angular cosmic pop band The Adventures of Bert and Henry.
- [TRACK BY TRACK: MYLITTLEBROTHER - THROWING DARTS AT MAPS](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/25/track-by-track-mylittlebrother-throwing-darts-at-maps/): Cumbrian indie rockers mylittlebrother have kindly given us a track by track run down of their new LP 'Throwing Darts at Maps'.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: ANNIE GARDINER – HERO’S HEM](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/25/single-review-annie-gardiner-heros-hem/): Annie Gardiner's new single ‘Hero’s Hem’ is a return to a more folk-inspired sound, underpinned by the quick pulse of plucked guitar chords and some lush strings.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ORCHESTRA GOLD - DAKAN](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/25/album-review-orchestra-gold-dakan/): Orchestra Gold was a band formed in 2015 by guitarist and arranger Erich Huffaker with singer and percussionist Mariam Diakite and 'Dakan' is their new album fusing the rhythmic bounce of African traditional music with the grit and riff-heavy punch of psychedelic rock.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: PULP - DIFFERENT CLASS (30th Anniversary Edition)](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/24/album-review-pulp-different-class-30th-anniversary-edition/): Pulp re-release their masterpiece Different Class to celebrate its 30th anniversary.
- [THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: THE NOISY - PHILADELPHIA](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/24/theres-no-place-like-home-the-noisy-philadelphia/): At Joyzine we love the music, we crave the things that bring (as our name suggests) joy. But it's also great to take a peek behind the artist's music, the whys and the wheres of how they can draw inspiration from their hometown. Our feature 'There's No Place Like Home' gives artists a chance to
- [Now & Then: Chris T-T looks back at 2003 as 'London Is Sinking' and '9 Red Songs' get a vinyl reissue](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/23/christt_2003/): Way back in the summer of 2003, some bloke in a bedroom in North West Kent presses publish for the first issue of a new music blog called Joy (back then the zine part was in the URL but not the site name). Amongst the articles on this nascent journal was a review of that
- [SINGLE/VIDEO REVIEW: CLUTTER - SUPERSTAR](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/22/single-video-review-clutter-superstar/): Clutter are one of the rising stars on the PNKSLM label and 'Superstar' is their new single.
- [Single Review- Clutter- Jesus](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/20/single-review-clutter-jesus/): Swedish indie punk outfit Clutter burst onto the scene with their debut single “Jesus,” a thrilling 7” release via PNKSLM Recordings. This four-piece channels the chaotic energy of their name into a sonic whirlwind that recalls the best of 90s rock, with a distinctive blend of grunge, post-hardcore, and shoegaze influences. “Jesus” is a captivating
- [Live Review: Clutter at the Lexington, London 16/4/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/18/live-review-clutter-at-the-lexington-london-16-4-25/): I recently reviewed the debut single from Swedish four-piece Clutter and was instantly transfixed by their ‘90s-influenced yet totally unique sound. So when the chance came to catch them at their headline show at The Lexington in London, I was intrigued—and excited. It felt a little surreal returning to The Lexington. The last time I’d
- [EP REVIEW: JULIE ODELL – DISAPPEARING ACT](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/20/ep-review-julie-odell-disappearing-act/): As falling leaves herald the start of Autumn, and scarves, gloves, hats and waterproofs being dug out of cupboards, Julie Odell’s new EP 'Disappearing Act' is a perfect accompaniment to the time of year as it provides the same warmth and golden glow as an open fire.
- [Album Review: The Subways- When I'm With You](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/20/album-review-the-subways-when-im-with-you/): Hayley Foster da Silva reviews the 20th anniversary celebration of The Subways album 'When I’m With You'.
- [Live in Pictures: Saint Agnes at The Grace, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/20/live-in-pictures-saint-agnes-at-the-grace-london/): Gothic punk gang Saint Agnes played a packed out Mantra night at The Grace, ahead of the release of their forthcoming new LP 'Your God Fearing Days Are About To Begin', due out on Halloween. Joyzine's Rupert Hitchcox was there, camera in hand to document the carnage that ensued.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: WITH SUN – SHOEBOX](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/19/single-review-with-sun-shoebox/): With Sun's new single 'Shoebox' came from linking a childhood memory of repurposing a Clark’s shoebox as a doll’s bed with watching her own daughter doing the same thing, while also symbolic of a home also being described a shoebox.
- [Live in Pictures: Kira Mac, Wrex + Hell Hotel at Islington Academy, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/18/kira-mac-wrex-hell-hotel/): Rock collective Kira Mac brought their Defiant tour to the capital, along with support acts alt-rock duo Wrex and Brighton two-piece Hell Hotel's mix of emo and metalcore. Joyzine's Rupert Hitchcox was there to capture the night's action on camera. Kira Mac: Website / Facebook / Instagram Wrex: Website / Facebook / Instagram Hell Hotel:
- [ALBUM REVIEW: LLYN Y CWN – MEGALITHS IN DUB](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/13/album-review-llyn-y-cwn-megaliths-in-dub/): Dark ambient artist Llyn Y Cwn has re-worked his album 'Megaliths' into a darker dub album that is monolithic and tectonic.
- [Live Review: Echobelly at the Electric Ballroom, London 16/10/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/17/live-review-echobelly/): What a year for music. The Oasis vs Blur battle (have we witnessed such an epic chart showdown since?).Gangsta’s Paradise by Coolio dominated the airwaves, and Alanis Morissette became the epitome of the woman scorned with her iconic album Jagged Little Pill. I was only eleven, but I remember the music from that year so
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SPINCYCLE - STONE TAPE THEORY](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/17/album-review-spincycle-stone-tape-theory/): Birmingham-based Spincycle release neo-neo-psychedelic album.
- [BOOK REVIEW: Alison Bechdel - Spent: graphic novel, audio book and talk (Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London, 21 June)](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/15/spent-alison-bechdel/): Alison Bechdel is maybe best known as the origin of the Bechdel test (this looks like it might be the original idea) – a way of measuring female representation in fiction or film. While it’s taken seriously, Bechdel told the Guardian in 2023: ‘It was a joke. I didn’t ever intend for it to be the
- [Live in Pictures: John Grant + Lynks at New Century, Manchester](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/16/johngrant_lynks_newcentury/): Armed with an array of synths, a golden voice and a sharp wit, John Grant and his band brought his effortlessly cool show to Manchester’s New Century once again in support of his 2024 record The Art of the Lie. Shifting masterfully between absurdist funk and affective balladry, Grant demonstrated his rare ability to move
- [Now and Then: The Schla La Las look back at the mid-noughties as they continue their triumphant return with new single 'Up For It' - watch it first exclusively on Joyzine](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/15/schlalalas_2005vs2025/): Garage pop supergroup The Schla La Las recently celebrated 20 years since their debut EP with their first new release since the late noughties, and the original line-up of Piney Gir, George, Katrin, Vee and Delia are back with another generous helping of jangly rock and roll goodness packed with growling guitars and 60s girl
- [OUR LIFE IN TEN SONGS: PIP BLOM AND WILLEM SMIT](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/14/our-life-in-ten-songs-pip-blom-and-willem-smit/): Pip Blom and Willem Smit are both in bands as well as in a relationship. They have now released a collaborative album under the name 'Long Fling' and it's an instant indie classic.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: PIP BLOM AND WILLEM SMIT - LONG FLING](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/12/album-review-pip-blom-and-willem-smit-long-fling/): Willem Smit and Pip Blom are each in a band as well as being in a relationship and have now made one of the year's best indie albums together called 'Long Fling'.
- [FILM REVIEW: DIVA – 4K DVD RELEASE](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/11/film-review-diva-4k-dvd-release/): The story of Jules (Andréi), an opera-obsessed courier whose bootleg recording of a rare concert by American diva Cynthia Hawkins is believed to be a tape connecting the chief of police with a Parisian vice ring precipitating a frantic search for its whereabouts by two murderous thugs.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: MY MERCURY - BEFORE](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/10/single-review-my-mercury-before/): London indie four-piece My Mercury release new single 'Before' and claim Noah and the Whale's place in our hearts.
- [My Life in 10 Songs: Problem Patterns](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/10/my-life-in-10-songs-problem-patterns/): Last month, I had the pleasure of reviewing the latest EP 'Boring Songs For Boring People' from Problem Patterns, in my opinion one of the best feminist punk bands around at the moment. I was delighted when I got to ask band member Beth, more about their musical influences. My pre punk Spice Girls and
- [Playlist: Work It! Hadda Be share 12 tracks about desk job life as they release new single 'New to the Office'](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/10/playlist-work-it-hadda-be-share-12-tracks-about-desk-job-life-as-they-release-new-single-new-to-the-office/): From Dolly Parton to The Bangles to Bachman Turner Overdrive, the drudgery, camaraderie and absurdity of office work has inspired many a songwriter over the years, and today we can add South London four-piece Hadda Be to that list as they release their new single 'New to the Office'. Joyzine has history with Hadda Be,
- [ALBUM REVIEW: BEAK> LIVE AT ZEBULON, LOS ANGELES, APRIL 2ND 2025](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/09/album-review-beak-live-zebulon-la/): Beak> live on their final tour with founder member Geoff Barrow.
- [Track by Track: Reckless Yes Records co-founders Pete Darrington and Sarah Lay guide us through their comeback compilation album 'Among The Wildflowers'](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/08/recklessyes-amongthewildflowers/): News of the return of Reckless Yes Records following a two-year hiatus was met with much rejoicing at Joyzine HQ. There are few labels whose ethics and musical taste have aligned quite so neatly with our own in our twenty-six years of existence, having been home to the likes of Piney Gir, Chorusgirl, Fightmilk, Panic
- [No Place Like Home: Cardiff trio Why Horses? welcome us to South Wales](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/07/whyhorses-southwales/): Cardiff trio Why Horses? release their debut EP Yeah, Hi? on 9th October via grassroots label BWGIBWGAN (Pronounced 'Boogie-Boogan' - Welsh for 'Ghost Disco') - five tracks of genre wandering sprechgesang loveliness, melodic bass high in the mix driving everything along with the assistance of agile drumming, while meandering guitars add texture and contrast. Take lead single
- [ALBUM REVIEW: EERA - I’LL STOP WHEN I’M DONE](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/05/album-review-eera-ill-stop-when-im-done/): For her new album EERA was inspired by the famous Marilyn Monroe quote: “I don’t stop when I’m tired, I only stop when I’m done”.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: THE GENTLE GOOD: ELAN](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/24/album-review-the-gentle-good-elan/): The Gentle Good's 'Elan' was written in an off-grid cottage during a year-long residency in the Cambrian mountains and recorded in Cardiff with musician Andy Fung. It also features guests such as Laura J Martin, Rajasthani folk pioneers SAZ, and guitar virtuoso Toby Hay making this one of Gareth’s most richly layered to date.
- [Album Review- Snooper- Worldwide](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/04/album-review-snooper-worldwide/): Dear reader, I start this review by asking you the most important of questions. Have you ever heard of “egg punk”? I’m sure some of you are nodding wisely, “oh yes, egg punk, how very 2010.” Well, I have shocking news for you. I. Have. Never. Heard. Of. It. For those like me, who haven’t
- [Album Review: Swell Maps- The John Peel Sessions](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/04/album-review-swell-maps-the-john-peel-sessions/): Swell Maps Peel Sessions get a welcome re-release after 40 years on Mute Records
- [GWENNO LIVE: TOUR DATES](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/04/gwenno-live-tour-dates/): You can catch the "Las Vegas glitter and Hollywood glamour" of a full band line-up as Gwenno embarks on a tour starting at the end of October
- [Scaramanga Six - DEARTH](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/02/scaramanga-six-dearth/): Rejoice! Rejoice! Ring those bells, for another glorious album from the Scaramanga Six is about to drop, and they just keep getting better and better
- [ALBUM REVIEW: NICK HUDSON - ON THE EVE OF HOPE](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/30/album-review-nick-hudson-on-the-eve-of-hope/): Nick Hudson returns with 'On The Eve Of Hope' a collection of “love songs to the very notion of love itself”.
- [Video Premiere: Your first chance to see and hear The Scaramanga Six's new single 'Mind Control'](https://joyzine.org/2025/10/01/scaramangasixmindcontrolpremiere/): Theatrical prog-pop maximalists The Scaramanga Six are celebrating 30 years of delightfully odd music this year with the release of not one but two new albums. The first, GLUT, was released in the spring to huge appreciation in these parts (check out our Mansell's positively foaming review here), and its successor DEARTH is looming on
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ANI GLASS - PHANTASMAGORIA](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/28/album-review-ani-glass-phantasmagoria/): Cardiff-based 'pop kid' Ani Glass releases her 2nd album Phantasmagoria.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: BIG THIEF - DOUBLE INFINITY](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/10/album-review-big-thief-double-infinity/): Big Thief release their stunningly beautiful sixth album 'Double Infinity', with Adrianne Lenker on majestic poetic form.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: Colter Wall - 1800 Miles](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/28/single-review-colter-wall-1800-miles/): Ahead of his upcoming album Memories and Empties your favourite country singer’s favourite country singer, Colter Wall, has released '1800 Miles', a distinctively Wallian track in feel and attitude with a honky tonk flourish that is a statement of musical and professional intent.
- [INTERVIEW: SYD HOWELLS, FOR THE RELEASE OF ‘DEMAGOGUE GO’ BY FLED ASTRAY](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/28/interview-syd-howell/): writer Aitch Nicol talks to Syd Howells about early musical memories, a love of CAN, working with Alig Fodder, and the new album 'Demagogue Go'
- [ALBUM REVIEW: CERYS HAFANA - ANGEL](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/28/album-review-cerys-hafana-angel/): Cerys Hafana's new album 'Angel' is sublime and Hafana has a way of taking traditional folk as a starting point then weaving it into their own musical style; inspiration transmogrified into something equally ancient and modern.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ANDY AQUARIUS – GOLLA GORROPPU](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/25/album-review-andy-aquarius-golla-gorroppu/): Golla Gorroppu is the new album by Berlin-based harpist, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist Andy Aquarius.
- [Live Review: The New Eves at Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/29/live-review-the-new-eves-at-barrowland-ballroom-glasgow/): Barrowland Ballroom is one of those venues that carries its own mythology. With its neon sign glowing outside and sound that seems to bounce back sweeter and louder, it has hosted generations of raucous nights. But when The New Eves stepped out as support for Black Country, New Road, the atmosphere shifted. The Brighton four-piece
- [Vinyl EP Release: Heather The Jerk- Very Motorcycle](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/27/vinyl-ep-release-heather-the-jerk-very-motorcycle/): Some records are made to be heard on vinyl, and Very Motorcycle, the new 7-inch EP from Heather The Jerk, is one of them. Short but sweet, its four tracks clock in at under seven minutes in total, but in that time, Heather delivers a whirlwind of retro-inspired punk energy that leaves a lasting impression.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: STUDIO ELECTROPHONIQUE - STUDIO ELECTROPHONIQUE](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/25/album-review-studio-electrophonique-studio-electrophonique/): James Leesley releases his first album under the moniker Studio Electrophonique, a fully formed debut that explores the mysteries of modern romance.
- [Live Review: Gina Birch and The Unreasonables at The 100 Club](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/26/live-review-gina-birch-100-club/): Trying to watch my pennies, I saw online that Gina Birch and the Unreasonables would be playing at the 100 Club. My fingers itched to buy a ticket. But the sensible part of my brain (buried deep and often ignored) said, “No, don’t buy a ticket—you only saw her live in July…” That was that—or
- [Album Review: Georgia Duncan - Four Ways to the Sun](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/24/album-review-georgia-duncan-four-ways-to-the-sun/): There is a spirit of improvisation which ebbs, darts, and skips along on Four Ways to the Sun. As the debut album of London-based vocalist and songwriter Georgia Duncan outstretches musically, there is such an embrace of the meandering freedom that jazz music embodies. Backed by the notable improvising musicianship of Ruth Goller (bass), Yusuf Ahmed
- [Brixton Hill Studios: from crisis to creating something lasting for our musical community](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/23/brixton-hill-studios-from-crisis-to-creating-something-lasting-for-our-musical-community/): Joyzine's Hannah Boothby popped into Brixton Hill Studios to catch up on how things were going since 2023 when they were fighting to stay open.
- [Album Review: Stella and the Very Messed- Big Familiar](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/21/album-review-stella-and-the-very-messed-big-familiar/): Stella and The Very Messed’s new album 'Big Familiar' is a warm, approachable pop-rock album that leans into sweet melodies, playful riffs, and reflective lyrics with a comforting charm here that rewards slow, attentive listening.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: KING VATRA - BELLS FROM THE DEEP](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/21/album-review-king-vatra-bells-from-the-deep/): The tracks on King Vatra's 'Bells From The Deep' feel simultaneously modern and ancient, and you can’t help imagine standing in the early morning mist as it swirls around standing stones or the skeleton of a disused church.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SHAPEDNOISE – ABSURD MATTER 2](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/21/album-review-shapednoise-absurd-matter-2/): Producer, DJ and sound artist Antonino Pedone as Shapednoise on new release Absurd Matter 2 builds magnificent worlds that crumble, warp, become distorted and abraded
- [FILM REVIEW: THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT – 4K RESTORATION](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/20/film-review-the-man-in-the-white-suit-4k-restoration/): The Man in the White Suit (1951) is part of The Ealing Comedies, a group of some of the most beloved British films and this 4K restoration looks every bit as pristine as the white suit itself.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: MICROCORPS - CLEAR VORTEX CHAMBER](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/18/album-review-microcorps-clear-vortex-chamber/): CLEAR VORTEX CHAMBER is musician/artist Alexander Tucker’s third release under the MICROCORPS banner. Its backstory is one of frustration and rebirth as Tucker scrapped an entire year's worth of material before seeking peer advice and encouragement which led him into paths of new approaches and recording techniques.
- [VIDEO PREMIERE: THE AUGUST LIST - THE DUPLEX PHASE](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/17/video-premiere-the-august-list-duplex-phase/): The August List have given Joyzine the pleasure of seeing the video to their new track 'The Duplex Phase' first.
- [Album Review: Steve Nolan - Breathe OST](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/15/album-review-steve-nolan-breathe-ost/): Swimming Through Darkness is a forthcoming documentary feature by Liza Hughes which focuses on Al Mennie, an adventurer/champion big wave surfer, who has been running a mental health campaign aimed at promoting resilience and raising awareness of depression, suicide and Intergenerational Trauma in Northern Ireland, and he does this by doing these late night long
- [EP REVIEW: NO PEELING – NO PEELING](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/14/ep-review-no-peeling/): No Peeling’s self-titled EP is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it release a rumble-tumble, free flowing, bar fight in a sweet shop.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: I Will Swim To You - A Tribute to Jason Molina](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/13/album-review-i-will-swim-to-you-a-tribute-to-jason-molina/): 'I Will Swim To You - A Tribute to Jason Molina' a compilation of covers of which 10% will go to MusiCares Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Fund.
- [EP Review: Problem Patterns- Boring Songs for Boring People](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/12/problem-patterns-boring-songs-for-boring-people/): The brilliantly titled Boring Songs for Boring People (which also delights the alliteration geek in me) is the latest release from Irish feminist punk band Problem Patterns. At just six tracks and roughly 13 minutes long, it’s short, sharp, and impossible to ignore — the musical equivalent of being punched in the stomach and then
- [Album Review: Cardiacs - LSD](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/10/cardiacs-lsd/): It’s finally here, in all its tainted glory, streaming filthy banners in the mist, trumpeting across the waves of time like a pirate ghost ship, ringing its mournful bells, warning that it’s time to be boarded and have all manner of mud and dirty joy plastered across your wretched and grateful souls. In short this
- [SINGLE REVIEW: DISGUSTING SISTERS – TGIF](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/10/single-review-disgusting-sisters-tgif/): Disgusting Sisters are a chaotic electronic pop rock duo of real-life sisters Jules & Josie and 'TGIF' is their new super-catchy single.
- [My Life In 10 Songs: Whitney K's Konner Whitney shares key tracks from his life](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/11/my-life-in-10-songs-whitney-ks-konner-whitney-shares-key-tracks-from-his-life/): Canadian band Whitney K release their new album Bubble on 12th September via the consistently excellent Fire Records. It's a delightfully woozy, gently psychedelic record, taking in elements of country, folk, indie and more as singer and songwriter Konner Whitney guides us through 13 tracks that switch between magical realism, open hearted storytelling and intimately
- [EP REVIEW: FAT CONCUBINE – EMPIRE + EXCLUSIVE JOYZINE TRACK](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/09/ep-review-fat-concubine-empire/): Fat Concubine mix the electronic with the avant-garde and their album EMPIRE is their first full release since the single ‘for Who The Fools toll’ was released in May this year.
- [Stages Live: More Music, Morecambe 11/07/2025](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/09/stages-live-more-music-morecambe-11-07-2025/): there is a plethora of talent on display here that really filled my heart with pride
- [Live Review: LOUD WOMEN Fest 2025](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/07/live-review-loud-women-fest-2025/): Having attended LOUD WOMEN Fest every year for the last four years, it’s become a non-negotiable part of my annual gig calendar. Every year, I get to see bands I adore, discover incredible new artists, and soak up the electric, empowering atmosphere. 2025 was no different — if anything, it felt even more special as
- [ALBUM REVIEW: GHOSTWOMAN – WELCOME TO THE CIVILISED WORLD](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/07/album-review-ghostwoman-welcome-to-the-civilised-world/): The Teutonic and tectonic Ghostwoman are back with another slice of grit and glory on 'Welcome to the Civilised World
- [SINGLE REVIEW: VEXATIONS - STONE VULTURES](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/06/single-review-vexations-stone-vultures/): Vexations take their name from Erik Satie’s notorious piano piece, a work so unsettling it was long considered unperformable, and their new single is 'Stone Vultures'.
- [Grassroots Uncovered - A conversation with Movement81](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/04/grassroots-uncovered-a-conversation-with-movement81/): Movement81 are an electronic duo from Swansea, formed by fine artists Jason & Becky. Known for their originality and creative ambition, they’re fast emerging as one of the most exciting live acts on the scene. Drawing on influences from ’80s indie synth and ’90s dance
- [ALBUM REVIEW: THE BETHS - STRAIGHT LINE WAS A LIE](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/06/album-review-the-beths-straight-line-was-a-lie/): The Beths are back with 'Straight Line Was A Lie', an album of more soaring indie-pop tunes plus a new emotional depth.
- [Live Review: The Lemonheads at Electric Ballroom, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/06/live-review-the-lemonheads-at-electric-ballroom-london/): Anticipation was building before The Lemonheads took the stage at the Electric Ballroom in Camden for the first of two shows here. We were all wondering what type of gig this would turn out to be- would Even Dando be on good form or would he be erratic and unfocussed. By the end of the
- [Live Review: The Burning Hell + Jon McKiel at Moth Club, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/05/live-review-the-burning-hell-jon-mckiel-at-moth-club-london/): Joyzine Editor Paul Maps was at The Moth Club in London for the reverie, joy and sing-a-long of The Burning Hell.
- [EP Review: Cheerbleederz- Prove Me Wrong](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/05/ep-review-cheerbleederz-prove-me-wrong/): Cheerbleederz are back with Prove Me Wrong, and honestly, it feels like they’ve grown up a bit — without losing that sparkly, chaotic, totally lovable punk energy that makes them them. This EP is sweet and pink on the outside, but it has a seriously tough centre. Opening with “i deserved better”, it hits like
- [ALBUM REVIEW: TCHOTCHKE - PLAYIN' DUMB](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/04/album-review-tchotchke-playin-dumb/): Attila Peter 'Playin’ Dumb', the new album by Tchotchke, a record that nails the sparkle of ’60s girl groups but with a modern twist. It’s vintage sounds meeting sharp songwriting.
- [Album Review: Los Palms - Los Palms](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/05/album-review-los-palms-los-palms/): The imagery of a revolver aimed toward an unforeseen foe, drenched under the bitter sun, is a stark vision to begin any journey with. Specifically, this imagery aches for a soundtrack ripped from an American western film where characters' navigate a narrow strip of morality in an attempt to simply survive. Then the slow-scraping, rough-edged
- [Meditations on Film: A deep dive into Pasolini's The Gospel According to Matthew (1964)](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/04/meditations-on-film-a-deep-dive-into-pasolinis-the-gospel-according-to-matthew-1964/): In a cultural moment saturated with religious spectacle and politicised faith, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1964 The Gospel According to Matthew remains a radical film. It is part cinematic retelling of scripture and it is part poem. It reads as a poem because of its close-up camerawork, showcasing an interpretation that moves beyond the beyond, as
- [Album Review: Los No Boss - King of Devon](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/03/album-review-los-no-boss-king-of-devon/): Music and comedy are my two great passions. Due to this, people often conflate the two and suggest comedy bands that I might like. Now, this might just be a ‘me thing’… but when someone says: “I know a band that’ll make you laugh” my instant, secret reaction, is to think: “No… No you don’t.
- [Live in Pictures: South Facing Festival ft. Mogwai, Morcheeba, Nile Rogers & Chic, Basement Jaxx, Busta Rhymes and more](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/02/live-in-pictures-south-facing-festival-ft-mogwai-morcheeba-basement-jaxx-busta-rhymes-and-more/): Photographers Rupert Hitchcox and Julia Hawkins were at South Facing Festival to capture, amongst other Morcheeba, Basement Jaxx, East 17, and Busta Rhymes.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: FILIP LEYMAN –  SOFT LIGHT](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/01/album-review-filip-leyman-soft-light/): Gothenburg producer and musician has released 'Soft Light' an album of the most gratifying ambient music to transport you to space, sea and unspoiled countryside.
- [Live in Pictures: Dry Cleaning + Tony Bontana at Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds](https://joyzine.org/2025/09/01/live-in-pictures-dry-cleaning-tony-bontana-at-belgrave-music-hall-leeds/): Post-punk sprechgesang absurdists Dry Cleaning took a break from working on their forthcoming third album for an intimate show at Leeds' Belgrave Music Hall, ahead of their performance at London' All Points East festival. Joyzine's Mat Coffey was there, camera in hand, to capture their set, as well as that of the opening act, Birmingham
- [FESTIVAL REVIEW: MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST 2025](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/31/festival-review-manchester-psych-fest-2025/): Why do people go to music festivals? Decent headliners? Hopes of finding a cool new band? Because your mates are going? Or because your mates aren't going and you need new, better mates? Why do you ask Breige? What's it to you? Well I was pondering this as I wandered around a drizzly city on
- [ALBUM REVIEW: HEDDLU – TRAMOR](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/31/album-review-heddlu-tramor/): Tramor (meaning ‘Overseas’ in Welsh) is the new album from Heddlu aka Rhodri Daniel founding member of Estrons and it's a mix of punchy alt-rock and reflective ballads.
- [Live in Pictures: Chastity Belt - The Portland Arms, Cambridge.](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/30/live-review-chastity-belt-the-portland-arms-cambridge/): Fifteen years into their career, Chastity Belt remain one of indie rock’s most intriguing contradictions: a band that began as a drunken college joke yet has written some of the sharpest feminist anthems of the 2010s. Despite critical acclaim, Chastity Belt never crossed over into mainstream stardom. Instead, they’ve maintained their status as cult favourites.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: AMAZING THINGS - DARREN HAYMAN AND HIS ELECTRIC GUITARS](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/26/album-review-amazing-things-darren-hayman-and-his-electric-guitars/): 'Amazing Guitars' by Darren Hayman and his Electric Guitars confronts the death of a close friend who died of cancer.
- [LIVE REVIEW: BBC PROMS / BBC INTRODUCING – BRISTOL BEACON FOYER](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/25/live-review-bbc-introducing-bristol-beacon/): This event saw the Proms and BBC Introducing team up to promote rising talent in the West of England; a free show in the foyer of The Beacon featuring an eclectic mix of folk, pop, R&B, jazz, blues and roots.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: LA DISPUTE - NO ONE WAS DRIVING THE CAR](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/24/album-review-la-dispute-no-one-was-driving-the-car/): 'No One Was Driving The Car' from La Dispute is the band's fifth studio album and their first in six years.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: THE NEW EVES - THE NEW EVE IS RISING](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/23/album-review-the-new-eves-the-new-eve-is-rising/): Nearly four years on from their debut gig in Brighton, having built a steady fanbase across the UK, four-piece rock outfit The New Eves have released their debut LP, The New Eve Is Rising.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: CASE OATS - LAST MISSOURI EXIT](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/21/album-review-case-oats-last-missouri-exit/): Atilla Peter reviews Case Oats' new album 'Last Missouri Exit', an album filled with wry observations that address both the profane and the profound.
- [My Life in 10 Songs: Jason Applin looks back at his life in music as The Gymkhana release their nostalgia-themed debut album](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/20/my-life-in-10-songs-jason-applin-looks-back-at-his-life-in-music-as-the-gymkhana-release-their-nostalgia-themed-debut-album/): Jason Applin is a man whose music has dipped in and out of my life for almost thirty years now, from Britpop upstarts Bennet in the 90s through Union Starr and Damn Damn Patriots in the earlier years of the current millennium and more recently as the first half of lengthily monikered duo Here Are
- [Film Review: Riefenstahl](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/19/film-review-riefenstahl/): Andres Veiel’s documentary, Riefenstahl, walks us through the life of one of film’s most accomplished and skilled filmmakers, yet contentious figures, Leni Riefenstahl. Riefenstahl, once a celebrated German director, became infamous as the creator of Triumph of the Will (1935) and Olympia (1938) — films that remain among the most controversial products of Nazi propaganda.
- [RADIOHEAD: HAIL TO THE THIEF (LIVE RECORDINGS 2003 - 2009)](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/17/radiohead-hail-to-the-thief-live-recordings-2003-2009/): Simon Tucker reviews Radiohead's 'Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009)' , a reminder of what brilliant songs they were (and remain).
- [Rebellion Punk Festival, Blackpool 7-10 August 2025](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/17/rebellion-punk-festival/): For the last few years, I’d been looking wistfully at the Rebellion line-ups, wishing I could go. I must have been a very good girl this year, because I was finally rewarded with the “Punk Christmas” (as Millie Manders and others call it) that I’d been dreaming of. Not only that, but it was my
- [ALBUM REVIEW: CRAYOLA LECTERN - DISASTERNOON](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/16/album-review-crayola-lectern-disasternoon/): 'Disasternoon' is the third album from Crayola Lectern, aka producer, recorder, and mixer Chris Anderson.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: MAE POWELL - MAKING ROOM FOR THE LIGHT](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/15/album-review-mae-powell-making-room-for-the-light/): 'Making Room for the Light' is the chilled out new album from Mae Powell. San Francisco's Mae Powell releases her second chilled & melody-rich album 'Making Room for The Light'.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: DAG OCH NATT - YEARS AND YEARS](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/13/album-review-dag-och-natt-years-and-years/): Stockholm's Dag och Natt are back with the album 'Years and Years' a hark back to 80s showgaze and dreampop. 'Years and Years' - Swedish shoegaze dream pop from Dag Och Natt.
- [Live Review: Mogwai + Lankum at South Facing Festival, Crystal Palace](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/12/mogwai-lankum-gig-south-facing-festival-07-08-2025/): Tonight’s warm summer evening sees us arrive at one the standalone gigs at the South Facing Festival open-air concert series set in Crystal Palace Bowl. Think Gunnersbury Park crossed with Somerset House’s summer series. Come to think of it, we caught Mogwai playing at the latter - looking at the date scarily 18 years ago Mogwai, Lankum, South Facing Festival, Twilight Sad
- [Live in Pictures: Black Doldrums, Colour Me Blood Red + The Dead Zoo at Camden Assembly, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/12/live-in-pictures-black-doldrums-colour-me-blood-red-the-dead-zoo-at-camden-assembly-london/): Photographer Rupert Hitchcox was at London's Camden Assembly to capture Black Doldrums, Colour Me Blood Red and The Dead Zoo in action.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: WRONGPOP – 116: TEN YEARS LATER](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/11/album-review-wrongpop-116-ten-years-later/): Ioan Humphreys reviews '116: Ten Years Later' a 77-track compilation for the amazing Anthony Nolan charity. Featuring PIGSx7, Teeth of the Sea, Noah Ezra, Art Brut, USA Nails, and CHROMA. It will only be available in August so BUY IT NOW!
- [Live Review: Deerhoof + Gimic at Bush Hall, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/11/live-review-deerhoof-gimic-at-bush-hall-london/): Joyzine Editor Paul Maps was at Bush Hall in London to see Deerhoof with support from Gimic .
- [EP REVIEW: Westside Cowboy - This Better Be Something Great](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/10/album-review-westside-cowboy-this-better-be-something-great/): 'This Better Be Something Great' is the new EP from Westside Cowboys reviewed by Evan Meikle.
- [Album Review: John Cale - MiXology (volume 1)](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/07/album-review-john-cale-mixology-volume-1/): What makes someone an experimental musician? The answer seems to be simpler than the complex, wide-ranging music brought forward by that anti-genre genre would suggest. Whether you’re sculpting the envelope of a synthesiser’s output or conjuring improbable improvisations from a saxophone, if you want to be experimental, then you have to experiment. It makes perfect
- [EP REVIEW: FLUMP - SOMETIMES BUT NOT FOR LONG](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/10/ep-review-flump-sometimes-but-not-for-long/): Paul F Cook reviews up and coming band FLUMP's new EP release 'Sometimes But Not For Long' plus the band told us more about themselves.
- [BOOK REVIEW: The Lost Voice by Greta Morgan](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/09/book-review-the-lost-voice-by-greta-morgan/): In 2020, musician Greta Morgan developed spasmodic dysphonia and lost her voice. This memoir charts her early life and this traumatic experience.
- [BOOK REVIEW: Dispatches from the Literary Underground: Evergreen Review](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/09/book-review-dispatches-from-the-literary-underground-evergreen-review/): We plead guilty. Evergreen magazine is a conspiracy. For years we have conspired with the leaders of the cultural and social revolution to give you a new way of looking at the world and a new world to look at. Evergreen magazine ad, 1969 Barney [Rosset] has not been properly acknowledged for morphing the sociopolitical
- [ALBUM REVIEW: DOT ALLISON – HEART SHAPED SCARS](https://joyzine.org/2021/05/26/album-review-dot-allison-heart-shaped-scars/): Dot Allison’s new album Heart Shaped Scars is a bitter-sweet set of songs that are aching and bucolic and invite the listener to stop and listen.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: RICHARD HAWLEY - COLES CORNER](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/06/album-review-richard-hawley-coles-corner/): Where were you when you first became hooked on Richard Hawley? I was in a mate of a mate’s flat in New Cross in 2003. Lowedges, Hawley’s second album, had just been released. In particular, ‘Motorcycle Song’ captivated and confused me: how could this have been written by the guitarist from the obscenely underrated Longpigs? Richard Hawley re-releases the classic 'Coles Corner' with an abundance of extras.
- [MY LIFE IN 10 SONGS: ILLE and EVAN FROM GHOSTWOMAN](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/04/my-life-in-10-songs-ghostwoman/): Ghostwoman have a new album, 'Welcome to the Civilised World', coming out on 5 September but we wanted to find out the music that inspired them so asked Ille and Evan from the band to take part in Joyzine's My Life In 10 Songs.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: GHOSTWOMAN - HINDSIGHT IS 50/50](https://joyzine.org/2023/11/28/album-review-ghost-woman-hindsight-is-50-50/): Ghost Woman's new album 'Hindsight is 50/50' is a brooding masterpiece of psych and goth stripped back to sinew and bone.
- [EP REVIEW: GHOSTWOMAN – LOST ECHO'S](https://joyzine.org/2021/08/13/ep-review-ghost-woman-lost-echos/): Lost Echo's is the new EP release from Ghost Woman and it’s packed full of rattlesnake venom, Evan Williams bourbon and has a toothpick glued to one side of its mouth.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: GHOSTWOMAN– GHOSTWOMAN](https://joyzine.org/2022/07/05/album-review-ghost-woman-ghost-woman/): Ghost Woman is the self-titled album by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Evan Uschenko and it’s a crisp mash up of psych, country, krautrock, blues and Americana.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: GHOSTWOMAN - YOKO](https://joyzine.org/2023/10/07/single-review-ghost-woman-yoko/): ‘Yoko’ is the second release from Ghost Woman’s forthcoming album Hindsight is 50​/​50 out in November.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: GHOSTWOMAN - ALIVE ](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/28/single-review-ghostwoman-alive/): ‘Alive’ is the first single from Ghostwoman's album 'Welcome to the Civilised World' being released on 5 September this year on Full Time Hobby.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: MADELINE KENNY - KISS FROM THE BALCONY](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/03/album-review-madeline-kenny-kiss-from-the-balcony/): Madeline Kenney’s 'Kiss From The Balcony' continues the Oakland-based singer-songwriter’s journey into experimental pop territory, following the release of her 2023 LP A New Reality Mind.
- [EP REVIEW: BLACK MEKON – UNDERWHELMED](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/02/ep-review-black-mekon-underwhelmed/): 'Underwhelmed' is the new EP from Birmingham's dirty garage blues band Black Mekon.
- [Album Review: QWAM- Girls Aren't Afraid of Blood](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/01/album-review-qwam/): For the uninitiated, QWAM are a punk band hailing from Brooklyn, New York, and Girls Aren’t Afraid of Blood is their second full-length release. I hadn’t come across them before, but after diving into this album, I’m kicking myself for missing out sooner. From what I’ve gathered online, their first record leaned more toward the
- [SINGLE REVIEW: CHE3KZ - MY BLOCK](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/01/single-review-che3kz-my-block/): Dancehall, Grime and DnB meets northern grit and self made confidence - this is Che3kz, a Manchester rapper coming off the back of a viral PenGame battle involving a lisp and some sausages. Before reviewing her new single 'My Block' I went along to see the artist perform at Surround Sounds at part of Manchester
- [Live review: Lambrini Girls at Latitude Festival, Suffolk 27/7/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/08/01/live-review-lambrini-girls-at-latitude-festival-suffolk-27-7-25/): The Lambrini Girls was an unexpected choice for one of the closing acts of "the posh festival". Perhaps the Latitude organisers were trying to stretch the festivals boundaries and they succeeded. There was a clear divide between those that decided to stay and watch Snow Patrol and those that made their way into to woods
- [Festival Review: Latitude 2025. A Weekend of Music, Art, and Unmistakable Charm](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/30/festival-review-latitude-2025-a-weekend-of-music-art-and-unmistakable-charm/): Henham Park in Suffolk once again delivered a magical weekend as Latitude Festival 2025 brought four days of music, arts, and creativity to life from Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th July. With around 40,000 attendees each day, Latitude showed why it continues to stand out as one of the UK’s most family-friendly festivals. Latitude has
- [Album Review: Welcome Strawberry - Desperate Flower](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/23/welcome-strawberry-desperate-flower/): “Feelings tend to drift, don’t you think?” a line goes in the song 'Theme for June', off Welcome Strawberry’s 2022 eponymous debut full-length. Three years later, listening to the Oakland group’s sophomore album, Desperate Flower, I suspect that composer and lyricist Cyrus VandenBerghe would now rephrase that question as “Everything and everyone tends to drift,
- [EP REVIEW: KUTIMAN - DREAMS IN ASPAMIA](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/27/ep-review-kutiman-dreams-in-aspamia/): Kutiman (AKA Ophir Kutiel) is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, orchestra leader and film maker and 'Dreams in Aspamia' is his new EP release.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: All The Young Droids: Junkyard Synth Pop 1979-1985](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/27/album-review-all-the-young-droids-junkyard-synth-pop-1979-1985/): 'All The Young Droids: Junkyard Synth Pop 1979 - 1985' is a compilation that attempts to shine a light on this often misunderstood genre and bring to public conscience songs and artists that bubbled under the surface of the period, created by the DIY tech heads.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: EXCELLENT BIRDS - DIGITAL LEAVES](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/27/album-review-excellent-birds-digital-leaves/): Excellent Birds is one of the alter egos of Annie Gardiner and 'Digital Leaves' is her first foray into ambient music.
- [Album Review: The Dead Zoo- Suspects](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/25/album-review-the-dead-zoo-suspects/): I’m finding 2025 to be an excellent year for debut albums — so many of my most-played records so far have been debuts, and this brilliant offering from London-based post-punk band The Dead Zoo is no exception. Having already enjoyed their formidable live performances — all sass, and surging energy — I was excited to
- [ALBUM REVIEW: We Are Scientists – Qualifying Miles](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/21/album-review-we-are-scientists-qualifying-miles/): Is there anything more quintessentially English than bellowing the lyrics to ‘Mr Brightside’ at a wedding? In the preface to their interview with Joyzine to promote their ninth album Qualifying Miles, We Are Scientists are described as “quintessentially English” despite being American. Two years after the now-ubiquitous Killers track was first released, Brooklyn-based We Are Cheery post-punk revivalists We Are Scientists release their ninth album.
- [Album Review: Panic Shack- Self Titled](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/20/album-review-panic-shack-self-titled/): Punk, feminism, and humour – a winning combination in my eyes. Listening to the debut album from Cardiff-based band Panic Shack, it felt as though everything I love most in music had been thrown together into one fun, catchy package. (Spoiler alert: I adore this album.) Formed in 2018, Panic Shack quickly made a name
- [ALBUM REVIEW: LAURA CANNELL - LYRELYRELYRE](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/20/album-review-laura-cannell-lyrelyrelyre/): Unsurprisingly the lyre is at the heart of Laura Canell's 'LYRELYRELYRE', in this case a six-string example from the 14th century made of Maplewood with gold and garnet stones2, discovered in 1939 inside a ship in a burial mound on dry land in Sutton Hoo
- [Interview: Deerhoof's Greg Saunier - "Art is the way we wrap our heads around a turbulent environment"](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/21/deerhoof2025/): Back in April Deerhoof released Noble and Godlike in Ruin, their 20th LP if we've counted right, and if a record comes out between now and the end of the year that intrigues me quite so much, it will have been a very good year indeed. It's a richly woven tapestry taking in elements of
- [SINGLE REVIEW: B OF BRIZ – PROFOUNDLY SICK SOCIETY](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/19/single-review-b-of-briz-profoundly-sick-society/): The new release from masked rapper B Of Briz is ‘Profoundly Sick Society’, the first single from the 'Solace EP'.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: BISGEDI – BISGEDI](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/19/album-review-bisgedi-bisgedi/): Bisgedi (Welsh for biscuits) is the self-titled debut album from Nat White and Syd Howells.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: FOLK BITCH TRIO - NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/25/album-review-folk-bitch-trio-now-would-be-a-good-time/): Folk Bitch Trio are a group of high school friends from Australia who started singing together in 2020 and 'Now Would Be A Good Time' is their new album.
- [INTERVIEW: WE ARE SCIENTISTS ON THEIR NEW RECORD, STAYING FRIENDS FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS AND LOATHING THE AMERICAN OFFICE](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/16/interview-we-are-scientists-on-their-new-record-staying-friends-for-over-twenty-years-and-loathing-the-american-office/): It's a cliché that Englishmen talk about the weather as a way to swerve deeper and more existential topics. I've always believed it's a preference for metaphor and allegory as opposed to a flat out denial of psychosis - though this too is a sort of disavowment. If this clichéd Englishman is more than a
- [Live Review: Gina Birch at Rough Trade East, London 16/7/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/17/live-review-gina-birch-at-rough-trade/): Alternative title: The Night I Was Given a Blessing from a Punk Feminist Queen As a writer and a feminist, I’ve long been inspired by female-led punk. Though I’m not a musician, the DIY spirit is something I’ve always admired about punk — the rebellious nature of it, the way the art never has to
- [ART EXHIBITION: AMBER CRONIN, A WEIGHT TO ENTICE BUOYANCY](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/17/art-exhibition-amber-cronin-a-weight-to-entice-buoyancy/): A friend of mine started working in the environmental sector, collecting and sharing data recording the effects of climate change. A few months ago I asked him how it was going. 'Not great,' he said. 'Really it's just palliative care for the world now. ' Stark isn't it? This comment stayed with me. The sadness
- [Festival Review: Sunset Sessions 2025 in Harlow ft. The Subways, Lock-In, Pisces, The Ariston, Sophiz + Magoos](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/14/sunsetsessions2025/): Harlow, the post-war new town in Essex, has long punched above its weight in the UK music scene. At its heart was The Square—a legendary grassroots venue that helped launch the careers of Blur, Supergrass, Coldplay, and Biffy Clyro. For 35 years it stood as a vital hub for emerging talent. But in 2017, following
- [ALBUM REVIEW: GWENNO – UTOPIA](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/13/album-review-gwenno-utopia/): Gwenno’s new album 'Utopia' is one of those records in an artist’s career that acts as a milestone, a waypoint between the journey behind and the journey ahead, and it is achingly beautiful and replete with musical vignettes of a life lived to the full.
- [My Life in 10 Songs: Steve Horry and Jim Rhesus of The 18 Carat Love Affair share songs that shaped them as they release their debut single 13 years after splitting up](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/14/18caratloveaffair/): The 18 Carat Love Affair formed in 2009, comprised of members of many of Joyzine's favourite bands. They played some fantastic shows (including one for our sister site Maps Magazine's second birthday) before splitting up in 2012 and going on to form more of our favourite bands. And that, so we thought, was that. However,
- [No Place Like Home: Photographer Jake Schneider's guide to the Dayton, Ohio music scene as he embarks on project to document its behind the scenes heroes](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/09/daytonohio/): It's been four years since we took a guided tour of the music scene in Dayton, Ohio in the company of local musician Paige Beller (read her guide here), so we thought it was about time we revisited the city that brought us Kim and Kelley Deal, Guided by Voices and Lou Barlow, amongst many
- [Book Review: You're Crazy, Vol. 2 - First-Hand Accounts of Suviving Trauma, Addiction & Mental Health from within The Punk Rock Scene](https://joyzine.org/2022/03/16/book-review-youre-crazy-vol-2-first-hand-accounts-of-suviving-trauma-addiction-mental-health-from-within-the-punk-rock-scene/): This book brings together a collection of writings from people who have experienced mental health issues and addiction. It contains twenty accounts from contributors from around the world. They tell us of their journey, good and bad. Links to music and particularly punk rock are the thing that connects the writers. The truth and pain
- [Live Review: The Dead Zoo - New River Studios, London 4/7/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/07/live-review-the-dead-zoonew-river-studios-london-4-7-25/): When I was extended an invitation to attend the debut album launch of London-based band The Dead Zoo, I had to say yes. I have a small connection with singer Kaoru Sato—in that, many moons ago, I hosted one of her previous bands at a charity gig I organised in my hometown of Southend for
- [Album Review: Gina Birch- Trouble](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/11/album-review-gina-birch-trouble/): I was delighted to get the chance to review the second solo album from feminist icon, artist, and former member of the iconic punk band The Raincoats, aptly titled Trouble. Gina Birch is not known for being silent — in fact, a piece of art she made back in 1977, 3 Minute Scream, was the
- [Live in Pictures: Isle of Wight Festival 2025](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/06/live-in-pictures-isle-of-wight-festival-2025/): One of the great things about attending one of the bigger name festivals is the chance they provide for catching virtual unknowns just making their way in the music scene alongside bona fide global mega stars. Joyzine's Rupert Hitchcox made the most of that opportunity at this year's Isle of Wight Festival, training his lens
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SKANDER JAÏBI - WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO CLOSURE?](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/06/album-review-skander-jaibi-who-has-the-right-to-closure/): Skander Jaïbi‘s 'Who has the right to closure?' is a re-working of a piece written for choreographer Alicia Verdú Macián’s CLAUSURA in 2023. It effortlessly mixes elements of classical music with ambient techniques.
- [EP REVIEW: CARRÉ – MELTDOWN](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/06/ep-review-carre-meltdown/): 'Meltdown' by Carré is an EP of three tracks and two remixes that draws on deep dub vibes with subterranean bass that vibrates you at a cellular level.
- [LIVE REVIEW: A KATE BUSH CORNUCOPIA, THE IRONWORKS STUDIOS, BRIGHTON](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/03/live-review-a-kate-bush-cornucopia-the-ironworks-studios-brighton/): It’s Brighton Fringe month and I’m sat in darkness, at The Ironworks Studios, awaiting Paul Diello, and his Kate Bush Cornucopia. There’s an electric piano upstage, 3 mics downstage, with red ballet shoes dangling from one microphone. The lighting is minimalist, suddenly the sound of Kate Bush songs in strings plays out while people find
- [Live Review: Kate Arnold at Deptford Lounge, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/07/01/live-review-kate-arnold-at-deptford-lounge-london/): There are many things to love about our little corner of South East London, and one of them is its excellent (and indeed award winning) libraries. There is of course the usual myriad of fiction and non-fiction to get your teeth into, the computer access for those who need it and the reading groups and
- [SINGLE/VIDEO REVIEW: AK/DK & THICK RICHARD – NOBODY SHOUTS](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/29/single-video-review-ak-dk-thick-richard-nobody-shouts/): On 'Nobody Shouts' with poet and performer Thick Richard, AK/DK control the four on the floor energy they bring as dual drummers with pulse-quickening electronics that fizz around the beat and their impeccable ability to know when to apply the drop.
- [DOCUMENTARY REVIEW: S/HE IS STILL HER/E - The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary, a film by David Charles Rodrigues](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/29/documentary-review-s-he-is-still-her-e-the-official-genesis-p-orridge-documentary/): "People are multifaceted and complex. People can be cruel and also loving, they can lead and be led". Simon Tucker reviews 'S/HE IS STILL HER/E - The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary', directed by David Charles Rodrigues.
- [TRACK PREMIERE: AK/DK - FEEDS](https://joyzine.org/2020/07/30/track-premiere-ak-dk-feeds/): AK/DK have given Joyzine the honour of premiering their new single ‘Feeds’ which is the third release from their forthcoming album Shared Particles. ‘Feeds’ kicks off with a ‘Danger, Will Robinson!’ synth-claxon that listeners should take as a warning that their body will soon be controlled by the sheer Pied Piper dance-force of AK/DK’s music.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: AK/DK – SHARED PARTICLES](https://joyzine.org/2020/11/27/album-review-ak-dk-shared-particles/): Welcome to the first National AK/DK Day! Well, okay that’s not strictly true but, in my mind, an AK/DK release is worthy of an environmentally friendly ticker-tape parade complete with blimps and fireworks. AK/DK are a band consisting of two powerhouse drummers who also operate a NASA command centre of equipment with which to exhort,
- [ALBUM REVIEW: BRÌGHDE CHAIMBEUL - SUNWISE ](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/29/album-review-brighde-chaimbeul-sunwise/): Brìghde Chaimbeul is an award-winning Scottish small pipes player who not only utilises “tradition, folklore and mystery“ but also takes us into an experimental soundscape that allows the pipes to drift into myriad sonic worlds on her new album 'Sunwise'.
- [Album Review- Penny and The Pits- Liquid Compactor](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/27/penny-and-the-pits-liquid-compactor/): Penny and The Pits is a brand new project from Penelope Stevens—best known as one-third of Canadian art-rock band Motherhood. While I’ll admit I hadn’t heard of Motherhood before diving into this record, a quick search revealed that Penelope played bass, keys, and vocals in the band. But this time around, she’s fully at the
- [ALBUM REVIEW: MAREUX - NONSTOP ROMANCE](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/27/mareux-nonstop-romance/): Goth is a spectrum that goes something like eyeliner dad – Edgar Allan Poe – wearing bondage gear while washing the dishes. We see an example of the latter extreme in the video for Mareux’s viral version of ‘The Perfect Girl'. The Cure original is a meandering ditty about falling in love with a strange Mareux's 2nd collection of darkwave bangers - Nonstop Romance.
- [Album Review: BC Camplight - A Sober Conversation](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/26/album-review-bc-camplight-a-sober-conversation/): Rigorously confessional, ruefully funny songwriting wizard Brian ‘BC Camplight’ Christinzio certainly knows the meaning of turmoil. Although his introspective but vividly imagistic lyrics almost always deal with his persistent mental health struggles, each album he makes is so specific to his immediate circumstances – from his brief deportation out of his adopted Manchester back to
- [Album Review- Drop P by GRÓA](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/25/album-review-drop-p-by-groa/): 'Drop P' is the latest heavily bass-driven album from Icelandic punk trio Gróa, made up of sisters Karólína and Hrafnhildur Einars Maríudóttir along with their childhood friend Fríða Björg Pétursdóttir.
- [Interview: How to Swim's Gregor Barclay on their year long six album project as LP #2, 'Poundstore Diabolism' is released](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/23/interview-how-to-swims-gregor-barclay-on-their-year-long-six-album-project-as-lp-2-poundstore-diabolism-is-released/): There are many bands and artists famed for their prolific output - between them contemporary psych favourites OHSEES and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard seem to have a new record out each week, over the years The Fall put out almost as many albums as they had members and garage punk cult icon Billy
- [SINGLE/VIDEO REVIEW: SARA NOELLE – WEATHER VANE ](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/23/single-video-review-sara-noelle-weather-vane/): I reviewed Sara Noelle last album and described the feeling of weightlessness that she creates in her music like dust suspended in sunlight. That same sense of tranquil buoyancy is woven through her new release ‘Weather Vane’.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SARA NOELLE – DO I HAVE TO FEEL EVERYTHING](https://joyzine.org/2023/01/29/album-review-sara-noelle-do-i-have-to-feel-everything/): Do I Have to Feel Everything is the third album from Sara Noelle and its ambient electro-organic dreamscape allow all the tracks to share a common sense of weightlessness.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: TAN COLOGNE - UNKNOWN BEYOND](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/23/album-review-tan-cologne-unknown-beyond/): Q) What do you get if you cross a shooting star, a fire on a hill, and an old satellite dish in someone’s garden? A) Material for New Mexico duo Tan Cologne’s third album. Just reading about such lovely, twee inspirations is a welcome head holiday from shooting missiles, fires in cities, and all manner New Mexico softgazers Tan Cologne release their spectral third album Unknown Beyond.
- [Track Premiere: Your first chance to hear the new single from Barcelona post-punks Cranc.](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/19/cranctrackpremiere/): Multinational Barcelona-based post-punk four piece Cranc. (meaning 'crab' in Catalan) release their debut single 'Something Don't Feel Right' this week and you can hear it first right here on Joyzine. Comprised of frontman Darren Loucaides (formerly of Joyzine faves Time Cops), Catalan guitarist Guillem Bonet, Birmingham-born drummer Max Gayler and Mexican bassist Rodrigo Vázquez-Mellado, the
- [LIVE REVIEW: BÔA + FRANCIS OF DELIRIUM AT NEW CENTURY HALL, MANCHESTER 10/06/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/18/live-review-boa-francis-of-delirium-at-new-century-hall-manchester-10-06-25/): What does it feel like to return to the music industry more than 20 years after a hit single? You may or may not have heard of bôa (I'll confess I hadn't) but the story is more than intriguing and a very interesting sign of the times. I'll let their PR explain: "In 1998, British
- [Live Review: mclusky at Electric, Bristol](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/16/live-review-mclusky-at-electric-bristol/): Cardiff-formed post-hardcore band, mclusky, hit Bristol in May as part of their Strangers Are Just Friends We Haven’t Monetised Yet tour, rocking the stage at Electric, the venue formerly named SWX. The three-piece, consisting of founding member, vocalist and guitarist Andy Falkous (Falco), drummer Jack Egglestone and Damien Sayell on bass, constitute the most recent
- [LOUD WOMEN Fest 2025: 10th Anniversary Line-Up Announced!](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/16/loud-women-fest-2025-10th-anniversary-line-up-announced/): For the past three years, I’ve had the joy of attending the fabulous LOUD WOMEN Fest – and I can confirm it’s a highlight of my gigging calendar. But the festival is just one part of everything that LOUD WOMEN represents. Founded in 2015 by Cassie Fox of I, Doris, LOUD WOMEN is an international,
- [ALBUM REVIEW: TIM DIDYMUS & FOSTER NEVILLE - ULLA](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/15/album-review-tim-didymus-foster-neville-ulla/): Ulla is the new album by generative artist Tim Didymus and experimental musician Foster Neville who decided to bring their complimentary styles to bear on this release which draws inspiration from on Alan Garner's The Owl Service and the Welsh legend of the Mabinogion.
- [Single Review: Those F***ing Snowflakes - Straight Pride Month (ft. Tom Robinson)](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/12/single-review-those-fing-snowflakes-straight-pride-month-ft-tom-robinson/): Dear Editor, As a member of the most oppressed minority in modern day Great Britain (I am talking of course about straight, white, middle-aged men), I am writing to express my DISGUST and OUTRAGE about your publication's continued support of the so called 'band' Those Flipping Snowflakes (common decency prevents me from using their chosen
- [Video Premiere: Your first chance to see the video for Gemma Rogers' new track 'Molly_1989'](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/13/video-premiere-your-first-chance-to-see-the-video-for-gemma-rogers-new-track-molly_1989/): Long-term Joyzine favourite Gemma Rogers is back with a new single, and we're delighted to bring you the first opportunity to see the video. 'Molly_1989' is a catchy two-minute pop-punk blast, showcasing Rogers' sharp tongue and equally pointed wit as she dissects a relationship creeping from promising to toxic and tries to determine how many
- [LIVE REVIEW: WAXAHATCHEE + MERCE LEMON AT THE ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER 09/06/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/10/live-review-waxahatchee-at-the-albert-hall-manchester-09-06-25/): There are very few things that can lift the spirits on a rainy, miserable Monday night in Manchester, but watching Waxahatchee (aka Katie Crutchfield) in the majestic surroundings of the Albert Hall is one of them. A packed, sweaty house and a pleasure for everyone there. Katie’s wonderful 6th record “Tigers Blood” was released to
- [Track by Track: The Scaramanga Six guide us through their new EP 'Bad Time Music'](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/09/track-by-track-the-scaramanga-six-guide-us-through-their-new-ep-bad-time-music/): The Scaramanga Six released GLUT, the first of a planned pair of albums marking the band's 30th anniversary, a couple of months back. A typical wonderful maximalist rock affair, you can read our review of the LP here. Its counterpart DEARTH was originally expected hot on its heels, but the band have decided to to
- [Album review: Cosey Fanni Tutti - 2t2](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/09/album-review-cosey-fanni-tutti-2t2/): Cosey Fanni Tutti's new album '2t2' is full of the raw emotions of living, built to get into your bones and to leave you questioning everything.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SCIENCE MAN – MONARCH JOY](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/08/album-review-science-man-monarch-joy/): It’s been a long time since the thunderous rumble of Science Man’s 2022 album 'Nines Mecca' but they are back with 'Monarch Joy' a relentless, pell-mell assault on the senses.
- [Album review: Goldie presents: Rufige Kru - Alpha Omega](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/04/album-review-goldie-presents-rufige-kru-alpha-omega/): Simon Tucker reviews 'Alpha Omega' the "sharp teeth, urban paranoia and harsh synthetic slices" of the new full length release from Rufige Kru (Goldie and James Davidson).
- [EP REVIEW: RUN LOGAN RUN - PREY FOR PEACE ](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/31/ep-review-run-logan-run-prey-for-peace/): The 'Prey For Peace EP' from Bristol's Run Logan Run resonates with the beauty and depth that can be found mixing electronics with the organic delight of the human voice, brass and reed, and drums and it's part one of a trilogy, with parts two and three coming later in 2025.
- [EP Review: Lichon - It’s Always About Us](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/03/ep-review-lichon-its-always-about-us/): Utilising the sounds of fungi, plants, lichen 'It’s Always About Us' is an intriguing debut EP from Lichon.
- [Live in Pictures: Sylvie Kreusch at Oslo, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/02/live-in-pictures-sylvie-kreusch-at-oslo-london/): Belgian artist Sylvie Kreusch released her latest LP Comic Trip towards the end of last year and is now taking this stunning collection of songs on the road around Europe. Mat Coffey was there, camera in hand, to capture the action from the London show at Oslo in Hackney. Sylvie Kreusch: Facebook / Instagram /
- [Live Review: Panic Shack at The Garage, London 28/5/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/01/live-review-panic-shack-at-the-garage-london-28-5-25/): My first exposure to Cardiff-based punk band Panic Shack was back in March, when I reviewed their single ‘Gok Wan’. The bite and energy of that track alone was enough for me to jump at the chance to see them live. More recently, I’ve noticed they’ve built up a bit of a TikTok following thanks
- [SINGLE REVIEW: DVTR - COULEUR PEAU (YOUR NEXT TOKEN ASIAN FRIEND) ](https://joyzine.org/2025/06/01/single-review-dvtr-couleur-peau-your-next-token-asian-friend/): French-Canadian punks DVTR release 'Couleur peau (Your Next Token Asian Friend)', their sharp, witty, angry and above all energising new single.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell (10th Anniversary Edition) ](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/29/album-review-sufjan-stevens-carrie-lowell-10th-anniversary-edition/): Oh, to see without my eyes the first time that I listened to Carrie & Lowell. I was sitting in front of my laptop, crying an Atlantic of tears. As well as seven previously unreleased tracks, the 10th anniversary edition of the album includes an essay by Sufjan Stevens, in which he writes that making Sufjan Stevens' 'Carrie & Lowell' re-released with seven bonus tracks
- [ALBUM REVIEW: OMBUDSMEN - LIQUID ASSETS](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/29/album-review-liquid-assets-ombudsmen/): "I can feel my angsty senses stinging, something's not right and I'm bad vibing" - Temporary Cemetery Welcome to Ombudsmen's debut album Liquid Assets. This is highly original, socially conscious, financially unstable work, both light hearted and deadly serious; an album full of frustration and hope, a human story for inhumane times. The band have
- [Film Review: The Phoenician Scheme](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/25/film-review-the-phoenician-scheme/): The off-kilter auteur Wes Anderson returns with his best movie in years, The Phoenician Scheme, a comedy-forward romp that may launch some careers and reinvigorate a few others.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: AMMAR 808 - CLUB TOUNSI](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/25/album-review-ammar-808-club-tounsi/): Ammar 808 is the electronic/organic project of Denmark-based Tunisian producer Sofyann Ben Youssef and his new album Club Tounsi explores the “vibrant folk tradition of his native Tunisia” and bringing a dazzling combination of digital backbone from the Roland TR-808 drum machine (the ‘808’ in ‘Ammar 808’) alongside some of Tunisia’s top musicians.
- [Video Premiere: Your first chance to see Crayola Lectern's 'Disasternoon'](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/26/video-premiere-your-first-chance-to-see-crayola-lecterns-disasternoon/): Crayola Lectern, the project of multi-instrumentalist Chris Anderson (described by Joyzine's own Andrew Wood as "a national treasure"), has a new album, Disasternoon, on the horizon and today we're delighted to bring you the first opportunity to see the video for the LP's title track. A beautiful, sweeping piece of psychedelia with echoes of Bowie
- [SINGLE REVIEW: SARAH SHIELS – FELL IN LOVE WITH MYSELF ](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/24/single-review-sarah-shiels-fell-in-love-with-myself/): Multi-instrumentalist, poet and vocalist Sarah Shiels has released the single ‘Fell In Love With Myself’ which she describes as “a celebration of self-love and empowerment, perfect for those mornings when you need a reminder of your own strength.”
- [Rebellion Festival 2025: Stage Times Now Live – Time to Plan Your Punk Rock Weekend!](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/22/rebellion-festival-2025-stage-times-now-live-time-to-plan-your-punk-rock-weekend/): The countdown is on for Rebellion Festival 2025, and with stage times now released, it's officially time to get planning! Whether you’re a seasoned Rebellion regular or diving in for the first time, now’s the moment to get your schedules sorted and start plotting your route across stages, mosh pits, and inevitable clashes. Running from
- [SINGLE REVIEW: BUREAU DE CHANGE – RESISTANCE](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/22/single-review-bureau-de-change-resistance/): Since the end of 2024 we have watched in awe as Bureau de Change bring track after track, song after song that blows us away and 'Resistance' is another staccato blast of righteous anger.
- [Album Review: The Shearing by Beasts](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/21/album-review-the-shearing-by-beasts/): The Shearing is a new album by Beasts- bass, vocals and drum trio from Belgium.
- [Album Review: Sunglasz Vendor – Unwinding](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/18/album-review-sunglasz-vendor-unwinding/): Sunglasz Vendor’s anarchic debut album is an impressive first outing which establishes the Bristol band as an up-and-coming voice in a city with a blossoming DIY scene.
- [Interview: Vile Imbeciles on the 'strictly-controlled chaos' of their first new release in 12 years](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/16/interview-vile-imbeciles-first-new-release-in-12-years/): Several fantastic bands have emerged from the rubble of Brighton psychobilly cult heroes The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster: Piano Wire, The DSM IV and Primitive Ignorant have all become Joyzine favourites since TEMBLD's split, as did Vile Imbeciles, featuring guitarist Andy Huxley, who made fantastically wonky nerve-jangling weird punk music between 2005 and 2013, before
- [ALBUM REVIEW: TAGUA TAGUA – RAIO](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/18/album-review-tagua-tagua-raio/): Felipe Puperi, the multi-instrumentalist and producer behind Tagua Tagua, is a Brazilian artist from Sao Paolo who has created an album that deserves to be on everyone's summer playlists.
- [Album Review: yes, please – Sextile](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/17/album-review-yes-please-sextile/): Review of the Sextile Album, yes, please. Latest release from the punk/dance/EBM duo from Los Angeles- high energy, super fun album
- [VIDEO PREMIERE: KEYS - THERE'S NO I IN TEAMS](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/22/video-premiere-keys-theres-no-i-in-teams/): KEYS new single 'There's No i In Team' is a spiky indie pop joy and Joyzine readers get to see the video first in this retro-space-age premiere.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SWIGOD! LIBERTINO RECORDS – VARIOUS ARTISTS ](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/17/album-review-swigod-libertino-records/): SWIGOD! is a 29-track celebration of the music released through the incredible Welsh label Libertino, run by Gruffydd (Gruff) Owen.
- [Album Review: mclusky - the world is still here and so are we](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/13/album-review-mcluksy-the-world-is-still-here-and-so-are-we/): Twenty years is a long time yet no time at all. Everything has changed yet things remain depressingly the same. One constant throughout the last twenty years is the desire amongst many a music fan for a new mclusky album. The three-piece exist in a land of cult following and strong influence. They came, they
- [LIVE REVIEW: DEATH MACHINE + SASHA ADRIAN AT DEXTER, ODENSE 09/05/25 ](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/16/live-review-death-machine-sasha-dexter-odense/): Writer Paul F Cook travelled to Odense in Denmark to see Death Machine with support from Sasha Adrian.
- [Track Premiere: Your first chance to hear 'Grembo Zavia' from Kōenjihyakkei's forthcoming live album](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/16/track-premiere-your-first-chance-to-hear-grembo-zavia-from-koenjihyakkeis-forthcoming-live-album/): As wonderful as running a site like Joyzine is, sometime it can be a bit of a slog. There are days when you're a couple of hours into sifting review requests, having found nothing of any great interest, and click the next email introducing you to the new EP Standing by a Wall Looking into
- [Album Review: Ezra Furman - Goodbye Small Head](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/15/album-review-ezra-furman-goodbye-small-head/): The torrential frustration borne from Ezra Furman's long months recouperating from an illness gave rise to a clutch of songs which became 'Goodbye Small Head'.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: BILLY NOMATES - METALHORSE](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/12/album-review-billy-nomates-metalhorse/): Metalhorse is the third studio release by Billy Nomates, on Invada Records this 16th May, and it's a fist pumping, leg kicking, theatrical wallop of a record.
- [Grassroots Uncovered - A conversation with artist Uran Apak](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/11/grassroots-uncovered-a-conversation-with-artist-uran-apak/): Uran Apak is an artist, composer, vocal coach and musician whose work fuses electronica, improvisation, and Anatolian psychedelia. Known for transformative live shows, he creates spontaneous, engaging songs using voice, beats, and a loop station.
- [Album Review: The Fall - Singles Live 1978-1981](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/09/the-fall-singles-live-1978-1981/): The Fall remain one of the best and most significant bands to emerge from the hotbed of the punk scene
- [Interview: mclusky's Andrew Falkous on their first new album in 20 years](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/08/interview-mcluskys-andrew-falkous-on-their-first-new-album-in-20-years/): There can be no news more simultaneously thrilling and terrifying to a music fan than hearing that that band - you know, the one that tipped you over the edge from a normal member of society who simply enjoys music into some irrational obsessive, and who broke your heart when they split up - are
- [Grassroots Uncovered - Four audio visual VJ's to look out for in 2025](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/06/grassroots-uncovered-four-audio-visual-vjs-to-look-out-for-in-2025/): Electronic music and visuals are inseparable—together, they create an immersive experience. VJs don't just complement the music; they set the tone and craft the atmosphere. With advancements in software and technology, audiovisual artists are redefining the future of live music. Here are five VJs you should be booking for your next event.
- [Live in Pictures: Bambara + Evil House Party at The Garage, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/06/live-in-pictures-bambara-evil-house-party/): Brooklyn-based post-punk Bambara recently released their latest LP Birthmarks (out now on Bella Union) before hopping on a plane across the pond for a string of UK dates. Mat Coffey, aka Der Fotoautomat, was there to capture the action on camera as they rolled into London for a show at The Garage, ably supported by
- [SINGLE REVIEW: GASOLINA – DRUNK GIRL SUMMER](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/06/single-review-gasolina-drunk-girl-summer/): WARNING: you might find after repeated listening that ‘Drunk Girl Summer’ from Gasolina will live rent free in your head.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: BLACK MEKON – NEAT!](https://joyzine.org/2023/10/13/album-review-black-mekon-neat/): Those mysterious masked Black Mekon brothers are back with their stripped back rock-and-rollercoaster sound on NEAT!. There are rumours that they are 9ft tall with gasoline for blood, or rock’n’roll androids who have escaped from a dystopian future, while other say they are part-human, part-drag-race-car. Whoever and whatever they are they are one of the
- [VIDEO REVIEW: 7EBRA - NORMAL SONG](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/07/video-review-7ebra-normal-song/): 'Normal Song' is the new video from Malmö sisters 7ebra and shows off their ability to weave tunes into earworms and fill their songs to the brim with super-catchy hooks and riffs.
- [TRACK BY TRACK ALBUM REVIEW: Mamuthones – From Word to Flesh ](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/06/track-by-track-album-review-mamuthones-from-word-to-flesh/): From Word to Flesh is Mamuthones’ follow-up to 2018’s Fear on the Corner. Its creation was interrupted by the pandemic, but the resulting work is focused, deliberate, and emotionally transparent.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: VA - ROOTS ROCKING ZIMBABWE - THE MODERN SOUND OF HARARE' TOWNSHIPS 1975-1980](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/05/album-review-va-roots-rocking-zimbabwe-the-modern-sound-of-harare-townships-1975-1980/): Analog Africa are one of the few labels that have the dedication and skill to lovingly put together their exemplary album releases with 'Roots Rocking in Zimbabwe' looking at Zimbabwean music from Harare townships from 1975-1980.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: FELBM - WINTERSPRING-SUMMERFALL](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/05/album-review-felbm-winterspring-summerfall/): 'winterspring-summerfall' the new album from Felbm is is a superlative collection of ambient tracks; music to slow time and foster contemplation.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: THE MOONLANDINGZ - NO ROCKET REQUIRED](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/05/album-review-the-moonlandingz-no-rocket-required/): Seven years after their anarchic dance-pop debut, The Moonlandingz are back with a vengeance in their pulsating return to form – No Rocket Required.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: CONFLICT - THIS MUCH REMAINS](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/04/album-review-conflict-this-much-remains/): Conflict have proven that punk never died. Rather it has been lying dormant, waiting for the right time to strike and 'This Much Remains' is their return.
- [MY LIFE IN 10 SONGS: GREGG DEAL FROM DEAD PIONEERS](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/03/my-life-in-10-songs-gregg-deal-from-dead-pioneers/): We wanted to find out the songs that entertained and inspired Gregg Deal vocalist with Dead Pioneers, so asked him to give us his 'Life in 10 Songs' and tell us why they mean so much.
- [10 Questions with: Creators of 'The Chart'- supporting new music talent and community](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/02/10-questions-with-creators-of-the-chart-supporting-new-music-talent-and-community/): LONDON, UK — This May, THE CHART will debut in London with two live music events that span various genres, aimed at showcasing emerging talent and fostering a sense of community through music. Designed to connect audiences across different cultures and backgrounds, THE CHART is a concert series dedicated to amplifying new voices and promoting
- [LIVE REVIEW: PICTISH TRAIL – BRISTOL BEACON, WESTON STAGE, 28/04/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/03/live-review-pictish-trail-bristol-beacon-weston-stage-28-04-25/): 28th April 2025 Pictish Trail aka Johnny Lynch played a perfect gig at the Weston stage in the Bristol Beacon. Paul F Cook was there to review.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: FLORAL IMAGE - GONE DOWN TO MEADOWLAND](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/02/album-review-floral-image-gone-down-to-meadowland/): Floral Image’s recently released album 'Gone Down To Meadowland' is a timeless ride through warm psychedelic landscapes that feels modern and nostalgic at the same time.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: DICEPEOPLE - WASTELAND](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/02/album-review-dicepeople-wasteland/): The enigmatic Dicepeople, known for their signature blend of dark electro and—dare we say—goth wave (if that’s not a genre, it is now), return with their first album in seven years. Wasteland is a brooding, immersive journey into an AI dystopian soundscape. It opens with "Red Lines," where atmospheric synths and echoing kick drums lure the listener into its cinematic depths. Dicepeople have always had a distinctive sound—this is them at their moody, menacing best. It's music that could score a film noir set in the future.
- [Video Premiere: Your first chance to see The Scaramanga Six's new video for 'Cultural Cannibal' + Paul Morricone weighs in on the GenAI debate](https://joyzine.org/2025/05/02/video-premiere-your-first-chance-to-see-the-scaramanga-sixs-new-video-for-cultural-cannibal-paul-morricone-weighs-in-on-the-genai-debate/): GLUT, the first of two albums due this year from theatrical rock eccentrics The Scaramanga Six, was released earlier this month (get your copy via Bandcamp) to great acclaim from Joyzine's own Mansell Laidler, who proclaimed it "a masterclass in musical storytelling" in his review of the LP. Today we are delighted to bring you
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Nazar - Demilitarize](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/30/album-review-nazar-demilitarize/): 'Demilitarize' is the new album by Nazar that carries his unique sound world stylings, softens the edges and transports the listener into a lysergic bubble of whispers, echoes and blurred images.
- [EP REVIEW: SAY SUE ME - TIME IS NOT YOURS](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/29/ep-review-say-sue-me-time-is-not-yours/): I’m very, very late to the Say Sue Me party, and I’ve been kicking myself so hard that my Couch to 5K journey has been nipped in the bloody-shinned bud. Which is fine because I now have more time to enjoy Say Sue Me’s new EP Time Is Not Yours. The title track is as South Korea surf rockers Say Say Me have released their new EP 'Time Is Not Yours'.
- [DVD Review: A Complete Unknown](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/28/dvd-review-a-complete-unknown/): ‘How does it feel?To be without a homeLike a complete unknownLike a rolling stone?' James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, seeks to answer this very question through Bob (Timothée Chalamet) himself, introducing us to the nameless vagabond arriving in New York City with nothing but his passion for music and poetry and a
- [SINGLE REVIEW: HEDDLU - PAID BECSO AM DIM ](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/27/single-review-heddlu-paid-becso-am-dim/): 'Paid Becso Am Dim' by heddlu is a mantra for optimism and hope and and means ‘Don’t worry about a thing’.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: DEATH MACHINE – DAWNING EYES ](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/27/album-review-death-machine-dawning-eyes/): Dawning Eyes is the crowning glory of Death Machine's career so far. It’s rich and deeply layered, moving and contemplative, meditative and rousing.
- [Live Review: Bridget at Signature Brew, Haggerston 24/4/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/26/live-review-bridget-at-signature-brew-haggerston-24-4-25/): I’ve been repping Bridget on Joyzine for a while now — I reviewed her debut EP Damage Reversal back in February last year, questioned her on her musical inspirations, and she was one of my favourite live acts at Loud Women Fest too. Her music is brilliant — a great mix of grunge and punk
- [SINGLE REVIEW: AILSA TULLY – SELF SOOTHING](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/26/single-review-ailsa-tully-self-soothing/): Ailsa Tully’s new single ‘Self Soothing’ was born out of grief and how it can weigh heavily on yourself and those around you.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: WISHY - PLANET POPSTAR](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/25/album-review-wishy-planet-popstar/): Following the success of their breakthrough debut Triple Seven, Wishy return with Planet Popstar – a six-song EP composed of B-sides from the same recording sessions that produced their acclaimed first album.
- [Live review: Kim Deal, The Barbican Hall, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/25/live-review-kim-deal-the-barbican-hall-london/): I can never remember quite how to get to the Barbican Hall, even once I’m inside the building. It feels like we’ve come to the wrong place for this kind of gig: there are carpets, people tapping away at MacBooks, and intentional décor. It was a bit disorientating until I spotted a sign pointing towards
- [Live Review: Scrounge at The Lexington, London 23/4/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/24/live-review-scrounge-at-the-lexington-london-23-4-25/): Scrounge have been getting a lot of love from us at Joyzine recently. I recently reviewed their latest album Almost Like You Could, Paul Maps spoke to the band for an in-depth track-by-track guide, and they also made an appearance in Chris Patmore’s review of the recent Cro Cro Land festival. As Paul Cook quipped,
- [Album Review: Sister Ray - Believer](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/24/album-review-sister-ray-believer/): Believer is a beautiful Alt Country album with folk leanings by Sister Ray. Released on 4 April 2024.
- [Playlist: Those F***ing Snowflakes pick a tune for each of the UK's past 10 Prime Ministers as they release new single 'No Sky for Rishi'](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/24/playlist-those-fing-snowflakes-pick-a-tune-for-each-of-the-uks-past-10-prime-ministers-as-they-release-new-single-no-sky-for-rishi/): Sweary Lancastrian gammon botherers Those Fucking Snowflakes are back with a characteristically blunt and hilarious tale of the childhood struggles faced by ex-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (remember him?). 'No Sky for Rishi' is a full on punk assault, riffing on the infamous interview in which the billionaire former PM attempted to connect with a country
- [Album Review- Scrounge- Almost Like You Could](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/20/album-review-scrounge-almost-like-you-could/): Scrounge have been Joyzine favourites for years and their new album 'Almost Like You Could' shows the band at the top of their game.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: DVTR - LIVE AUX FOUFS](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/20/live-album-review-dvtr-live-aux-foufs/): DVTR's 'Live Aux Foufs' is a ‘holy shit, I wish I’d been there’ live gig of a punk-funk band at the top of their game.
- [Grassroots Uncovered - Five emerging acts for 2025](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/22/grassroots-uncovered-five-emerging-acts-for-2025/): In this series, I explore the grassroots music scene, examining the key players, their roles, and the insights they can offer to Joyzine and its readers. The Dublin Castle has long been a home for guitar-driven bands, but something very special is brewing. Lucida Records is turning heads with their all-electronic EMOM and Electroniq events—spotlighting a wave of fresh talent you’ll want to keep on your radar.
- [ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: 15 questions with YAANG](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/20/artist-spotlight-15-questions-with-yaang/): Firstly, YAANG are Davey Moore (vocals/electronics), Oliver Duffy (guitar/vocals), and Ben White (bass). Secondly, that name. What is a YAANG? Is it a baddie from He-Man that we’ve all forgotten about? Is it the sound the baddie made as he was thrust off a cliff by the eponymous hero? Or is it a gleeful pisstake? Interview with Manchester dance punk trio YAANG.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: SEX BEAT - CRACK](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/20/single-review-sex-beat-crack/): SEX BEAT's new single ‘Crack’ is a no frills, no fuss, razor blade of fuzz and frenzy.
- [Album Review: Strange Neighbors- People Pleasers Pleasing People](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/19/album-review-strange-neighbors-people-pleasing-people/): People Pleasers Pleasing People is the alliteratively pleasing title of the second album from US band Strange Neighbors. This was my first experience of the band—and as someone who was raised on the pop-punk soundtracks of late ’90s and early 2000s coming-of-age comedies, I was immediately intrigued. Think American Pie, Josie and the Pussycats, 10
- [Track by Track: The Scaramanga Six guide us through their new LP 'GLUT'](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/18/track-by-track-the-scaramanga-six-guide-us-through-their-new-lp-glut/): There aren't many bands still actively making new music that have been around longer than Joyzine, and fewer still continuing to innovate and keep their sound fresh. One such band are confusingly named Sheffield quartet The Scaramanga Six, who are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year by releasing two new LPs. The first, GLUT, was
- [Festival Review in Pictures: Cro Cro Land 2025 at Stanley Arts, South Norwood ft. Billy Nomates, Big Joanie, Goat Girl and a host of Joyzine favourites](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/16/festival-review-in-pictures-cro-cro-land-2025-at-stanley-arts-south-norwood-ft-billy-nomates-big-joanie-goat-girl-and-a-host-of-joyzine-favourites/): The sad demise of Roadkill Records in August 2023 left a big hole in the London indie gig circuit, especially for one-day and weekend festivals in small local venues. LOUD WOMEN have their niche, as does Punk n Roll Rendezvous, but they mostly cater for audiences north of the river. For music lovers south of
- [Video Premiere: Kat Five - Switch](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/16/video-premiere-kat-five-switch/): One half of long-term Joyzine faves Feral Five (no, that doesn't make her 2.5 people, they're a misleadingly named duo) and fresh from a storming set at this year's CroCroLand festival, Kat Five recently unveiled her new single 'Switch'. Today, we're delighted to bring you a first chance to see the video. Speaking of the
- [Interview: We catch up with Jock & The Baby Seals ahead of their performances at Sonic Tonic's Bad Friday at The Windmill, Brixton](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/16/interview-we-catch-up-with-jock-the-baby-seals-ahead-of-their-performances-at-sonic-tonics-bad-friday-at-the-windmill-brixton/): There was a time in the latter half of the previous decade when the Easter bank holiday weekend in Brixton meant two things - Bad Friday and Joyfest, both at legendary South London venue The Windmill. A weekend packed with some of the most exciting new sounds emanating from the capital and beyond. With Joyfest
- [Grassroots uncovered: Coastal Electronauts - International Drone Day 2025](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/15/grassroots-uncovered-coastal-electronauts-international-drone-day-2025/): In this series, I will explore the grassroots music scene, examining the key players, their roles, and the insights they can offer to Joyzine and its readers. Every month, Whitstable comes alive with the buzz of synthesizers, modular rigs, drum machines, samplers, and experimental soundscapes at the Coastal Electronauts EMOM nights.
- [Track by Track: Scrounge guide us through their new LP 'Almost Like You Could'](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/15/track-by-track-scrounge-guide-us-through-their-new-lp-almost-like-you-could/): Something strange appears to have happened in our particular sphere of the musical ecosystem recently. It's like all of Joyzine's long term favourite bands had a meeting during which they decided on mass to release their new albums in the space of a few weeks. Over the course of the past month we've had 'best
- [Album Review: The Scaramanga Six- Glut](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/13/album-review-the-scaramanga-six-glut/): Glut, the eleventh studio album from The Scaramanga Six is a "cinematic fever dream, where in the near future the consumer is consumed".
- [ALBUM REVIEW: DEAD PIONEERS – PO$T AMERICAN](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/13/album-review-dead-pioneers-pot-american/): PO$T AMERICAN by Dead Pioneers is every bit the elegant and brutal, informed and incendiary set of songs that were on their debut.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: JOHANNA WARREN - THE NIGHT OF THE WIND](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/13/album-review-johanna-warren-the-night-of-the-wind/): Johanna Warren’s new album The Night of the Wind is described as a collaboration with her three-year-old self and a way of reconnecting with a child’s uninhibited sense of play and creativity. The title comes from a book that was written and illustrated by the three-year-old Warren and transcribed by her mother.
- [LIVE REVIEW: YAANG + HOT FACE - THE LANES, BRISTOL, 09/04/25 ](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/12/live-review-yaang-hot-face-bristol/): At Bristol’s The Lanes bowling alley and venue tonight there was enough smoke pumped into the room to fill all the pop videos of the 1980s and both bands seemed to be hell bent on trying to blow the speaker cones of the in-house PA. Manchester’s YAANG were headlining with support from London’s Hot Face.
- [LIVE REVIEW: MULIMBA + GIFTHORSE + Charlie Noordewier + Jack Gray at The Social, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/02/live-review-mulimba-gifthorse-charlie-noordewier-jack-gray-at-the-social-london/): Communion New Music Club Night at The Social, London. Covering a broad collection of new and upcoming artists.
- [EP Review: Grandma's House- Anything For You](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/11/ep-review-grandmas-house-anything-for-you/): I recently found out about Bristol-based queer punk band Grandma’s House via the magic of social media algorithms (not a sentence you can expect to see from me often—as a single woman in my early forties, it’s lately decided I need to know about every dating app in existence and how to please my man,
- [10 Questions with Grandma's House](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/10/10-questions-with-grandmas-house/): Recently I have became acquainted with the music of Bristol based post punk band Grandma's House, and caught them live in Brixton. As an exciting up and coming band I was keen to learn more, especially as they are about to release their third ep 'Anything For You'. I caught up with the band to
- [Grassroots Uncovered - A Conversation with poet Jimmy Andrex](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/08/grassroots-uncovered-a-conversation-with-poet-jimmy-andrex/): In this series, I explore the grassroots music scene, examining the key players, their roles, and the insights they can offer to Joyzine and its readers. Wakefield based Jimmy Andrex has been described as poetry you can dance to. Laurie Anderson meets Sylvia Plath, Phillip Larkin joins Kraftwerk.
- [SHORT FILM REVIEW: THE PEARL COMB, WRITTEN/DIRECTED BY ALI COOK](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/06/short-film-review-the-pearl-comb/): The Pearl Comb is written and directed by Ali Cook. Set in Cornwall in 1893 it tells the story a fisherman who finds a mermaid and is granted a wish with a terrible cost.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Décollage - The Underground Youth](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/05/album-review-decollage-the-underground-youth/): The Underground Youth return with Décollage, an audacious sonic reinvention forged from the act of stripping away and tearing at original material to expose something haunting and unexpected.
- [LIVE REVIEW: PARK JIHA, ST. GEORGE'S, BRISTOL 03/04/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/05/live-review-park-jiha-st-georges-bristol/): Park Jiha seamlessly mixes traditional instruments with modern techniques and electronics and at Bristol's St. George's venue she created a perfect bubble to block out the troubles of the world.
- [EP Review: Twat Union- Don't Look It In The Eye](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/04/ep-review-twat-union-dont-look-it-in-the-eye/): The fantastically titled Twat Union hail from South London and can be described as a feminist chaos pop-punk band—and to be honest, that description had me at “feminist chaos.” Don't Look It in the Eye is their frankly brilliant debut EP, packed with sass, tongue-in-cheek humour, and sing-along lyrics that are bound to get stuck
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SILVERFISH - BBC SESSIONS, VINYL](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/02/album-review-silverfish-bbc-sessions-vinyl/): Ioan Humphreys reviews the Silverfish BBC Sessions on vinyl and looks back on the love for the band he has had since he was 16-years old and saw them on Snub TV.
- [Track by Track: How to Swim's Gregor Barclay guides us through their new LP 'Greek Active' - the first in a series of six albums](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/31/track-by-track-how-to-swims-gregor-barclay-guides-us-through-their-new-lp-greek-active-the-first-in-a-series-of-six-albums/): There are some albums that come along just when you need them: In 2014 I found myself in my mid-thirties, living in a fairly squalid house share with a rotating cast of strangers following the end of a near decade-long relationship, wondering what had happened and what on Earth I should be doing about it.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ADWAITH - SOLAS](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/06/album-review-adwaith-solas/): Simon Tucker reviews 'Solas' the new double album from one of the most exciting new bands you will hear at the moment.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: GREAT GRANDPA - PATIENCE, MOONBEAM](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/30/album-review-great-grandpa-patience-moonbeam/): On the second track ‘Never Rest’ on their third album Patience, Moonbeam, Great Grandpa recall a time when someone said ‘Edelweiss' because 'it sounds nice’. The Edelweiss flower is found in remote mountain areas in northern Europe. It is a beautiful detail in a rugged landscape. In a way that seems unique to bands from Seattle epic indie rockers Great Grandpa release their outstanding third album 'Patience, Moonbeam'.
- [LIVE IN PICTURES: POM POKO + ALIEN CHICKS, YES IN MANCHESTER, 09/03/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/30/live-in-pictures-pom-poko/): Photographer Ace Cheng caught the power and the energy of Alien Chicks and Pom Poko in Manchester at XXXXX
- [MY LIFE IN 10 SONGS: ADWAITH'S HELEDD, HOLLIE & GWENLLIAN](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/30/my-life-in-10-songs-adwaiths-heledd-hollie-gwenllian/): Adwaith's star is very much in the ascendant at the moment with everyone loving their album 'Solas'. We wanted to find out what music had influenced and entertained band members Heledd, Hollie and Gwenllian so asked them each for their 'Life in 10 Songs'.
- [ALBUM  REVIEW: SNAPPED ANKLES - HARD TIMES FURIOUS DANCING ](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/29/album-review-snapped-ankles-hard-times-furious-dancing/): Hard Times Furious Dancing is the new album from Snapped Ankles, who want you up and dancing while you absorb their messages on “the absurdity of modern life”.
- [Album Review: Tea Eater- I Don't Believe in Bad Luck](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/28/album-review-tea-eater-i-dont-believe-in-bad-luck/): I Don’t Believe in Bad Luck is the second full-length album from Brooklyn-based art punk band Tea Eater, and somehow, this is my first encounter with them. Considering this is an album that not only has a vinyl release but also comes with a dedicated limited-edition tarot deck—given my love of female-led bands and all
- [Album Review: Sacred Paws – Jump Into Life](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/28/album-review-sacred-paws-jump-into-life/): It has been six years since Sacred Paws released their second album, Run Around the Sun, a masterful LP full of melodic Afropop guitar lines, frenetic drumbeats, and angular vocal harmonies from long-time collaborators Ray Aggs and Eilidh Rodgers. Their latest effort, Jump into Life (out March 28th via Merge Records) picks up where the
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ALPHA HOPPER - LET HEAVEN AND NATURE SING II ](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/26/album-review-alpha-hopper-let-heaven-and-nature-sing-ii/): Alpha Hopper’s new album Let Heaven and Nature Sing II (LHANSII) is a brute force, angular hurricane of atonal guitar chords and riffs with thunderous drums.
- [Grassroots Uncovered - Six unique live acts to see in 2025](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/26/grassroots-uncovered-six-unique-live-acts-to-see-in-2025/): In this series, I will explore the grassroots music scene, examining the key players, their roles, and the insights they can offer to Joyzine and its readers. When it comes to live music, we are all different, some fans just want to hear the songs, some want to be entertained, while others want to escape reality. I’m most definitely the later. With this in mind, here are six incredibly unique live acts you should try to see in 2025.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: 'WORDS FAIL' BY GEMMA ROGERS](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/27/single-review-words-fail-by-gemma-rogers/): “Stay watching, Say nothing, One voice is burning as it’s screaming 'freedom'" It's always been a key role for musicians to provide powerful voices of social commentary concerning important national/global events that create disturbing, emotive discomfort within us. Creative observers of national and global events, singing loudly and proudly from the sidelines, have always been
- [Interview: Delving into The Burning Hell's new LP 'Ghost Palace' with Mathias Kom](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/27/interview-delving-into-the-burning-hells-new-lp-ghost-palace-with-mathias-kom/): The Burning Hell's latest album, Ghost Palace, explores themes of death and decay with humor and insight, reflecting on humanity's mortality and societal collapse. With a mix of lively tunes and poignant lyrics, the band delivers a unique take on apocalyptic narratives. Collaborators enhance the album’s charm, making it a compelling listen.
- [LIVE REVIEW/INTERVIEW: DOWN CHARMED, NEW CROSS INN, lONDON](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/26/down-charmed-at-the-new-cross-inn-mixing-it-up/): Monday is traditionally a bit of a slow night for gigs, as the post-weekend hangover and exhaustion make their way through the system, but this one’s a bit different. I’m at the New Cross Inn to see Down Charmed, who I first saw at the Good Mixer in Camden when they were starting out. Their
- [ALBUM REVIEW: OGIVES BIG BAND – BOISTEROUS LIVE AND OTHER ANIMALS, RECORDED AT ROUGH TRADE, BRISTOL ](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/25/album-review-ogives-big-band-live-at-rough-trade-bristol/): Ogives Big Band live at Rough Trade, Bristol captures the bravura playing and happy-scrappy brilliance of the band.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: GREER - BIG SMILE](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/24/album-review-greer-big-smile/): Imagine all the people living in peace. Imagine what Nevermind would have sounded like if it had been inspired by Thunderbirds. Six and a half years after forming, Orange County’s Greer have finally released their debut album Big Smile, which is at least partially influenced by Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. Who needs rock heritage when Epic & melodic indie rock debut from Orange County's Greer.
- [Live Review: Alabama 3 at O2 Academy 2, Birmingham](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/24/live-review-alabama-3-at-o2-academy-2-birmingham/): Live review of Alabama 3’s show at the O2 Academy, Birmingham, on March 14th 2025.
- [LIVE REVIEW: OGIVES BIG BAND + OBEY COBRA + MUNCLE – ROUGH TRADE BRISTOL, 26/07-24](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/28/live-review-ogives-rough-trade-bristol/): Paul F Cook was at Rough Trade in Bristol to experience the full force of Ogives Big Band plus support from Muncle and Obey Cobra.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Cassels- Tracked in Mud](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/24/album-review-cassels-tracked-in-mud/): Tracked in Mud is Cassels 4th album release from the London based duo featuring brothers Jim and Loz Beck, following on from their critically acclaimed release A Gut Feeling in 2022.
- [VIDEO PREMIERE: MINIMUMS - KOPFKINO](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/23/video-exclusive-minimums-kopfkino/): The alliterative mysterious masked musician called Minimums (think Iron Man not Hannibal Lecter) has released another track from their forthcoming EP Bound. 'Kopfkino' literally translates as ‘head cinema’ but actually means ‘cinema of the mind’.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: LIZ OVERS - NIGHTJAR ](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/23/album-review-liz-overs-nightjar/): Liz Overs debut solo album 'Nightjar' is a heady mix of her own compositions and arrangements of traditional songs.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SLEEVE NOTES – NEW WRITING & MUSIC TO CELEBRATE RECORD STORE DAY  ](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/22/album-review-sleeve-notes/): Sleeve Notes – New Writing & Music To Celebrate Record Store Day is a project where artists were asked to create a brand new composition that combined music and words on the theme of “how records have shaped their lives and thinking”.
- [Album Review: Private Lives- Salt of The Earth](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/21/album-review-private-lives-salt-of-the-earth/): Not to be confused with a British new wave band from the ’80s, this is a review of the first full-length release by the Canadian power pop group Private Lives. They’ve just dropped their debut album, Salt of the Earth, and it’s an absolute delight from start to finish. The album effortlessly blends eras, pulling
- [Interview: Masks All the Way Down - A Discussion with the cast and crew of sci-fi film Voodoonaut](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/21/interview-masks-all-the-way-down-a-discussion-with-the-cast-and-crew-of-sci-fi-film-voodoonaut/): John Clay, known for filming at gigs and directing music videos, recently released the abstract sci-fi film "Voodoonaut". He collaborates with various artists and discusses its themes with actors, emphasizing viewers' interpretations over his intentions. The conversation delves into abstract storytelling, identity, and the emotional resonance of art, inviting subjective experiences.
- [Grassroots Uncovered - An interview with 6 Music DJ Deb Grant](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/18/grassroots-uncovered-an-interview-with-6-music-dj-deb-grant/): In this series, I will explore the grassroots music scene, examining the key players, their roles, and the insights they can offer to Joyzine and its readers. Deb Grant is a committed digger, dancefloor filler and celebrated broadcaster. She’s a huge supporter of underground music and hosts the ‘New Music Fix’ show on 6 Music.
- [Festival Preview: Cro Cro Land returns with headliners Billy Nomates, Goat Girl and Big Joanie + Joyzine faves aplenty on the lineup](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/18/festival-preview-cro-cro-land-returns-with-headliners-billy-nomates-goat-girl-and-big-joanie-joyzine-faves-aplenty-on-the-lineup/): Time is fast approaching for South London’s favourite and best indie music festival, Cro Cro Land. This is the festival’s third outing, returning to its new home at Stanley Arts in South Norwood, after last year’s sold-out success. Happening over the weekend of 5 and 6 April, it has a host of names already announced
- [ALBUM REVIEW: CLIPPING. – DEAD CHANNEL SKY](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/17/album-review-clipping-dead-channel-sky/): clipping. are the trio of Diggs and producers William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes working in the experimental, or Alt-Hip-Hop, scene, an exhilarating sub-genre of rap/hip-hop which seeks to stretch the boundaries of the form
- [ALBUM REVIEW: CLARA MANN - RIFT ](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/15/album-review-clara-mann-rift/): Since I first heard the single ‘Consolations’ in 2021 I have been captivated by Clara Mann’s music so it’s great news that after a few singles, EPs and live sessions we now have a debit album where Mann can demonstrate the depth and delicacy of her music across ten songs.
- [Live Review: Pom Poko + Alien Chicks at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/14/live-review-pom-poko-alien-chicks-at-clwb-ifor-bach-cardiff/): Ever since discovering Pom Poko's 2019 debut album Birthday, I've had a healthily expanding hunger to see the four Norwegian prodigies in real life - to see if they really can recreate such musical complexity in a live setting. Like many others have been over the years, I was pleasantly surprised and welcomed into the Pom Poko world with open arms and the widest of grins.
- [Album Review: The Loft – Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/14/album-review-the-loft-everything-changes-everything-stays-the-same/): It is the year 2025, and indie pop is experiencing a series of comebacks, retrospectives, and revisitations. Last year, Jane Duffus’ These Things Happen: The Sarah Records Story was published and sold out almost immediately, as did tickets to its release event, which featured performances from many reformed acts from the iconic indie label. More
- [Album Review: No Body - Loves You](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/13/album-review-no-body-loves-you/): Aydo Abay collaborates with Sascha Wiercinski to create "No Body - Loves You," an atmospheric, emotionally charged album blending new wave and indie rock, showcasing haunting vocals and impactful instrumentation.
- [Album Review: Spring Board: Early Unrecorded Songs by the Chills](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/10/album-review-spring-board-early-unrecorded-songs-by-the-chills/): Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs is a collection of early material from The Chills, drawn from the band's formative first seven years before their debut album. Revisiting these songs, the band reworked and recorded them as both a tribute to their past and a bridge to their future. The Chills are an indie rock
- [Live Review: Grandma's House at Hootenanny, Brixton 7/3/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/09/live-review-grandmas-house-at-hootenanny-brixton-7-3-25/): I came across the band Grandma's House when the Facebook algorithms decided to put an advert for their music on my timeline. Intrigued—especially as the ad was promoting a gig celebrating women in punk—I clicked and had a listen. I liked what I heard, and as if by magic, I soon saw that the gig
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ALBERTINE SARGES – GIRL MISSING](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/09/album-review-albertine-sarges-girl-missing/): Albertine Sarges’ new album Girl Missing once again demonstrates that there are still artists around that know how to craft exquisite high IQ pop songs as an antidote to the pop-factories leaning into AI and mining algorithms.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: BUREAU DE CHANGE – DUMB MEN](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/08/single-review-bureau-de-change-dumb-men/): Bureau de Change's new single 'Dumb Men' is a coruscating take on "issues of Catcalling, toxic masculinity and rape culture".
- [Track by Track: Double drum duo Rattle guide us through their new LP 'Encircle'](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/08/track-by-track-double-drum-duo-rattle-guide-us-through-their-new-lp-encircle/): As regular readers will know I'm rather partial to a maximalist line-up - give me flugelhorn! Break out the hammered dulcimer! Crank up the hurdy gurdy! But sometimes a more restrained approach is advisable when handed the keys to the music room. Indeed, some of the most interesting music comes from artists placing confines around
- [Album Review: Baby Said- BS](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/07/album-review-baby-said-bs/): I first had the pleasure of hearing Baby Said last year when they played at Loud Women Fest, and they ended up being my highlight of the day. Their pure talent was palpable, and their stage presence hypnotic. The duo—Italian/Punjabi sisters Veronica (20) and Jess (18)—are young, but their professionalism and skill are far beyond
- [Interview: 10 Questions with Devon shoegaze quartet WASABI](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/07/interview-10-questions-with-devon-shoegaze-quartet-wasabi/): For anyone living in Exeter, it’s been hard to ignore WASABI so far this year. Having initially formed in late 2023, they’re own brand of desolate shoegaze has steadily captured the attention of local music fans to the point that the band recently hit a new high watermark with the release of their debut EP
- [Grassroots Uncovered - An interview with photographer Felix Lensman](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/06/grassroots-uncovered-an-interview-with-photographer-felix-lensman/): In this series, I will explore the grassroots music scene, examining the key players, their roles, and the insights they can offer to Joyzine and its readers. Felix has been capturing live performances at some of the music industry’s most beloved grassroots venues. We caught up with him to discover what makes him click.
- [Single Review- Panic Shack 'Gok Wan'](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/06/single-review-panic-shack-gok-wan/): Panic Shack have never been ones to hold their tongues, and their new single Gok Wan proves they’re not about to start now. The Cardiff punk quintet have been building a name for themselves with their raw, no-nonsense energy, unfiltered humour, and feminist bite, calling out the everyday absurdities women have to deal with. From
- [ALBUM REVIEW: PINK MUST - PINK MUST](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/04/album-review-pink-must-pink-must/): Manhattan’s Richard Melville Hall played in several punk bands before becoming a globally famous producer of electronic music. Pink Must – aka Brooklyn-based duo More Eaze and Lynn Avery – began as a ‘remote grunge collaboration’, though their self-titled album has more in common with the collage approach of Moby than the frantic nihilism of Nirvana. A review of Brooklyn-based hypnagogic band Pink Must’s self-titled debut album.
- [Live review: Mogwai + Kathryn Joseph + Cloth, Brixton Academy, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/04/live-review-mogwai-kathryn-joseph-cloth-brixton-academy-london/): Tonight I’ve got a Mogwai gang: two of us have over ten years’ experience, one’s a recent convert and the other is a beginner. We arrive half way through the first band, Cloth. The sound isn’t brilliant, but it’s enough that we can hear a lovely voice, velvety and thick, and some rich harmonies, though we’re
- [TRACK BY TRACK: MAUD THE MOTH: THE DISTAFF](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/04/track-by-track-maud-the-moth-the-distaff/): Having recently reviewed Maud The Moth's new album 'The Distaff' we asked them to give us a deeper dive into the meaning behind the songs.
- [Live review: The Brian Jonestown Massacre + Les Big Byrd at Brixton Academy, London](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/03/live-review-the-brian-jonestown-massacre-les-big-byrd-at-brixton-academy-london/): It isn’t great weather for a gig, even though we’re indoors. There’s a cutting cold breeze from the door and my companion is pulling her zipped-up puffer jacket more tightly around herself. Vodka held in gloved hands has done nothing for my core temperature, which is struggling against some stiff opposition. I had expected some
- [Video of the Week: Dead Horse - Dog Shop](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/03/video-of-the-week-dead-horse-dog-shop/): 'Dog Shop' is the latest single to be taken from Ménagerie Trois, the third EP from London absurdist swamp punk trio Dead Horse, which was release in December as a 5-track digital download and 10 track 12" EP featuring 5 additional B-Sides including recent single 'Truth' as well as 4 self produced improvised live tracks.
- [Album Review: Avery Friedman - New Thing](https://joyzine.org/2025/04/14/album-review-avery-friedman-new-thing/): Avery Friedman steps into the spotlight with New Thing, a debut album that crackles with the light and dark of new experiences, passions and self-discovery. Out on April 18th via Audio Antihero, the record follows Friedman as she navigates uncertainty, growth and intimacy with an immersive and unfiltered touch. Led by the evocative single Flowers
- [TV review: No Matter What, Sky Documentaries](https://joyzine.org/2025/03/05/tv-review-no-matter-what-sky-documentaries/): Remember Boyzone? I don’t really – they merge into a set of boybands making music I’m not into – but I love a good music documentary. This three-part series looks at their story. It takes in their managers, the tabloid journalists who pursued them, some of their inner circle and the band themselves. There’s some
- [ALBUM REVIEW: MAUD THE MOTH – THE DISTAFF](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/22/album-review-maud-the-moth-the-distaff/): 'The Distaff' is the new monumental album from Maud the Moth aka Spanish-born pianist, singer and songwriter Amaya López-Carromero.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ELECTRIC SIX - FIRE (RE-RELEASE)](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/28/electric-six-re-release-fire/): It’s hard to believe that Electric Six’s debut album Fire is now old enough to drink in the US. Yes, 21 years have passed since the chaotic, absurd, and utterly danceable record set rock clubs ablaze with its infectious energy. To celebrate, the band has released a deluxe, limited-edition boxset, complete with a remastered version
- [SINGLE REVIEW: AVERY FRIEDMAN – PHOTO BOOTH ](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/28/single-review-avery-friedman-photo-booth/): There is a wonderfully chaotic feeling to Avery Friedman’s new single ‘Photo Booth’, one designed to reflect the heady night out with friends and a photo booth that inspired it.
- [LIVE REVIEW: YNYS + FLUMP + EINSAM – MR WOLFS, BRISTOL 20/02/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/22/live-review-ynys-flump-einsam/): A cracking night of music at Mr Wolfs in Bristol with YNYS, FLUMP and Einsam.
- [Interview: Grassroots Uncovered - Tony Gleed, booker at the Dublin Castle](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/24/interview-grassroots-uncovered-tony-gleed-booker-at-the-dublin-castle/): Tony Gleed has been a significant force in booking bands at the iconic Dublin Castle in Camden for decades. I sat down with Tony at the Curzon Soho to discuss his experiences in music, the art of booking bands, enjoying live performances, and grappling with writer's block.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: GRACE ELIZABETH HARVEY - BIRDSONG](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/23/single-review-grace-elizabeth-harvey-birdsong/): Grace Elizabeth Harvey is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and cellist from Merseyside and her new single ‘Birdsong’ is intoxicating in its beauty.
- [Album Review: Gaytheist- The Mustache Stays](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/23/album-review-gaytheist-the-mustache-stays/): Much 'in your face riffage and fun' from the new album from Gaytheist, 'The Mustache Stays'.
- [Live Review: Jopy @ Dream Bags, Jaguar Shoes 18/2/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/21/live-review-jopy-dream-bags-jaguar-shoes-18-2-25/): In an apparent bid to revisit all the bands I saw last year (my previous gig was Millie Manders and the Shut Up, who I also caught live in 2024), I found myself dragging my tired self out on a Tuesday night to see Jopy – a band I discovered and saw in the exact
- [Album review: The Limiñanas - Faded](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/21/album-review-the-liminanas-faded/): The Limiñanas continue to provide that sweet blend of 60s French pop and contemporary psychedelic garage that we all should look to for some well earned escapism.
- [SINGLE PREMIERE: JODY AND THE JERMS - DIVINE](https://joyzine.org/2023/10/30/single-premiere-jody-and-the-jerms-divine/): Jody and the Jerms new single ‘Divine’ is out on 1 November, but Joyzine readers can enjoy a delicious slice of their optimistic pop, and see the video, ahead of the official release.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: MATT EDIBLE & THE OBTUSE ANGELS - THE OPTOMETRIST](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/18/album-review-matt-edible-the-obscure-angels-the-optometrist/): Review of the new album by Hull lo-fi indie pop band Matt Edible & The Obtuse Angels Review of the new album by Hull lo-fi indie pop band Matt Edible & The Obtuse Angels.
- [Album Review: Edvard Graham Lewis - Alreet?](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/18/album-review-edvard-graham-lewis-alreet/): Wire bassist Edvard Graham Lewis's album "Alreet?" explores themes of aging and finality through experimental, genre-defying music. Masterfully produced, it combines electronic elements and contributions from notable musicians, reflecting contemporary concerns.
- [Live Review: Millie Manders and The Shut Up @ Dingwalls 13/2/25](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/18/live-review-millie-manders-and-the-shut-up-dingwalls-13-2-25/): After catching Millie Manders and The Shut Up last May in the run-up to the release of their latest album Wake Up, Shut Up, Work—which turned out to be one of my favourite gigs of last year—I was beyond excited to see them live again. Now that the new album has been out for a
- [Live Review: Annie Lennox - A Celebration, Paul Diallo + Friends at The Ironworks, Brighton](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/17/live-review-annie-lennox-a-celebration-paul-diallo-friends-at-the-ironworks-brighton/): THE CONSCIOUS LIBERATION OF THE ANNIE LENNOX STATE Paul Diello is a Brighton based LGBTQ+ singer/songwriter, performer, festival booker and also; venue manager of multipurpose event venue & studio; Ironworks in Brighton. Diello is known for his DIY nights of music icons - he sure enough confessed tonight “the venue lets me indulge in using
- [ALBUM REVIEW: PARK JIHA - ALL LIVING THINGS ](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/16/album-review-park-jiha-all-living-things/): On 'All Living Things' Korean composer and multi-instrumentalist Park Jiha seamlessly mixes traditional instruments with modern techniques and electronics to blur the lines between musical-history and modernism.
- [EP REVIEW: THE NONE - CARE](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/15/ep-review-the-none-care/): CARE is the new EP from The None and it's an angular clash of sounds that capture lightning in a bottle.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: PROJECT OVERLOAD - SILHOUETTES](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/15/single-review-project-overload-silhouettes/): Coventry band Project Overload have a new single out called 'Silhouettes'.
- [Album Review: Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/15/album-review-deep-sea-diver-billboard-heart/): My first introduction to Seattle indie rock quartet Deep Sea Diver was their appearance on The Portland Sessions performing folksy versions of three tracks from their 2012 debut album, History Speaks. Returning to the comment section of that video thirteen years later gives some sense of the band’s development since then: “This is like Deep
- [SINGLE REVIEW: KNIVES – THE DAGGER](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/14/single-review-knives-the-dagger/): ‘The Dagger’ is the new single from Bristol noise collective Knives. and a taste of their debut album 'Glitter' out on 2 May.
- [Interview: Grassroots Uncovered - Cable Festival 3,  Electronic Music festival](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/14/interview-grassroots-uncovered-cable-festival-3-electronic-music-festival/): In this series, I will explore the grassroots music scene, examining the key players, their roles, and the insights they can offer to Joyzine and its readers. The Cable Festival brings together emerging artists from the underground electronic scene.
- [Track by Track: Matt Edible takes us through new LP 'The Optometrist'](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/14/track-by-track-matt-edible-takes-us-through-new-lp-the-optometrist/): Matt Edible, guides us through his new album, The Optometrist, which showcases a diverse range of styles, incorporates personal themes, and explores contemporary issues. The album releases on February 14, celebrating creative evolution amidst changing times.
- [BOOK REVIEW: CARDIACS: A BIG BOOK AND A BAND AND THE WHOLE WORLD WINDOW - AARON TANNER](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/02/book-review-cardiacs-a-big-book-and-a-band-and-the-whole-wide-world-aaron-tanner/): Aitch Nicol has reviewed Aaron Tanner's book 'Cardiacs: A Big Book and a Band and the Whole World Window'. An epic review for an epic book.
- [Album Review: Guided by Voices - Universe Room](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/10/album-review-guided-by-voices-universe-room/): Guided by Voices (GBV) offers a refuge for American romanticizers amid growing U.S.-scepticism in Britain. Their upcoming 2025 album, Universe Room, departs from traditional pop structures, showcasing a collage of short, diverse segments. The album melds lo-fi and hi-fi production, embodying GBV's ethos of imperfection and enduring creativity in a changing America.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: DICEPEOPLE - WASTE](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/10/single-review-dicepeople-waste/): #New Independent Music & Culture: Doing it for the love since 2003
- [ALBUM REVIEW: MOGWAI - THE BAD FIRE](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/09/album-mogwai-the-bad-fire/): Hannah Boothby reviews the new album from Mogwai, 'The Bad Fire'.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: TOMÁS DONCKER - WHA-GWAAN](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/09/single-review-tomas-doncker-wha-gwaan/): A photograph of the artist Tomás Doncker.
- [10 QUESTIONS WITH: CIAO MALZ](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/08/10-questions-with-ciao-malz/): Brooklyn-based Filipino-American Indie artist CIAO MALZ is one to watch and they were happy to answer our 10 Question With... for Joyzine.
- [Album Review- Bikini Beach- Cursed](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/07/album-review-bikini-beach-cursed/): As has been known to happen with some artists I discover, I'm late to the Bikini Beach party. Though, in my defense, a quick Google search brings up very little information—mostly leading to another band with the same name but a completely different vibe. The Bikini Beach I’m reviewing is not a surf rock band.
- [Exclusive: Free download of Martyrs' new maxi-single 'Pin Blue Sometime'](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/04/exclusive-free-download-of-martyrs-new-maxi-single-pin-blue-sometime/): Joyzine shares an exclusive free download of DIY indie duo Martyrs' bittersweet new maxi-single 'Pin Blue Sometime'
- [My Life in 10 Songs- Duck Thieves](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/02/my-life-in-10-songs-duck-thieves/): One of my favourite band discoveries of 2024 - Duck Thieves are an indie panto party pop band from Coventry. They write songs about feminism, racism and b movies, with a good dose of humour and fun. Musically they remind me of bands like Talking Heads and the B52's. The band take their name after
- [EP REVIEW: THE DSM IV - NEGATIVE UTOPIA](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/01/ep-review-the-dsm-iv-negative-utopia/): Neil Laurenson reviews 'Negative Utopia' the new EP from The DSM IV. Review of The DSM IV's 2025 EP 'Negative Utopia'. Death disco from Liverpool via Brighton.
- [MISSION COMPLETE: A TRIBUTE TO GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/01/mission-complete-a-tribute-to-girls-in-synthesis/): GIS MISSION COMPLETE 2016-2024, Joyzine favourite Girls In Synthesis announce they are no more. We pay tribute.
- [Track by Track: Karl Bielik of Lark guides us through new LP 'Be Still'](https://joyzine.org/2025/02/03/track-by-track-karl-bielik-of-lark-guides-us-through-new-lp-be-still/): Lark, the music project by Karl Bielik, released their long-awaited album Be Still on January 31. The record showcases a blend of dark, dissonant sounds and haunting lyrics, exploring themes like fatherhood, love, and loss. Collaborators contributed across various mediums, making this a rich, multifaceted listening experience.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ANDY AQUARIUS – HOLY GLADE ](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/31/album-review-andy-aquarius-holy-glade/): Andy Aquarius is a Berlin-based harpist, multi-instrumentalist and his new release is Holy Glade, three-tracks written during a second retreat to the remote Church of the Holy Cross deep in the Croatian mountains.
- [Interview: Grassroots Uncovered - Martin Christie, founder of Electronic Music Open Mic](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/27/interview-grassroots-uncovered-martin-christie-founder-of-electronic-music-open-mic/): Exploring the Electronic Music Open Mic (EMOM) movement, founded by Martin Christie to showcase electronic music artists. EMOM events encourage diverse performances, fostering a supportive environment. Christie highlights standout acts and his own experiences performing, while discussing the movement's expansion and future potential, including the idea of an EMOM festival.
- [SINGLE/VIDEO REVIEW: THE CONCRETE BOYS – UH HUH YEAH ](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/25/single-video-review-the-concrete-boys-uh-huh-yeah/): The Concrete Boys are Danish-American band who say they are made up of “madness, depravity and rock-like music”. ‘Uh Huh Yeah’ is the first single from their forthcoming album 'Everything's Better Than You'.
- [Album Review: V/A (Gimp Gash Records) - Brutalist Nightclub](https://joyzine.org/2022/12/08/album-review-v-a-gimp-gash-records-brutalist-nightclub/): Brutalist Nightclub is a mammoth 64 (!) track compilation of various artists released as a name your price Bandcamp release. This incredibly generous compilation was compiled and curated by Gimp Gash who introduces the compilation with a heartfelt statement of intent: ‘Slow down and walk away from the many distractions that add to the many
- [ALBUM REVIEW: MIDDLE CLASS GUILT - THE COMMITTEE](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/23/album-review-middle-class-guilt-the-committee/): Review of Middle Class Guilt's 2024 debut album 'The Committee'. DIY rock from Shetland. Review of Middle Class Guilt's 2024 debut album 'The Committee'. DIY rock from Shetland.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: SNAPPED ANKLES - RAOUL ](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/22/single-review-snapped-ankles-raoul/): 'Raoul' is the first single from Snapped Ankles forthcoming album 'Hard Times Furious Dancing'.
- [Album Review: Ben Fox Smith - When I'm on Tiptoes I Feel Like a God](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/14/album-review-ben-fox-smith-when-im-on-tiptoes-i-feel-like-a-god/): A glowing blue neon face against a pitch-black background. A jagged hooked nose, a witch-like beckoning finger. The cover art for Ben Fox Smith’s latest album draws me in with the same strange, magnetic pull I last felt decades ago staring at the cover of Ottfried Preußler’s Krabat. Even without moving images, my imagination is
- [EP Review: Blood Lemon- Petite Deaths](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/20/ep-review-blood-lemon-petite-deaths/): Blood Lemon’s new EP Petite Deaths takes the listener on a journey through soundscapes both vast and intimate.
- [GET INVOLVED: BECOME A JOYZINE CONTRIBUTOR](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/16/get-involved-become-a-joyzine-contributor/): Joyzine is always on the lookout for enthusiastic, creative and talented people to join our team. If you’re a writer, photographer, videographer or artist of any (or indeed no) level of experience and would like to share your love for music and the arts on an established webzine, we’d like to hear from you. Joyzine
- [ALBUM REVIEW: DAIMON – ELLIPSE](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/19/album-review-daimon-ellipse/): Daimon are a collective made up of musicians Simon Balestrazzi , Paolo Monti and Nicola Quiriconi who mix analog and digital synthesisers with tape and contact microphones to weave immersive music made up of hypnotic drones and pulsating landscapes. 'Ellipse' is their new album.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: DEATH MACHINE – MODERN MAN ](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/17/single-review-death-machine-modern-man/): ‘Modern Man’ is the first track from Dawning Eyes a new double album from Death Machine being released in April.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: DEATH MACHINE - PAPERCUTS](https://joyzine.org/2021/03/20/single-review-death-machine-papercuts/): ‘Papercuts’ by Death Machine folds light and dark into a mass of ominous clouds that occasionally part to reveal plaintive sections that show a vulnerability in the idea of someone fighting with inner demons and past mistakes.
- [LIVE SESSION REVIEW: ENSEMBLE 1 - VIRTUAL SEPTET ](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/11/live-session-review-ensemble-1-virtual-septet/): Ensemble 1 are Brighton-based duo who state that they combine elements of prog-metal, experimental rock, electronic / dance, math-rock and minimalist composition.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: BEAK> - >>>>](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/28/album-review-beak/): A knock on the door from a canvassing Tory. An unexpected tax bill. A conversation with a neighbour when in the grips of a titanic hangover. Surprises are not always welcome or enjoyable. Most of the time they are actually just an irritant. A blip in your daily life needs to be hunched over the
- [Single Review: The Burning Hell - Bottle of Chianti, Cheese and Charcuterie Board](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/13/single-review-the-burning-hell-bottle-of-chianti-cheese-and-charcuterie-board/): Many bands have died on stage but few bring about their own demise quite so frequently as Canadian garage folk collective The Burning Hell, who have met their maker so frequently in the lyrics of their songs that they must have more lives that a clowder of cats - I guess that's what happens when
- [Film Review: Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/22/film-review-catching-fire-the-story-of-anita-pallenberg/): How do you describe the indescribable? How do you mythicise the mythical? How do you recount a life so turbulent and momentous in the space of 2 hours? Directed by Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill, Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg manages to do all that, and more.
- [Album Review- Lambrini Girls- Who Let The Dogs Out?](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/10/album-review-lambrini-girls-who-let-the-dogs-out/): Lambrini Girls are a Brighton-based punk duo who have been making waves on the live scene over the past few years. Along the way, they’ve earned comparisons to riot grrrl legends Bikini Kill—a high accolade that sets the bar for their music. Any band evoking comparisons to Bikini Kill is bound to land on my
- [My Life In 10 Songs - Sam Davies of Great Silkie shares tracks that influenced his musical path](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/09/my-life-in-10-songs-sam-davies-of-great-silkie-shares-tracks-that-influenced-his-musical-path/): Psych folk outfit Great Silkie released their latest EP And Now via London independent Crocodile Laboratories towards the end of last year. The four tracks on the record see the band, comprised of Sam Davies (Vocals, Guitar, Piano), Rhys Timson (Backing Vocals, Guitar), Andrew Saunders (Backing Vocals, Bass), and Charlie Salvidge (Backing Vocals, Drums), moving
- [Book Review: A Thousand Threads by Neneh Cherry](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/07/book-review-a-thousand-threads-by-neneh-cherry/): I got very excited when I heard that Neneh Cherry had written an autobiography. I played nothing apart from my tape of Raw Like Sushi for what must have been at least a year after I bought it, and I’m pretty sure I can still recite all the lyrics. It wasn’t just the music: it was the
- [Track by Track: The Margins guide us through their debut album 'Steady Frames'](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/08/track-by-track-the-margins-guide-us-through-their-debut-album-steady-frames/): Indie art rock band The Margins released their debut album Steady Frames via London based DIY label Crocodile Laboratories in December - a lost album of sorts, made up as it is of 10 tracks conceived between 2006 and 2012 that have only seen the light of day as a collection over a decade later.
- [Things of 2024 part two: Joyzine's editors share their favourite music, film, books, tv, art and more from the past 12 months](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/06/things-of-2024-part-two-joyzines-editors-share-their-favourite-music-film-books-tv-art-and-more-from-the-past-12-months/): 2024 was another eventful year at Joyzine HQ - we rounded off our 20th anniversary celebrations with a fantastic (if we do say so ourselves) compilation album featuring exclusive tracks from 32 of our favourite artists (you can get your hands on a copy here), curated a stage of outstanding UK bands at the New
- [SINGLE REVIEW: TIGER! SHIT! TIGER! TIGER! - STONES](https://joyzine.org/2023/11/30/single-review-tiger-shit-tiger-tiger-stones/): TIGER! SHIT! TIGER! TIGER!'s new single 'Stones' is an epic track with the power of My Bloody Valentine combined with the dreamscape of Ride.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: TIGER! SHIT! TIGER! TIGER! – BLOOM](https://joyzine.org/2024/02/26/album-review-tiger-shit-tiger-tiger-bloom/): Bloom is the new album from sonic tightrope walkers TIGER! SHIT! TIGER! TIGER! and it's a sonic full-court press of grunge and shoegaze.
- [ALBUM REVIEW – JANE WEAVER - LOVE IN CONSTANT SPECTACLE + TOUR INFO](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/15/album-review-jane-weaver-love-in-constant-spectacle/): Love In Constant Spectacle is the new album from Jane Weaver, a musician working instinctively to create an album of perfectly crafted songs.
- [Advent Extra: 9x9 Records/Society of Losers Special ft. The DSM IV, Zombina & The Skeletones, Lynskey + Salt The Snail](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/02/advent-extra-9x9-records-society-of-losers-special-ft-the-dsm-iv-zombina-the-skeletones-lynskey-salt-the-snail/): So we reach the end of another spectacular Joyzine Advent Calendar, albeit somewhat later than originally planned. By the end of today's post we'll have offered up 44 free tracks from friends old and new, and hopefully you'll have discovered a few new favourite bands to take with you into 2025 - if you missed
- [Things of 2024 part one: Joyzine writers share their favourite music, film, books, tv, art and more from the past 12 months](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/03/things-of-2024-part-one-joyzine-writers-shares-their-favourite-music-film-books-tv-art-and-more-from-the-past-12-months/): As 2024 rides off into the sunset to be replaced by the ridiculously futuristic sounding 2025 it's time for us all here at Joyzine HQ to cast an eye back over the fantastic music, films, books, tv, art and podcast that illuminated our year. And there was absolutely loads of it! So much in fact
- [Album Review: Julie Christmas-Ridiculous and Full of Blood](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/14/album-review-julie-christmas-ridiculous-and-full-of-blood/): Ridiculous and Full of Blood is the second album from American musician Julie Christmas. Christmas is actually Julie's middle name, as she was born on Christmas Day. But if you have never come across her before, don't be fooled by the name. There are no sleigh bells or jolly old men to be found here.
- [Advent Calendar Extra: Cruel Nature Records ft. Plan Pony + Yellow Belly](https://joyzine.org/2025/01/01/advent-calendar-extra-cruel-nature-records-ft-plan-pony-yellow-belly/): You've made it to 2025! Congratulations, now you'll be needing something to take the edge off the hangover/lack of sleep/anxiety that you may already have broken your New Year's resolution. We have just the thing - sadly this year’s Joyzine Advent Calendar was cut short (as explained here) but that means we have loads of brilliant
- [Advent Calendar Extra: Trapped Animal Records special ft. Dear Pariah, Jeremy Tuplin + Sunday Driver](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/31/advent-calendar-extra-trapped-animal-records-special-ft-dear-pariah-jeremy-tuplin-sunday-driver/): It's New Year's Eve and as we contemplate the twin perils of braving the packed bars and compulsory fun of NYE on the town vs the indignity of the Hootenany, we have just the thing to get you through to 2025. Sadly this year’s Joyzine Advent Calendar was cut short (as explained here) but that means
- [Advent Calendar Extra: Exclusive track from The Scaramanga Six](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/30/advent-calendar-extra-exclusive-track-from-the-scaramanga-six/): As we reach the point where all the good chocolates have been eaten and we find ourselves contemplating whether we're desperate enough to eat the gooey strawberry ones, we’re all looking for something to keep our festive flame alight, and we’ve got just the thing. Sadly this year’s Joyzine Advent Calendar was cut short (as
- [SINGLE REVIEW: LIZ OVERS – PRAYER TO THE YEAR ](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/29/single-review-liz-overs-prayer-to-the-year/): Liz Overs, ‘Prayer To The Year’ is the perfect solution to slow the current year and allow a moment of quiet reflection and was written for the 2024 Winter Solstice.
- [Advent Calendar Extra: Free track from Art Trip & The Static Sound](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/29/advent-calendar-extra-free-track-from-art-trip-the-static-sound/): As the final plate of Christmas dinner leftovers is mopped up, we’re all looking for something to keep our festive flame alight, and we’ve got just the thing. Sadly this year’s Joyzine Advent Calendar was cut short (as explained here) but that means we have loads of brilliant songs still to share with you over the
- [ALBUM REVIEW: WILL GREGORY MOOG ENSEMBLE - HEAT RAY: THE ARCHIMEDES PROJECT](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/19/album-review-will-gregory-moog-ensemble-heat-ray-the-archimedes-project/): Heat Ray: The Archimedes Project is an album inspired by the work of the Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor Archimedes, performed on analogue synthesisers by the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: LIA KOHL - NORMAL SOUNDS](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/31/album-review-lia-kohl-normal-sounds/): Lia Kohl’s new album Normal Sounds is born out of the sound of the every-day such as fridge drones, grocery store beeps, and car horns, combining them with ambient swirls and strings.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: CAMPFIRE SOCIAL - THEY SOUND THE SAME UNDERWATER](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/08/album-review-campfire-social-they-sound-the-same-underwater/): Campfire Social bring an epic sound and widescreen harmonises to the table on the new album 'They Sound The Same Underwater'. Released through Popty-Ping.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: YNYS - DOSBARTH NOS](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/13/album-review-ynys-dosbarth-nos/): Welsh act YNYS's new album 'Dosbarth Nos ' has a warm vintage nostalgia that harks back to four channels on TV and pop music as an art form of great hooks and widescreen production.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: BLACK DECELERANT - REFLECTIONS VOL. 2](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/22/album-review-black-decelerant-reflections-vol-2/): Black Decelerant's new album 'Reflections Vol. 2' is an album of supreme peace; an unhurried experience that unfolds over its 10 tracks and allows you entry to a serene musical universe.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: THE ZAWOSE QUEENS - MAISHA](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/09/album-review-zawose-queens-maisha/): Zawose Queens new album Maisha is a seamless blend of the traditional and the modern. The ‘Queens are Pendo and Leah Zawose who come from a long line of musicians in their family. Now it's their turn to be front and centre.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: FUNKEN – DANIEL DANS LA NUIT](https://joyzine.org/2024/01/21/album-review-funken-daniel-dans-la-nuit/): Daniel dans la nuit is the soundtrack to the book and is a delightful electronic soundtrack album by Funken – AKA musician and producer Julien Sénélas – who has perfectly captured the organic sounds of Daniel’s undersea world using electronic music.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: MARIKA HACKMAN – BIG SIGH](https://joyzine.org/2024/01/14/album-review-marika-hackman-big-sigh/): Marika Hackman’s new album Big Sigh forms a perfect story arc with her debut album We Slept At Last and though it tackles some painful subjects it demonstrates the full confidence of an accomplished songwriter and musician.
- [Advent Calendar Extra: free track from The Middle People](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/28/advent-calendar-extra-free-track-from-the-middle-people/): As the last Christmas plate is washed up and the scraps of wrapping paper are sorted and carted off to the recycling bin for another year, we’re all looking for something to keep our festive flame alight, and we’ve got just the thing. Sadly this year’s Joyzine Advent Calendar was cut short (as explained here) but
- [ALBUM REVIEW: OGIVES BIG BAND - BOISTEROUS LOVE](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/07/album-review-ogives-big-band-boisterous-love/): Ogives Big Band sit in the centre of a Venn diagram that has Rush on one side and Motörhead on the other and their new album 'Boisterous Love' is crackling with six tracks of molten electricity to dive into.
- [SINGLE / VIDEO REVIEW: OGIVES BIG BAND - SUPER SANITY](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/15/single-video-review-ogives-big-band-super-sanity/): ‘Super Sanity’ the new single/video from Ogives Big Band is a lorry load of high caffeine energy drinks, the kind that give you itchy teeth and a numb face.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: BADJA – FEELING GOOD ](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/17/single-review-badja-feeling-good/): 'Feeling Good' the new single from Badja and it's a party-starter like a modern ‘Groove Is In The Heart’.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: NEBNO - TERRA](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/22/album-review-nebno-terra/): Terra is the latest release from Nebno, the recording name of Zurich-based composer Manon Schlittler, a musician and producer who drew her inspiration while sitting at a wooden table in Switzerland in front of a picture window looking at enormous ash tree.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: PROJECT BLACKBIRD – TRUE NAMES](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/15/album-review-project-blackbird-true-names/): Project Blackbird are musical tightrope walkers. Over their album releases they manage to weave a delicious mix of styles from elements of reggae, soul, jazz-rock and trip-hop and their new album is True Names.
- [Advent Calendar Extra: Exclusive free track from Electric Pets via Reckless Yes Records](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/27/advent-calendar-extra-exclusive-free-track-from-electric-pets-via-reckless-yes-records/): As the last Christmas plate is washed up and the scraps of wrapping paper are sorted and carted off to the recycling bin for another year, we’re all looking for something to keep our festive flame alight, and we’ve got just the thing. Sadly this year’s Joyzine Advent Calendar was cut short (as explained here) but
- [Advent Calendar Extra: Exclusive free track from Prismatiqk](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/26/advent-calendar-extra-exclusive-free-track-from-prismatiqk/): As the last Christmas plate is washed up and the scraps of wrapping paper are sorted and carted off to the recycling bin for another year, we're all looking for something to keep our festive flame alight, and we've got just the thing. Sadly this year's Joyzine Advent Calendar was cut short (as explained here)
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2024: Festive Finale ft. Stuffed Foxes, One Big Family + Maps & Muir](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/23/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-2024-festive-finale-ft-stuffed-foxes-one-big-family-maps-muir/): As you may have noticed, this year's Joyzine Advent Calendar hasn't quite gone as planned. For the past week I've been tucked up in bed with a bout of festive flu, unable to do very much of anything at all, let alone write pithy accompaniments to excellent free music downloads from wonderful bands, and as
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2024 - 24 days of free music downloads #14: How To Swim](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/14/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-2024-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-14-how-to-swim/): It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we’re aware) the longest running
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2024 - 24 Days of free music downloads #15: Forming](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/15/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-2024-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-15-forming/): It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we’re aware) the longest running
- [ALBUM REVIEW: DEAD PIONEERS - DEAD PIONEERS](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/24/album-review-dead-pioneers-dead-pioneers/): Dead Pioneers eponymous album is a furnace blast of loud music and Indigenous Americans politics; the debut release from performance artist and vocalist Gregg Deal with his powerhouse band.
- [Now & Then Playlist: Joe Gideon looks back to 2004 as his band Bikini Atoll's debut LP gets a 20th anniversary re-release via Bella Union](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/12/now-then-playlist-joe-gideon-looks-back-to-2004-as-his-band-bikini-atolls-debut-lp-gets-at-20th-anniversary-re-release-via-bella-union/): It's October 2004 and I am sitting on the floor of a music venue in Hackney with tears rolling down my face. The reasons for this are multiple: The two-day music festival which I have foolishly allowed myself to be coaxed into organising (despite having never organised a live music event before) is poorly attended
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2024 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads #13: Subliminal Girls](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/13/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-2024-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-13-subliminal-girls/): It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we’re aware) the longest running
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2024 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads #12: West Midlands](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/12/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-2024-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-12-west-midlands/): It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we’re aware) the longest running
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads #11 - The Fades (exclusive!)](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/11/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-11-the-fades-exclusive/): It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we’re aware) the longest running
- [Single Review: Lemon Power- I'm An Animal](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/09/single-review-lemon-power-im-an-animal/): 'I'm An Animal' is the new single from Lemon Power, upbeat and super catchy.
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads #10: The Indelicates](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/10/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-10-the-indelicates/): It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we’re aware) the longest running
- [10 Questions with Jæd](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/09/10-questions-with-jaed/): I've been writing about music now for 23 years, and when you've been doing something for that length of time you inevitably have periods when you find yourself in a slump. When nothing seems exciting or fresh. When you question the value of spending so much of your limited spare time trawling through review requests
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2024 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads #9: MJ Hibbett](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/09/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-2024-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-9-mj-hibbett/): It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we’re aware) the longest running
- [Single Review- Stripes- Forever It Won't Change](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/08/single-review-stripes-forever-it-wont-change/): Stripes' latest single, Forever, It Won’t Change, hits with the kind of energy that reminds me of early 2000s rock—think the swagger of The Strokes mixed with the raw intensity of Sleater-Kinney. It's a danceable, cathartic track that feels tailor-made for those sweaty, sticky-floored upstairs rock clubs where the music moves you before you realize
- [SINGLE REVIEW: ACCÜ – SPINNING THE APPLE](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/08/single-review-accu-spinning-the-apple/): ‘Spinning The Apple‘ is the new single release from Netherlands-born, Wales-based musician, producer and multidisciplinary artist Accü; born out of an impromptu recording session.
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2024 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads #8: Umarells](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/08/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-2024-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-8-umarells/): It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we’re aware) the longest running
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2024 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads #7: Gemma Rogers](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/07/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-2024-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-7-gemma-rogers/): It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we’re aware) the longest running
- [EP REVIEW: CIAO MALZ - SAFE THEN SORRY](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/07/ep-review-ciao-malz-safe-then-sorry/): Safe Then Sorry is the new four track EP release from Brooklyn-based Filipino-American Indie artist Malia DelaCruz under the name CIAO MALZ
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2024 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads #6: Dead Horse](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/06/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-2024-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-6-dead-horse/): It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we’re aware) the longest running
- [IFRAH QURESHI - STAND UP COMEDIENNE EXTRAORDINAIRE -INTERVIEW BY JOHN CLAY](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/05/ifrah-qureshi-stand-up-comedienne/): John Clay interviews Edinburgh based, young, female, South Asian stand up Ifrah Qureshi and discuss identity, race, and the subtle (and not-so-subtle) biases that shape our perceptions.
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2024 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #5 Goo Records ft. Owners Club, Stanford Family Band, The Roebucks and Jopy](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/05/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-2024-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-5-goo-records-ft-owners-club-stanford-family-band-the-roebucks-and-jopy/): It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we’re aware) the longest running
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2024 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #2 Gabriel Minnikin](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/02/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-2-gabriel-minnikin/): It's the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we're aware) the longest running
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2024 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #1 Piney Gir](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/01/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-1-piney-gir-2/): It's the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we're aware) the longest running
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2024 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads: #3 LOUD WOMEN Special ft. 9 Bands!](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/03/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-3-loud-women-special-ft-9-bands/): It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we’re aware) the longest running
- [The Joyzine Advent Calendar 2024 - 24 Days of Free Music Downloads #4: First Timers Fest ft. Gay Skeleton Club & Skutterfly](https://joyzine.org/2024/12/04/the-joyzine-advent-calendar-2024-24-days-of-free-music-downloads-4-first-timers-fest-ft-gay-skeleton-club-skutterfly/): It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeeear! Yes, the Joyzine Advent Calendar is back once again to bring you 24 days of fantastic free music downloads from a amazing array of our favourite artists. This year marks the 21st edition of our online calendar making it (as far as we’re aware) the longest running
- [Joyzine guest host the LOUD WOMEN Radio Show on 1st December with special guests CHROMA, Anna B Savage, Charley Stone, Fightmilk, Jaed, Chemtrails and Gemma Rogers](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/28/joyzine-guest-host-the-loud-women-radio-show-on-1st-december-with-special-guests-chroma-anna-b-savage-charley-stone-fightmilk-jaed-chemtrails-and-gemma-rogers/): Tune in to LOUD WOMEN Radio on Sunday 1st December from 5-7pm where Joyzine Editor Paul Maps will be presenting a festive throwdown of alternative Christmas tunes before being joined by CHROMA, Anna B Savage, Charley Stone, Fightmilk, Jaed, Chemtrails and Gemma Rogers to hear about what they've been up to in 2024 and share
- [Album Review: Healthy Junkies- Listen to the Mad](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/25/album-review-healthy-junkies-listen-to-the-mad/): Listen to the Mad is the sixth album from London-based band Healthy Junkies. True to form, I’ve arrived late to the party. While I’ve heard and enjoyed a few of their singles before, this was my first time diving into a full album of theirs—and what an introduction it was! For those unfamiliar with Healthy
- [Live Review: B.A. Johnston + Schande at The Cavendish Arms, London](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/24/live-review-b-a-johnston-schande-at-the-cavendish-arms-london/): ‘How would you describe this style of décor?’ my friend asks, as we queue at the bar, and he tries trying to dodge dangling fronds from a plastic plant. ‘Kitsch?’ he suggests. I have no idea. We’ve secured frankly fantastic red velvet armchairs by the fire on a freezing night. Above the fireplace, and across
- [LIVE REVIEW: DAYLIGHT MUSIC & SONIC PIECES: DEAF CENTER, SUMIE + ERIK K SKODVIN](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/23/live-review-daylight-music-sonic-pieces-deaf-center-sumie-erik-k-skodvin/): Daylight Music has been providing a lunchtime oasis of calm on Saturdays for 15 years now. Over the years this family-friendly show has provided lush quiche and cake washed down with gallons of tea and coffee while musicians soothe the frenetic soul of Londoners with outstanding and thought provoking artists that have included over the
- [Video Premiere: Hey You Guys! - Brave Bwoys](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/23/video-premiere-hey-you-guys-brave-bwoys/): It's a well worn cliché that there is a fine line between bravery and stupidity. Which side of the line releasing your Christmas single in the form of a 90 second pop-punk sea shanty about whale hunting in the 19th Century falls I'll leave for you to decide, but that is precisely the decision long-term
- [Track by Track: Fightmilk guide us through their new LP 'No Souvenirs'](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/21/track-by-track-fightmilk-guide-us-through-their-new-lp-no-souvenirs/): London indie-pop quartet Fightmilk have been favourites around these parts ever since we swooned at their debut LP Not With That Attitude back in 2018. Their ability to match cutting sarcasm with big catchy tunes and their propensity for penning a pitch perfect sad banger made them an instant hit in Joyzine HQ. Returning with
- [10 QUESTIONS WITH: KURTZ ](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/20/ten-questions-with-kurtz/): Exeter expert Peter Richard Adams caught up with KURTZ to ask them 10 important questions after the release of their new EP.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ASSISTANT – CERTAIN MEMORIES](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/19/album-review-assistant-certain-memories/): The Brighton-based trio Assistant reformed in 2020 after an eighteen-year gap. Their new album 'Certain Memories' is their third since lockdown.
- [My Life in 10 Songs- Everyday Saints](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/17/my-life-in-10-songs-everyday-saints/): Recently I caught Everyday Saints, as the support band for Jopy. A Brighton based band who describe themselves as 'dingepop'. - a mix of upbeat pop rock with 'witch of the woods occultist fervour.' In their press release they say to expect- ' antlers, wedding dresses, jangle guitar, dance bass, intricate drums, and two women
- [LIVE REVIEW: THERAPY? + DEUX FURIEUSES AT MANCHESTER ACADEMY](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/15/live-review-therapy-at-manchester-academy/): Therapy? are a band I've loved since 1994, playing my bootleg copy of Troublegum on my walkman in the back of my parents car. Twelve year old me would be delighted with herself right now. Last night was epic. Not my first time seeing Therapy? in action, but my first time photographing them and holy
- [My Life in 10 Songs- Kit Major](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/14/my-life-in-10-songs-kit-major/): Kit Major recently released her latest Ep- Love.Sick.Major, which is an epic, punky grungy journey and Kit herself absolute exudes coolness. Every track is ear worm worthy, especially if you're fan of 90's rock queens like Shirley Manson or Courtney Love. I was excited to hear all about the music that influences her, especially as
- [TRACK BY TRACK: BUREAU DE CHANGE - ARE YOU FLIRTING WITH ME?](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/14/track-by-track-bureau-de-change-are-you-flirting-with-me/): We hope, and predict, big things for Bureau de Change so asked them to give Joyzine readers an insight to the songs on the EP with a track by track breakdown. Flora from the band obliged.
- [My Life In 10 Songs: David Lightfoot of The Fades reflects as his band celebrate 20 years since their debut LP](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/12/my-life-in-10-songs-david-lightfoot-of-the-fades-reflects-as-his-band-celebrate-20-years-since-their-debut-lp/): Just over 21 years ago the first ever edition of Joyzine was published online. It wasn't long after that we first came across South London punks The Fades, and our paths have crossed many times since, with countless articles on the site, guest spots on The Joyzine Radio Show, headline sets at Joyzine gigs and
- [SINGLE REVIEW: DOROTHY BIRD – METEORITES](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/12/single-review-dorothy-bird-meteorites/): ‘Meteorites’ is the first single to be taken from Dorothy Bird’s upcoming second album. It’s an ethereal music box of a track that slowly unfolds from soft piano playing and perfectly showcases Bird’s exceptional voice.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: BABA ZULA - İSTANBUL SOKAKLARI](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/10/album-review-baba-zula-istanbul-sokaklari/): BaBa ZuLa have been playing their swirling, dubby psychedelic Turkish music since 1996 and are rooted in traditional Turkish folk but amplified, effects-laden, and with powerful beats and hypnotic passages. Their new album, İstanbul Sokakları, is a dazzling journey through sound and landscape.
- [Live Review: Lemon Power/The Cleopatras at The Victoria, Dalston](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/04/live-review-lemon-power-the-cleopatras-at-the-victoria-dalston/): Back in July, I had the pleasure of reviewing Lemon Power's psychedelic, genre-blending single, Blackout. So, when I received an invite to their single release party for Animal in London, it sounded like a night not to be missed—I was more than ready to see what they had in store. Fitting with the title of
- [Now & Then Playlist: Icons of Elegance look back to their beginnings in 2004 as they celebrate 20 years with a new EP](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/06/now-then-playlist-icons-of-elegance-look-back-to-their-beginnings-in-2004-as-they-celebrate-20-years-with-a-new-ep/): Icons of Elegance, the Finnish sibling duo of Anssi and Henri Växby, recently marked twenty years since their debut album with the aptly named new single 'Celebrate', alongside a new EP October. We first crossed paths with the pair many moons ago, initially via Henri's avant garde pop outfit French for Cartridge of whom we
- [Daylight Music at 15 - Autumn & Winter Season](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/12/daylight-music-at-15-autumn-winter-season/): Daylight Music is celebrating 15 years of bringing eclectic music in a family friendly, inclusive atmosphere and all between midday and 2pm. And there's cake!
- [ALBUM REVIEW: BIRGIT DE PRIESTER - MADE 4 FUN](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/06/album-review-birgit-de-priester-made-4-fun/): Classic, grown-up songwriting and outstanding vocals from Birgit de Priester on her new album 'Made 4 Fun'.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Mia Porter – okay](https://joyzine.org/2021/05/17/album-review-mia-porter-okay/): okay may be the debut EP from the Rotterdam-based artist Mia Porter but it has a confidence to its sound that makes you feel sure that you have lived with Porter’s music for years.
- [VIDEO REVIEW: CHROMA - I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/14/video-review-chroma-i-wanna-be-where-you-are/): In light of Chroma's support slot with the Foo Fighters at Old Trafford on 15 June we celebrate the loud and proud Welsh wonders Chroma by promoting the official video to 'I Wanna Be Where You Are'.
- [Book Review: Candid by Sammy Stein](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/04/book-review-candid-by-sammy-stein/): As a long-time advocate for women in music and an avid reader, I've encountered many books on the topic over the years. So, when I heard about Candid: Conversations on Women in the Music Industry, my interest was piqued. In Candid, Sammy interviews over thirty women across various genres and instrumental backgrounds, along with thirteen
- [EP Review: Kit Major-Love.Sick.Major](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/04/ep-review-kit-major-love-sick-major/): Kit Major, an exciting artist from Los Angeles, first caught my attention in June of last year with her grungy, irresistibly catchy single, I Wish I Didn’t Hate You So Much. Its raw energy and memorable hook immediately showcased her talent for blending earworm-worthy melodies with an alternative edge. Later, when I heard her next
- [SINGLE REVIEW: FALLE NIOKE - LDN GIRL](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/03/single-review-falle-nioke-ldn-girl/): 'LDN Girl' is the first release from Falle Nioke since signing to Eat Your Own Ears. It's a sparse but catchy bounce that has plenty of surprises up it's afropop sleeve.
- [Live Review: Art Brut, Keg + Keith TOTP at Electric Brixton, London](https://joyzine.org/2024/11/04/live-review-art-brut-keg-keith-totp-at-electric-brixton-london/): So here I find myself once more stood by the front of the stage at an Art Brut gig, camera in hand, smile spread widely across my face. How many times have I been here before? I've lost count. The stages have grown since I first encountered them at The Buffalo Bar (RIP) in 2003,
- [Live In Pictures: Molchat Doma + Urban Heat at New Century, Manchester](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/31/live-in-pictures-molchat-doma-at-new-century-manchester/): Belarussian synth-punks Molchat Doma are currently touring their new LP Belaya Polosa around Europe, from Bristol to Tallinn and most places in-between ahead of a trip across the Atlantic in the new year (full dates here). Der Fotoautomat was at New Century in Manchester, where they were ably supported by Texan post-punks Urban Heat, to
- [THE CURE - SONGS OF A LOST WORLD](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/31/the-cure-songs-of-a-lost-world/): Simon Tucker reviews 'Songs Of A Lost World' the new Cure album of "raw vulnerability and with outstanding musicianship".
- [SINGLE REVIEW: BLACK MEKON – READ THE ROOM…BEWARE THE MOON EP](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/31/single-review-black-mekon-read-the-roombeware-the-moon-ep/): The moon is full and the Wolfman, Dracula, The Mummy and Frankenstein’s Monster shoot out of the graveyard at midnight in a V12 midnight-black hearse with chrome flames and a glowing skull hood ornament. As they hit the open road looking for a frat party to terrorise or a drag race to win, Wolfman pushes
- [No Place Like Home: Peter Richard Adams on The Exeter Salt](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/22/no-place-like-home-peter-richard-adams-on-the-exeter-salt/): So, you’d like an article about the Exeter music scene? Ok. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin… Muse, Chris Martin, Tom Yorke, Will Young and OH JUST STOP WILL YOU? STOP. Quit wheeling out the same names… That’s not a scene, that’s a history lesson. Let’s open our eyes and dig a little deeper
- [EP REVIEW: PINEY GIR – COSMIC UPSIDE DOWN](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/15/ep-review-piney-gir-cosmic-upside-down/): Joyzine has a lot of love for Piney Gir and her 'Cosmic Upside Down' EP sits in the best tradition of smart, exceptional songwriting.
- [VIDEO PREMIERE: PINEY GIR - WITCHES & COVENS](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/27/video-premiere-piney-gir-witches-covens/): Joyzine is very happy to have been given the opportunity to premiere the video Piney Gir's new single ‘Witches & Covens’ on our site.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: BLACK & WHITE CAT / BLACK & WHITE CAKE](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/13/album-review-black-white-cat-black-white-cake/): John Toohill helped friend Dan Oh form the band which takes the name Black & White Cat / Black & White Cake from the 1977 horror film The Sentinel.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ROTHKO/STEVE PARRY - HOWL](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/13/album-review-rothko-steve-parry-howl/): Mark Beasley AKA Rothko and Steve Parry have been friends and have often contributed on each other’s releases, but this the first time they have fully collaborated; long overdue but HOWL was well worth the wait.
- [Now & Then: mclusky frontman Falco on the reissue of their 2004 LP 'The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not On Fire'](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/14/now-then-mclusky-frontman-falco-on-the-reissue-of-their-2004-lp-the-difference-between-me-and-you-is-that-im-not-on-fire/): Twenty years ago Welsh post-hardcore pioneers mclusky released their third and final (or so we thought) album the difference between me and you is that i'm not on fire, which followed the similarly excellently named mclusky do dallas and My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours. Following their split in 2005,
- [Interview: Who is Mufutau Yusuf and what is Impasse?](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/08/interview-who-is-mufutau-yusuf-and-what-is-impasse/): The following is a mini review of Impasse by musician/director John Clay followed by a conversation between himself and the show's creator, Mufatau Yusef. ‘I wanted to hide my face and dehumanise the body. When the humanity is taken away, that’s when you want to have a look, and want to have the humanity put
- [LIVE MUSIC REVIEW: JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN, BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/08/live-music-review-joan-as-police-woman-band-on-the-wall-manchester/): A lone voice in the crowd simply says... 'wow' and it's exactly what we're all thinking. This was an emotional night in Manchester's Band on the Wall and a masterclass in how to captivate an audience. If you were there, believe me, you won't forget it. Joan As Police Woman, as her instagram says, is
- [LIVE MUSIC REVIEW: GEMMA ROGERS AT 'THE PLOUGH', EASTON, BRISTOL](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/07/live-music-review-gemma-rogers-at-the-plough-easton-bristol/): Rising star and London-based artist, Gemma Rogers, is certainly no stranger to Joyzine. Her energetic music has recently been out on tour across the country and we caught up with her at a recent gig in the fabulous setting of a Bristol pub, 'The Plough' - a hot bed of pulsing, creative energy in the
- [EP Review: Bureau De Change- Are You Flirting With Me?](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/07/ep-review-bureau-de-change-are-you-flirting-with-me/): It was the moment I heard the singer belt out, "James Bond is a fucking prick!" that I knew I had to give Bureau de Change's debut EP a proper review. The line struck a chord with me immediately—after all, I couldn’t agree more. James Bond has long been one of the most sexist characters
- [Live Review: The Courettes at The Dome, London](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/06/live-review-the-courettes-at-the-dome-london/): I may be a little late to the party when it comes to discovering The Courettes, but I’ve been thoroughly enjoying their recent album The Soul of the Fabulous Courettes. With its 60s girl group-inspired sound, it's the kind of record that begs you to dance away your sorrows. (Find my full review here.) So,
- [Live Review: Jopy/ Ski Lift/ Everyday Saints at Dream Bags, Jaguar Shoes, London](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/30/live-review-jopy-ski-lift-everyday-saints-at-dream-bags-jaguar-shoes-london/): As a reviewer, it is of course pretty obvious that I listen to and love a lot of music. But there are only some of the bands that I discover, that I feel I really want to champion to the fullest- as I feel that more people need to hear them, as it feels like
- [ALBUM REVIEW: ANDY AQUARIUS - FOREST GRIMOIRE](https://joyzine.org/2024/10/01/album-review-andy-aquarius-forest-grimoire/): Andy Aquarius’s new release Forest Grimoire consists of eight improvised harp tracks played and recorded in the forest and including gentle wind and a lot of beautiful bird song.
- [LIVE REVIEW: BUZZ’ AYAZ + REDMOOR – THE JAM JAR, BRISTOL, 26/09/24](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/30/live-review-buzz-ayazz-redmoor-the-jam-jar-bristol-26-09-24/): Buzz' Ayaz from Cyprus and support Redmoor delivered cracking sets at The Jam Jar in Bristol on Thursday 26th September.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: BUZZ' AYAZ - BUZZ' AYAZ](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/31/album-review-buzz-ayaz-buzz-ayaz/): Buzz' Ayaz is the new self-titled from the Cyprus psychedelic band whose members come from both sides of the divided capital city of Nicosia and the music and message are both uplifting and infectious.
- [Album Review: The Courettes-Soul of the Fabulous Courettes](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/29/album-review-the-courettes-soul-of-the-fabulous-courettes/): Although I only discovered The Courettes this year, their latest album, Soul of the Fabulous Courettes, is actually their fourth, proving that they are already a well-established band. For those who haven't yet ventured into the groovy world of The Courettes, here's a quick intro: The band is a married duo—Flavia Couri (guitar and vocals)
- [Album Review: The Calamatix (Self Titled)](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/23/album-review-the-calamatix-self-titled/): Autumn may have officially arrived yesterday, but who says we have to let go of summer's warmth just yet? While the winds howl outside, music has a way of transporting us to sunnier, carefree days—and that’s exactly what the debut album from Southern California’s The Calamatix does. Their sound wraps around you like a lingering
- [FILM REVIEW: NOTHING BUT THE BEST - 4K RESTORATION](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/22/film-review-nothing-but-the-best-4k-restoration/): The 4K restoration of Clive Donner's 1964 comedy gives new life to a hugely entertaining nihilistic comedy about Jimmy Brewster's (Alan Bates) attempt to rise to the top by any means necessary.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: CITRON CITRON - MARÉETERNELLE](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/21/album-review-citron-citron-mareeternelle/): Citron Citron are brother and sister duo Augustin and Zoé Sjollema and their new album Maréeternelle is gloriously timeless and effortlessly cool.
- [EP Review: Jopy- Planet Zombie](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/20/ep-review-jopy-planet-zombie/): If you haven't guessed it by now, one of my favourite things is discovering new music. So, when I received an email about Jopy's single, Headhunters Pub and Grub, with the topic line "Queer Cannibals with superpowers... running a country pub?" I was intrigued. A song about cannibals who gain superpowers from eating people? Definitely
- [Video Premiere: Margaret's Ashtray - Do Not Ask To Know The Day That Joy Will Come To You](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/20/video-premiere-margarets-ashtray-do-not-ask-to-know-the-day-that-joy-will-come-to-you/): When we sent out messages to bands and artists asking them to contribute an exclusive track to our 20th anniversary compilation, I was hopeful that we might get ten songs - enough to make it an album rather than an EP. I wasn't expecting that we'd end up with so many songs that we'd have
- [EP Review: Hayley and the Crushers- Unsubscribe from the Underground](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/17/ep-review-hayley-and-the-crushers-escape-from-the-underground/): Unsubscribe from the Underground is the latest EP from the US-based "poolside glitter punks," Hayley and the Crushers. I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing and interviewing this fun and infectious band for Joyzine in the past, so when the opportunity arose to check out their new music, I jumped at the chance. This EP marks
- [Live Review: L1NKN P4RK/Our Nameless Boy/Bloomtide at Chinnerys, Southend](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/17/live-review-l1nkn-p4rk-our-nameless-boy-bloomtide-at-chinnerys-southend/): With all the recent buzz surrounding Linkin Park and their somewhat controversial return with a new singer, it felt like the perfect moment to attend a Linkin Park tribute band's performance. Every now and then, I enjoy catching a good tribute band, especially when it involves a band whose music holds a nostalgic place in
- [Live Review: Loud Women Fest 2024 at Rich Mix, London](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/15/live-review-loud-women-fest-2024-at-rich-mix-london/): I was absolutely delighted to be attending the fantastic Loud Women Fest hosted by Cassie Fox, for my third year in a row. The only disappointment was I was unable to book the day off work, so I couldn’t attend for the whole day this time. Loud Women Fest has been my musical highlight of
- [EP REVIEW: PICTISH TRAIL – FOLLOW FOOTSTEPS EP](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/15/ep-review-pictish-trail-follow-footsteps-ep/): 'Follow Footsteps' from Pictish Trail is an EP that re-works some of the tracks from his 'Island Family' album into serene acoustic versions.
- [EP Review: Bridget- Damage Reversal](https://joyzine.org/2024/02/12/ep-review-bridget-damage-reversal/): I always love when I get forwarded music that friends think that I might like, and this artist forwarded from fellow Joyzine writer and editor- Paul F Cook (whose reviews you should also read if you don't already by the way, they are brilliant) was no exception. The moment that I read on Bridget's press
- [Colin Stetson - The love it took to leave you](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/14/colin-stetson-the-love-it-took-to-leave-you/): Colin Stetson's new album 'The love it took to leave you' showcases all that he has done before whilst also forging new territory in electronic and acoustic music.
- [TRACK BY TRACK: LARA JONES - DIVIDED EP](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/14/track-by-track-lara-jones-divided-ep/): Electronic artist Lara Jones returns with her 'playful and provocative' EP 'Divided'. Lara has given Joyzine an exclusive Track by Track take on the EP.
- [20 Years of Joy: Vol. 3 - Introducing the bands (part 1)](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/12/20-years-of-joy-vol-3-introducing-the-bands-part-1/): Our 20th anniversary celebrations reached their climax this weekend with the release of the third and final installment of our 20 Years of Joy compilation series, and what a way to round off an amazing year with 32 incredible exclusive tracks for some of our favourite bands and artists. You can get your hands on
- [20 Years of Joy: Vol. 3 - OUT NOW!](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/04/20-years-of-joy-vol-3-released-this-friday/): Over the past 12 months we have been celebrating 20 years of Joyzine with a series of gigs and compilation albums, and this Friday we're ending the celebrations with a bang - Volume 3 of our 20 Years of Joy series will feature exclusive tracks from an astonishing 32 of our favourite bands and artists,
- [EP Review: Molly Vulpyne- Amortise](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/05/ep-review-molly-vulpyne-amortise/): Molly Vulpyne is best known as the powerhouse guitarist and vocalist of the punk band 'Vulpynes' and has recently gained attention for her collaborations with artist Meryl Streek. Her latest release, a four-track EP entitled Amortise, marks Molly's first solo venture, showcasing a side of her musicality that diverges from her previous band-driven projects. While
- [Festival Preview: LOUD WOMEN Fest returns to East London on Saturday](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/01/festival-preview-loud-women-fest-returns-to-east-london-on-saturday/): LOUD WOMEN fest, the annual celebration of female and non-binary musicians (and one of our favourite festivals on the music calendar) returns to Rich Mix in Shoreditch this Saturday 7th September with yet another stunning line up drawn from six continents. Organised by the LOUD WOMEN team also responsible for their excellent website, regular live
- [ALBUM REVIEW: JULIE HILL - GLOW SERENE](https://joyzine.org/2024/09/01/album-review-julie-hill-glow-serene/): Julie Hill’s new album Glow Serene is a slowly unfolding ambient album that opens like a flower in slow motion with long rotational eddies of keyboards and time lapse arpeggios and was recorded during COVID.
- [EP REVIEW + INTERVIEW: LARA JONES - FIG EP](https://joyzine.org/2023/06/16/ep-review-interview-lara-jones-fig-ep/): Lara Jones is a London-based experimental saxophonist and Fig is her new EP release. Five tracks that mix electronics, a collage of sounds and EDM.
- [Box Set Review: Art Brut - Vol. 1: And Yes, This Is My Singing Voice! New Cross and Beyond, 2003 - 2008](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/24/box-set-review-art-brut-vol-1-and-yes-this-is-my-singing-voice-new-cross-and-beyond-2003-2008/): 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 Board event hosted at The Paradise Bar (RIP) in New Cross by the wonderful Caffy St Luce
- [ALBUM REVIEW: THROBBING GRISTLE - TGCD1/THE THIRD MIND MOMENTS: REISSUE](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/22/album-review-throbbing-gristle-reissues/): The Mute Records / Throbbing Gristle reissue series continues with TGCD1 being available on vinyl for the first time on CD since its initial release in 1986 and The Third Mind Moments which is on vinyl and commercial CD release for the very first time.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: EXCELLENT BIRDS – JUNGIAN STOMP (SONGS FROM THE PSR-90)](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/15/album-review-excellent-birds-jungian-stomp-songs-from-the-psr-90/): Excellent Birds is the alias of Bristol-based artist Annie Gardiner and new album ' Jungian Stomp (songs from the PSR-90)' has a club vibe of 80/90’s music.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: LEG PUPPY 2.0 – PHONE TWAT](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/14/single-review-leg-puppy-2-0-phone-twat/): 'Phone Twat' is the new single from Leg Puppy 2.0 and it's a brooding attack on people who use their phone on speaker in public.
- [Album Review: Vicious Dreams- Turn Off My Brain](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/09/album-review-vicious-dreams-turn-off-my-brain/): Vicious Dreams, a power pop punk trio hailing from Florida, have unleashed their latest album, Turn Off My Brain, and it's every bit as compelling as the title suggests. As the name implies, the album delves deep into the themes of mental health, specifically focusing on the struggles of living with ADHD and anxiety in
- [Rebellion Punk Festival, Blackpool 1-4 August 2024](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/09/rebellion-punk-festival-blackpool-1-4-august-2024/): Rebellion caters for all aspects of punk culture, but most of all music, music everywhere
- [ALBUM REVIEW: SCIENTIST - DIRECT-TO-DUB](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/06/album-review-scientist-direct-to-dub/): Scientist's new album Direct-to-Dub brings together the cream of reggae musicians in a 'direct-to-lacquer' recording that demonstrates his true skill as a master mixer.
- [Album Review: Millie Manders and the Shut Up- Wake Up, Shut Up, Work](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/05/album-review-millie-manders-and-the-shut-up-wake-up-shut-up-work/): I first discovered Millie Manders and the Shut Up last October when I reviewed their single "Shut Up." Since then, I have delved deeper into their influences and experience in the music industry through a "10 Questions" interview with Millie in April. By May, I had the pleasure of experiencing their live performance, which was
- [ALBUM REVIEW: MOON PEOPLE – LUNAR SECRETS](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/04/album-review-moon-people-lunar-secrets/): John Toohill’s Swimming Faith is a label and ever-growing universe of garage punk, surf, thrash and now modern retro release 'Lunar Secrets' from Moon People.
- [VIDEO PREMIERE: MINIMUMS - MEMORY](https://joyzine.org/2024/08/01/video-premiere-minimums-memory/): Mysterious electronic artist Minimums has given Joyzine the privilege of premiering the video to their current single 'Memory'.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: GEMMA ROGERS - DKU](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/25/single-review-dku-by-gemma-rogers/): Fresh from Glastonbury Gemma Rogers releases 'DKU' taken from her forthcoming 'No Future' EP.
- [TRACK PREMIERE: SUN ATOMS – TAKE THIS LOVE B/W AND THE LION SAW THE UFO](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/24/track-premiere-sun-atoms-take-this-love-b-w-and-the-lion-saw-the-ufo/): With the single 'Take This Love' currently out ,The Sun Atoms have given Joyzine readers a chance to hear the trippy B-side ‘And The Lion Saw The UFO’ on Joyzine first.
- [EP REVIEW: Kurtz – Kurtz EP ](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/24/ep-review-kurtz-kurtz-ep/): Peter Richard Adams review the "nihilistic noise-rage rampage" of Kurtz's new self-titled EP.
- [LIVE IN PICTURES: MANIC STREET PREACHERS & SUEDE – DREAMLAND MARGATE, 19/07/24](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/23/live-in-pictures-manic-street-preachers-suede-dreamland-margate-19-07-24/): Photographer Lorna Cort based in the summer sun to capture these shots of the Manic Street Preachers and Suede at Dreamland in Margate.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: ALAN SPARHAWK – CAN U HEAR](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/16/single-review-alan-sparhawk-can-u-hear/): ‘Can U Hear’ is the new single from Low's Alan Sparhawk and it's a gloriously unsettling and compelling release.
- [SINGLE PREMIERE: WE ARE WOLVES - SÚPER NORMAL](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/16/single-premiere-we-are-wolves-super-normal/): We Are Wolves have give Joyzine readers the first chance to hear their new single ‘Súper Normal’ ahead of its official release.
- [VIDEO REVIEW: DANGEROUS BRIAN - ON MY WAY](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/12/video-review-dangerous-brian-on-my-way/): 'On My Way' is the new single from Manchester's Dangerous Brian, an infectious rock/dance track that is totally hypnotic.
- [EP review: Irked- Self Titled](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/12/ep-review-irked-self-titled/): Irked, a garage punk band hailing from Tyne and Wear, formed in 2022 and have quickly made a name for themselves. Recently crowned as a BBC Introducing 'Band to Watch' for 2024, their raw energy and unapologetic lyrics are turning heads in the punk scene. Today, they dropped their self-titled debut EP, a 13-minute whirlwind
- [FESTIVAL PREVIEW: SUPERSONIC – BIRMINGHAM, UK](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/11/festival-preview-supersonic-birmingham-uk/): Joyzine gives you a preview of the Supersonic Festival in Birmingham which is on the weekend of 30 August 2024.
- [Single Review: Pythies- Toy](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/11/single-review-pythies-toy/): Back in March, I fell in love with the French "Witchy Grunge Feminists" Pythies. You can see my previous review of their last single, "Eclipse," here. I was thrilled when I saw the promotion for another single, as ever since hearing "Eclipse," I’ve had it on repeat. This new single, "Toy," is just as brilliant
- [Book Review: Scream Therapy by Jason Schreurs](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/09/book-review-scream-therapy-by-jason-schreurs/): I have never had enough patience to learn an instrument—not enough focus for the guitar, only learning one song when attempting the keyboard, killing everyone softly with my repetition. Again, with the ukulele, I only learned one song that would give people the creeps (can you guess the two songs I learned from my cheesy
- [ALBUM REVIEW: PEIRIANT - DYCHWELYD](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/10/album-review-peiriant-dychwelyd/): Simon Tucker reviews 'Dychwelyd' the new album from Welsh duo Peiriant, a folk album that allows for darkness and experimentation.
- [Single Review: Lemon Power- Blackout](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/10/single-review-lemon-power-blackout/): Lemon Power is a genre-fluid, indie musical collective based in London. Founded by singer and guitarist Sere in 2019, the collective has since evolved into a vibrant ensemble of talented musicians, all contributing to its unique sound. Their debut EP, "A Ghastly Meaningless Aggregate," released in 2022, showcases a heavy influence from the Spaghetti Western
- [ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: FAMILY HARMONY – THE ONGOING BRILLIANCE OF THE FINN BROTHERS](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/06/artist-spotlight-family-harmony-the-ongoing-brilliance-of-the-finn-brothers/): Joyzine's Glenn Fosbraey has written this Artist's Spotlight feature on the life and work of Australian musical brothers Tim and Neil Finn and their exquisite familial harmonies.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: PAVÉ - NINETEENFIFTY](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/06/single-review-pave-nineteenfifty/): Pavé (pronounced pav-Ay) are a four-piece from Manchester and ‘Nineteenfifty’ is their new single.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: BRONZE – LIGHT ON SHADOW](https://joyzine.org/2024/07/06/single-review-bronze-light-on-shadow/): There is a timeless quality to Bronze’s new single ‘Light In Shadow’ with no hard edges to cut yourself on
- [EP Review: Loveletter-Testament](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/26/ep-review-loveletter-testament/): When a submission email landed in my inbox that described the band as being 'good for Sleater Kinney and Bikini Kill fans'. I was immediately compelled. Any regular readers of my reviews will know my love of female artists but with a particular soft spot for Riot Grrrl bands. The band's ep that had winged
- [VIDEO PREMIERE: GOD SAVE THE KING – IN STEREO ](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/26/video-premiere-god-save-the-king-in-stereo/): God Save The King have given Joyzine readers a chance to hear their single 'In Stereo' first, ahead of it’s official release on 28 June.
- [Track by Track: Joe Gideon guides us through his new album 'ALTERED SELF'](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/24/track-by-track-joe-gideon-guides-us-through-his-new-album-altered-self/): When you've been writing about music as long as I have (coming up quarter of a century now) it can be hard to avoid repeating yourself - doubly so when your subject is a musician about whom you've been writing for most of that time. Not so Joe Gideon, whose music I first scribbled my
- [LIVE REVIEW: SLEEPER UNPLUGGED – KOMEDIA BATH 22/06/24](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/24/live-review-sleeper-unplugged-komedia-bath-22-06-24/): Paul F Cook's live review of Sleeper unplugged matinee show at the Komedia in Bath.
- [10 QUESTIONS WITH: NO THEE NO ESS](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/23/10-questions-with-no-thee-no-ess/): Paul Battenbough of No Thee No Ess answers 10 Questions from Joyzine. Their new album 'Distant Country' is out now on Surk Records.
- [ALBUM REVIEW – CEMENTO ATLANTICO - DROMOMANIA](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/23/album-review-cemento-atlantico-dromomania/): Cemento Atlantico is the work of Italian DJ/producer Alessandro Zoffoli and Dromomania is his new electronic album of propulsive beats and perfectly placed samples all inspired by field recordings that are the starting point for Zoffoli’s work.
- [Album Review: John Cale - Poptical Illusion](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/14/album-review-john-cale-poptical-illusion/): Patti Smith’s Horses; Jonathan Richman’s ‘Roadrunner’; and, of course, the shrieking, scraping maelstroms of electric viola which helped put the art in the Velvet Underground’s pop. If these are a few of your favourite things, you’ll likely have guessed their common denominator – the legendary musician and producer John Cale, injecting his avant-garde approach into
- [ALBUM PREMIERE + 10 QUESTIONS WITH BOULDER FIELDS](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/12/album-premiere-10-questions-with-boulder-fields/): Boulder Fields have given Joyzine readers the pleasure of a first listen of Boulder Fields' new album With All The Other Ghosts officially released on 14 June + a Q&A.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: LANDLESS - LÚIREACH](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/08/album-review-landless-luireach/): Landless are Lily Power, Méabh Meir, Ruth Clinton and Sinéad Lynch and they mix new and centuries old ballads on their new album Lúireach.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: 7EBRA – NORMAL SONG](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/11/single-review-7ebra-normal-song/): 7ebra's new single ‘Normal Song’ is another fine example of the gritty-sweet sound from the band on the rise.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: PROJECT BLACKBIRD - EVERY HOUSE GETS DARK WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/26/single-review-project-blackbird-every-house-gets-dark-when-the-sun-goes-down/): ‘Every House Gets Dark When the Sun Goes Down’ is the second single from the band’s forthcoming album True Names released later this year.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: LUCY KRUGER & THE LOST BOYS - A HUMAN HOME](https://joyzine.org/2024/06/02/album-review-lucy-kruger-the-lost-boys-a-human-home/): Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys new album A Human Home came from the introspection of the pandemic where she drew inspiration for the music from family and friends.
- [VIDDY WELL: FEATURED VIDEOS FROM DEAP VALLY, NO TEETH, BLACK DECELERANT & GARLEN LO](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/25/viddy-well-featured-videos-from-deap-vally-no-teeth-black-decelerant-garlen-lo/): Viddy Well is an occasional series that rolls up some of the best videos that have hit the Joyzine inbox
- [LIVE IN PICTURES: A CERTAIN RATIO + ELLEN BETH ABDI AT NEW CENTURY, MANCHESTER - 17 MAY 2024](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/23/live-in-pictures-a-certain-ratio-ellen-beth-abdi-at-new-century-manchester-17-may-2024/): Photographer Mat Coffey's first shoot for Joyzine is a cracker as he has captured some amazing images of A Certain Ratio at New Century Manchester.
- [SINGLE/VIDEO PREMIERE: RODNEY CROMWELL – MADELINE TRIP](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/22/single-video-premiere-rodney-cromwell-madeline-trip/): ‘Madeline Trip’ is a taste of the forthcoming EP from Rodney Cromwell. This 54 second song is the audio equivalent of trying a sample of an ice cream flavour in the parlour.
- [LITTLE BUNDLES OF JOY: MICRO REVIEWS OF E | PUSHBIKE | MIDDLEMAN | BIBI CLUB | KURTZ | BRUISE CONTROL](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/20/little-bundles-of-joy-micro-reviews-of-e-pushbike-middleman-bibi-club-kurtz-bruise-control/): Our irregular feature Little Bundles of Joy is designed to shine a light on some of these releases that are too good to let slip by.
- [Gig Review: Millie Manders and the Shut Up +Voodoo Radio,  Downstairs at The Dome, London](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/19/gig-review-millie-manders-and-the-shut-up-voodoo-radio-at-downstairs-at-the-dome-london/): If you saw Ed McKay's amazing photos, posted on Joyzine in April, you may be aware that Millie Manders and The Shut Up (for ease I will refer to them as MMATSU in the rest of this review) have been touring the UK over the last month and a bit. If you haven't seen his
- [SINGLE REVIEW: CHERRY SERAPH – EBB AND FLOW](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/10/single-review-cherry-seraph-ebb-and-flow/): 'ebb and flow' is the new single from Cherry Seraph and electronic artist who conjures sounds to make the brain tingle.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: THE SHAKAMOTO INVESTIGATION - THE SHAKAMOTO INVESTIGATION](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/18/album-review-shakamoto-investigation-shakamoto-investigation/): A bitter release as this self-titled album from The Shakamoto Investigation is their last and it's a flat out wonky masterpiece.
- [Sing To Tim - The Smith & Drake Ensemble/Crayola Lectern/Spratleys/Cardiacs & Friends - Garage, London & Brudenell, Leeds 4-6 May 2024](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/17/sing-to-tim-the-smith-drake-ensemble-crayola-lectern-spratleys-cardiacs-friends-garage-london-brudenell-leeds-4-6-may-2024/): This is the Cardiacs, and this is a Cardiacs show. Its loud, raucous, genre-shattering punk rock, masterfully played by some of yer actual Cardiacs
- [John Grant - The Art of the Lie](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/16/john-grant-the-art-of-the-lie/): It is a great album and I imagine when he performs some of these songs live there won't be a dry eye in the house
- [INTERVIEW: RESHMA EYAFE TALKS TO COLOSSUS](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/14/interview-reshma-eyafe-talks-to-colossus/): Following the release of their new EP NOTOFEARTH, Reshma Eyafe exchanged some words with London blues punk band Colossus.
- [VIDEO REVIEW: SPILL GOLD – WITCHES FINGER](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/14/video-premiere-spill-gold-witches-finger/): ‘Witches Finger’ is the new release from Spill Gold the darkly electronic duo of Nina de Jong on drums and Rosa Ronsdorf on vocals and synths. The track is from their forthcoming album ZaZa which is released on May 17
- [EP REVIEW: GDANSK 81 - WALKING BESIDE OUR DEAD SELVES](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/13/ep-review-gdansk-81-walking-beside-our-dead-selves/): Walking Beside Our Dead Selves is the third EP from Northern band Gdansk81 and takes its inspiration from the cynical, low key, film noir genre. It's heartening to see the self confessed 'miserabilists' are sticking with their core values here... The EP kicks off with 'Molecules' and the kind of signature ear catching guitars riffs
- [Festival Review: CroCroLand at Stanley Arts, South Norwood](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/12/festival-review-crocroland-at-stanley-arts-south-norwood/): Way back in the halcyon, innocent days of 2019, Angela Martin from Bugeye and her Croydonist co-founder Julia Woollams wanted to inject some life into the flatlining Croydon indie live music scene. And thus was birthed CroCroLand, a two-day festival in the heart of Croydon. For a new festival south of the river it was
- [Album Review: The Empty Page- Imploding](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/12/album-review-the-empty-page-imploding/): I've been following the music career of Manchester based singer/bassist Kel and guitarist Giz for some time. In the first incarnation of my radio show Pigtails and Army Boots, over ten years ago now, I followed their previous band Obsessive Compulsive. I stopped doing radio and writing reviews for a long period of time, so
- [TRACK BY TRACK: MAMMOTH PENGUINS - HERE](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/11/track-by-track-mammoth-penguins-here/): Emma Kupa gives Joyzine a pithy and poignant track by track breakdown of the Mammoth Penguin's new album 'Here', one of this year’s stand out releases.
- [Album Review: LiY - Songs for Telescope](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/09/album-review-liy-songs-for-telescope/): (Quick disclosure before we begin – LiY’s lyricist Simon Stephens was my tutor throughout my recent Creative Writing MA. He asked if I’d be interested in reviewing this new album and I enthusiastically accepted, hence the article below.) When Simon Stephens and Laurence Dauphinais first met virtually on the Royal Court Playwright’s Podcast back in
- [Book Review: Kathleen Hanna- Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/07/book-review-kathleen-hanna-rebel-girl-my-life-as-a-feminist-punk/): My admiration for Kathleen Hanna, riot grrrl superstar and vocal feminist started late. In the 90’s, admittedly I had not yet discovered the joy of punk and riot grrrl music. Instead I was listening to the big pop bands of the time. My love for women in music was starting to emerge though, as The
- [Album Review: Fast Blood- Sunny Blunts](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/07/album-review-fast-blood-sunny-blunts/): "Sunny Blunts" marks the captivating debut album from the Newcastle-based ensemble, Fast Blood. Since their emergence onto the DIY punk scene in 2019, the band has carved out a distinct niche, drawing comparisons to esteemed acts like Descendents and Pretty Girls Make Graves. Fast Blood's genesis traces back to guitarist Dave Hillier's earlier endeavour, 'Pure
- [VIDEO PREMIERE – PAS MUSIQUE - COME FOLLOW ME](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/07/video-premiere-pas-musique-come-follow-me/): Joyzine is giving it readers a premiere of Pas Musique's new video for 'Come Follow Me'.
- [Album Review: Dea Matrona- For Your Sins](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/06/album-review-dea-matrona-for-your-sins/): 'For Your Sins' is the debut album from Irish duo Dea Matrona. The duo formally became a band in 2018, but have been playing together since 2017. Orláith Forsythe and Mollie McGinn were both still teenagers when they decided to give busking a try. This drew attention and it wasn't long before they were playing
- [ALBUM REVIEW: GABBAREIN - GABBAREIN](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/06/album-review-gabbarein-gabbarein/): Gabbarein's self-titled album is meditative, hypnogogic music that seems to invoke and exult, transcending and channelling something outside this realm.
- [Live in Pictures - Fire Records 40th Birthday in London](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/05/live-in-pictures-fire-records-40th-birthday-in-london/): Former abandoned cinema EarTH in Hackney was the perfect setting to host Fire records 40th birthday all dayer. Totalling 10 hours and 11 artists, it was great to see established artists such as The Dream Syndicate and Graham Reynolds, and find newer bands to fall in love with (Bas Jan, I'm looking at you. 'Back
- [ALBUM REVIEW: AUDIO OBSCURA – ACID FIELD RECORDINGS IN DUB](https://joyzine.org/2024/05/01/album-review-audio-obscura-acid-field-recordings-in-dub/): 'Acid Field Recordings In Dub' is the new album from Audio Obscura and it's immersive and compelling mix of found and fashioned sound.
- [Single Review: F.O Machete- Confetti Crown](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/30/single-review-f-o-machete-confetti-crown/): 'Confetti Crown' is the latest single from Scottish power trio F.O Machete. It's their first single in over a decade. The band originally formed in 2003 before entering a long term hiatus in 2011. Last year they reformed and are releasing a new album next year. In this single, F.O Machete pay homage to the
- [SINGLE REVIEW: 'COMING FOR THE TOP' BY GEMMA ROGERS](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/29/single-review-coming-for-the-top-by-gemma-rogers/): 'Not the left, or the right, but the bottom...and we're coming for the top'. It's always fun to review a musical release from London-based singer, Gemma Rogers, as her powerful energy and charisma shine through every word of inspirational lyrics, amplified by a strong social message for all to consider. Gemma uses her voice and
- [ALBUM REVIEW: Caleb Landry-Jones - Hey Gary, Hey Dawn](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/29/caleb-landry-jones-hey-gary-hey-dawn/): He has created a world that he allows you to visit from time to time, and it is a world that will never fail to amaze
- [VIDEO PREMIERE – 9-VOLT VELVET - HEY CANDY](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/28/video-premiere-9-volt-velvet-hey-candy/): 9-Volt Velvet have given Joyzine readers the opportunity to to see the video to 'Hey Candy' ahead of its official launch.
- [Gig Review: The Baby Seals at Folklore, London](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/28/gig-review-the-baby-seals-at-folklore-london/): After reviewing The Baby Seals excellent debut album 'Chaos' recently, I was luck enough to get invited to their London album launch. There was no way I was going to say no, as I enjoyed the record so much, I was excited to see them live. It was on a school night (Thursday 25th April)
- [Live Review: Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom + Shotgun Jimmie at The Water Rats, London](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/25/live-review-ariel-sharratt-mathias-kom-shotgun-jimmie-at-the-water-rats-london/): If you were a time traveller sent from the year 2076 to study the working customs of the people of 2020s Great Britain, storied Kings Cross music venue The Water Rats might seem an odd place to start. But then what I know about wormholes and flux capacitors wouldn't even fill a postage stamp, so
- [VIDEO PREMIERE: The Speed of Sound - The Great Acceleration](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/25/video-premiere-the-speed-of-sound-the-great-acceleration/): Manchester's The Speed of Sound have just released their new album A Cornucopia: Minerva which coincides with the band's 35th anniversary, a milestone not many bands can claim.
- [ALBUM REVIEW – BIG|BRAVE-A CHAOS OF FLOWERS](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/23/album-review-bigbrave-a-chaos-of-flowers/): BIG|BRAVE's 'A Chaos Of Flowers' is an epic sounding album. The noise that is produced by Robin Wattie (guitar/vocals), Mathieu Ball (guitar) and Tasy Hudson (drums) is almost beyond comprehension.
- [INTERVIEW WITH CHARLEY STONE](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/22/interview-with-charley-stone/): Writer Aitch Nicol interviews beloved musician and top person Charley Stone about being an indefatigable indie scene queen, her forthcoming album and (possibly) being haunted by Mark E. Smith.
- [Live In Pictures: Millie Manders & The Shut Up at Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/21/live-in-pictures-millie-manders-the-shut-up-at-katie-fitzgeralds-stourbridge/): Playing a sold out show on April 13th, Millie Manders and the Shut Up brought a high energy, thought provoking and, whilst covering heavy hitting topics throughout the evening, an all-round empowering and uplifting spirit to Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge. From the staging to the contemporary lyricism, the whole event was a cutting statement on both
- [ALBUM REVIEW – KIRA MCSPICE - THE COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF DECAY](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/20/album-review-kira-mcspice-the-compartmentalization-of-decay/): The Compartmentalization of Decay is the new album from Kira McSpice draws on her own personal trauma as a sexual assault survivor and it's a breath-taking, moving, and haunting album.
- [Album Review: Baby Seals- Chaos](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/19/album-review-baby-seals-chaos/): 'Chaos' is the debut album from Cambridge based punk band The Baby Seals. The band formed back in 2014 after a chat in a pub, discussing the need for a band that looks at the everyday female experience with a playful, humorous lens. The band established itself officially between 2015-2019- writing songs and building their
- [SINGLE REVIEW: 'YOUNGER (LICK REMIX) BY GEMZ](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/18/single-review-younger-lick-remix-by-gemz/): ‘I met you in another life I loved you in a different time’. ‘Younger’ by GEMZ (2024) Let’s start by introducing GEMZ, namely a musical duo consisting of Californian-based vocalist, Jen Wood, and musician/producer, Ted Chen. Jen released nine solo releases between 1993 and 2014, including a stint as guest vocalist with Seattle band, The
- [Paul Morricone - Go Sanction Yourself + Track By Track Interview](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/16/paul-morricone-go-sanction-yourself-track-by-track-interview/): This is such an exceptional and accomplished album from a person who seems very much at the height of his power
- [SINGLE REVIEW – SUDAKISTAN – MACHINE](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/16/single-review-sudakistan-machine/): 'Machine' is the first new song from Sudakistan in five years and they are back with a BANG!
- [ALBUM REVIEW: VIRGINS - NOTHING HURT AND EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/15/album-review-virgins-nothing-hurt-and-everything-was-beautiful/): Released on 11th April on Blowtorch Records, Belfast band Virgins are back with their debut album 'nothing hurt and everything was beautiful'. Following their fabulous 2022 EP 'Transmit a Little Heaven' wasn't going to be easy (I was a very big fan) but the band have clearly been out plying their trade and honing a
- [Gig Review: The Subways and Dirty Blonde at Chinnerys, Southend 12/04/24](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/14/gig-review-the-subways-and-dirty-blonde-at-chinnerys-southend-12-04-24/): A few months back now, I moved from London, back (well much closer anyway) to my hometown of Southend. My long term friend Sophia, a fellow music lover (and creator of the amazing Southend zine- Noisy!, which sadly no longer exists but you can read about in this book) pointed out to me The Subways
- [JOYZINE PREMIERE– HOLT – THE STORM](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/11/joyzine-premiere-holt-the-storm/): HOLT gives Joyzine readers the chance to hear her single 'The Storm' a day early and it's a Goldilocks mix that combines the digital precision of beats and bass with the fluidity of her voice.
- [LITTLE BUNDLES OF JOY: MICRO REVIEWS OF WILKS, BAD BREEDING, ANNIE ANXIETY, JODY PREWITT,  THE ZAWOSE QUEENS, LIBRARY CARD, SHAMELESS, MF TOMLINSON](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/07/little-bundles-of-joy-3-micro-reviews-of-wilks-bad-breeding-annie-anxiety-jody-prewitt-the-zawose-queens/): Our irregular feature 'Little Bundles of Joy' is designed to shine a light on some of the releases that are too good to let slip by.
- [ALBUM REVIEW – CONGO FUNK! – ANALOG AFRICA - VA](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/09/album-review-congo-funk-analog-africa-va/): Congo Funk! is released by Analog Africa, an amazing label who have been panning for musical gold in the African continent for over a decade now.
- [10 Questions with Millie Manders](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/08/10-questions-with-millie-manders-and-the-shut-up/): I first heard about Millie Manders and the Shut Up late last last year, when I heard their fun cross genre single 'Shut Up'. The band have recently released a double A side single- 'Angry Side' and 'Can I Get off?' The single is raising money (alongside some new t shirts) for Mercy Without Limits-
- [LIVE REVIEW – RACK RECORDS LABEL LAUNCH – CUBE CINEMA, BRISTOL – 04/04/24](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/07/live-review-rack-records-label-launch-cube-cinema-bristol-04-04-24/): Writer Paul F Cook was at the launch party of Rack Records set up by Steve Davis and Gaz Williams to celebrate their love of modular synths.
- [EP Review: Duck Thieves- Eyes Up Here](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/07/ep-review-duck-thieves-eyes-up-here/): It's always a joy, when shifting through the music submissions to Joyzine when a band not only lives up to their description, but you discover a contender for your new favourite band. That's how I felt after listening to Duck Thieves latest Ep 'Eyes Up Here'. The description promised 'Punk Panto Party Pop' and that
- [Video Premiere: Mike Gale - Unsteady](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/04/video-premiere-mike-gale-unsteady/): With Fonda 500 playing their final gig at the end of 2023, we've now reached the point where all of the bands interviewed in the first ever edition of Joyzine back in 2003 have called it a day. Sad as that is, it doesn't mean they've all stopped making music and many new and wonderful
- [Book Review: Beatles and Beacons by Fran Raya](https://joyzine.org/2024/04/02/book-review-beatles-and-beacons-by-fran-raya/): Beatles and Beacons is a semi-autobiographical story from Fran Raya a Manchester-based singer/songwriter and author. Inspired by her life-long infatuation with The Beatles, the book is a testament to the Swinging Sixties and its revolutionary groove.
- [10 Questions With: Indie Cult Club](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/31/10-questions-with-indie-cult-club/): I was born and bred in Sunny Southend on Sea, Essex. Known for having the longest pier in the world and Eastenders holiday spot. Not so much for being a famed gigging spot for bands. That’s not to say I haven’t seen some fab bands there, as I have (Robots in Disguise, The Birthday Massacre,
- [On FIlm: Live footage of Scrounge playing The Joyzine stage at The New Colossus Festival, New York](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/31/on-film-live-footage-of-scrounge-playing-the-joyzine-stage-at-the-new-colossus-festival-new-york/): Earlier this month Joyzine hosted a stage featuring some of our favourite UK bands at New York's The New Colossus Festival (you can see photos from the night here). If you weren't able to make it to Heaven Can't Wait to experience it in person, we've the next best thing with live footage of Scrounge
- [SINGLE REVIEW – PROJECT BLACKBIRD - THANK YOU FOR LAST TIME](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/22/single-review-project-blackbird-thank-you-for-last-time/): ‘Thank You For Last Time’ by Project Blackbird is taken from their forthcoming album True Names. It’s an pop track held in suspension between atmospheric song full of dub vibes and the spy-themed twang of the guitar.
- [Single Review: Pythies- Eclipse](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/30/single-review-pythies-eclipse/): I have to be honest and admit, I'm always a bit wary of reviewing singles. I always find there's more to say when there's a whole album or EP of music. But sometimes I hear a single, and immediately know I need to share this music, especially new bands that people probably haven't heard of
- [Live In Pictures: Yard Act + Gustaf at O2 Academy Bristol](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/29/live-in-pictures-yard-act-gustaf-at-o2-academy-bristol/): On March 23rd Yard Act played a sold-out show at O2 Academy Bristol, supported by Gustaf on the Dream Job Tour. Backlit by the words "Where's my utopia?" I imagine many would answer that night, with a packed crowd and incredible atmosphere. Their setlist spanned their entire discography with a song chosen by an audience
- [ALBUM REVIEW: LLYN Y CWN - MEGALITHS](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/29/album-review-llyn-y-cwn-megaliths/): Llyn Y Cwn fuses field recording with electronics to interpret the often bleak but beautiful Welsh landscape that he draws inspiration from. His new album Megaliths is a sublimation of years of recording the environmental sounds around stone circles.
- [Track by Track: Stephen Evens walks us through his new album 'Here Come The Lights'](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/28/track-by-track-stephen-evens-walks-us-through-his-new-album-here-come-the-lights/): Here Come The Lights, the third LP by perennial Joyzine favourite Stephen EvEns, is a quite frankly ridiculous record. Each of the nine songs contained behind its glitter-strewn cover should come from an entirely different album - there's the beautiful, poignant finger-picked, string-strewn heartbreaker 'Firefly', preposterous glam rock stomper 'A Bee', Beck-esque indie slacker funk
- [Interview/Playlist: Cro Cro Land Festival Organiser Angela Martin looks ahead to this year's event & selects 12 tracks from artists to look out for](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/26/interview-playlist-cro-cro-land-festival-organiser-angela-martin-looks-ahead-to-this-years-event-selects-12-tracks-from-artists-to-look-out-for/): We were delighted to hear that Croydon music extravaganza Cro Cro Land is back for a second installment this April following its debut in 2019 (read our coverage of the original festival here). As with its first incarnation Cro Cro Land 2024 boasts a gender-balanced line-up jam packed with Joyzine favourites, including Desperate Journalist, Fraulein,
- [SINGLE REVIEW: MIZU - PRELUDE & AUBADE](https://joyzine.org/2023/02/09/single-review-issei-herr-prelude-aubade/): Brooklyn cellist and composer Issei Herr has announced the release of her album Distant Intervals with the double single ‘Prelude (An Eternity of Light)’ and ‘Aubade (The Farewell Is a Beginning)’.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: MIZU - DISTANT INTERVALS](https://joyzine.org/2023/04/09/album-review-issei-herr-distant-intervals/): Distant Intervals is the debut album from Brooklyn cellist Issei Herr who records multiple layers of overdubbed cello to create wide vistas of sound that constantly shift and change like clouds moving across the sky.
- [ALBUM REVIEW – MIZU - FOREST SCENES](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/24/album-review-mizu-forest-scenes/): Forest Scenes is the new album from Mizu, a cellist and performance artist who uses field recordings and electronics to spellbind the audience and bring the listener through the door in the Secret Garden and into a world of magical soundscapes and transcendental moods.
- [ALBUM REVIEW – AFRICAMORE - THE AFRO-FUNK SIDE OF ITALY (1973-1978) – VARIOUS ARTISTS](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/24/album-review-africamore-the-afro-funk-side-of-italy-1973-1978-various-artists/): If you’re looking to capitalise on the rare appearance of sun and properly funk up your day Africamore should get your dancefloor jumping.
- [SINGLE REVIEW: PROJECT BLACKBIRD - LAISSONS CELA ENTRE NOUS (FREE DOWNLOAD)](https://joyzine.org/2021/01/30/single-review-project-blackbird-laissons-cela-entre-nous-free-download/): ‘Laissons cela entre nous’ is a track to whet the appetite for their forthcoming album If This Is the End which is released on March 11; an amuse-bouche that makes you eager for the main meal.
- [ALBUM REVIEW: 'SPIN' BY LOUISA](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/21/album-review-spin-by-louisa/): After a busy 2023, including the release of an EP, ‘Save You’, Louisa has greeted 2024 with a debut album named ‘SPIN’. For those unfamiliar with her music, Louisa Sawyer is a London-based singer/songwriter, focusing primarily on electro-chill, indie pop. Joyzine dutifully rushed to the occasion of this new release to inquire about the contents
- [JOYZINE PREMIERE – ONCEWERESIXTY - LOCO SUNSET BOULEVARD / GHETTO BLAST NOISE MACHINE](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/20/album-preview-onceweresixty-loco-sunset-boulevard-ghetto-blast-noise-machine/): Onceweresixty premier their new album Loco Sunset Boulevard / Ghetto Blast Noise Machine on Joyzine.
- [Live In Pictures: Joyzine in New York - Shelf Lives, Scrounge, Langkamer, Hadda Be and Idle Hours from our stage at The New Colossus Festival](https://joyzine.org/2024/03/19/live-in-pictures-joyzine-in-new-york-shelf-lives-scrounge-langkamer-hadda-be-and-idle-hours-from-our-stage-at-the-new-colossus-festival/): Earlier this month Joyzine brought the cream of the British underground to New York, hosting our own stage at Heaven Can Wait as part of The New Colossus Festival. Paul Familetti was there to capture the action on camera as Shelf Lives, Scrounge, Langkamer, Hadda Be and Idle Hours took the sounds of the UK

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- [theatre](https://joyzine.org/tag/theatre/)
- [The One](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-one/)
- [urban](https://joyzine.org/tag/urban/)
- [Olympia](https://joyzine.org/tag/olympia/)
- [Perth](https://joyzine.org/tag/perth/)
- [robots](https://joyzine.org/tag/robots/)
- [music video](https://joyzine.org/tag/music-video/)
- [depression](https://joyzine.org/tag/depression/)
- [tv show](https://joyzine.org/tag/tv-show/)
- [San Diego](https://joyzine.org/tag/san-diego/)
- [Hinduism](https://joyzine.org/tag/hinduism/)
- [tour](https://joyzine.org/tag/tour/)
- [guitar](https://joyzine.org/tag/guitar/)
- [New Zealand](https://joyzine.org/tag/new-zealand/)
- [releases](https://joyzine.org/tag/releases/)
- [exotica](https://joyzine.org/tag/exotica/)
- [Marilyn Manson](https://joyzine.org/tag/marilyn-manson/)
- [fish](https://joyzine.org/tag/fish/)
- [skateboarding](https://joyzine.org/tag/skateboarding/)
- [Halloween](https://joyzine.org/tag/halloween/)
- [karma](https://joyzine.org/tag/karma/)
- [playlist](https://joyzine.org/tag/playlist/)
- [drugs](https://joyzine.org/tag/drugs/)
- [South Africa](https://joyzine.org/tag/south-africa/)
- [creative](https://joyzine.org/tag/creative/)
- [Panama](https://joyzine.org/tag/panama/)
- [youtube](https://joyzine.org/tag/youtube/)
- [Denmark](https://joyzine.org/tag/denmark/)
- [labels](https://joyzine.org/tag/labels/)
- [The Others](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-others/)
- [classics](https://joyzine.org/tag/classics/)
- [activism](https://joyzine.org/tag/activism/)
- [virus](https://joyzine.org/tag/virus/)
- [Bands](https://joyzine.org/tag/bands/)
- [heroin](https://joyzine.org/tag/heroin/)
- [Satire](https://joyzine.org/tag/satire/)
- [book review](https://joyzine.org/tag/book-review/)
- [film review](https://joyzine.org/tag/film-review/)
- [fantasy](https://joyzine.org/tag/fantasy/)
- [Stephen King](https://joyzine.org/tag/stephen-king/)
- [Douglas Adams](https://joyzine.org/tag/douglas-adams/)
- [Iceland](https://joyzine.org/tag/iceland/)
- [Podcasters](https://joyzine.org/tag/podcasters/)
- [clowns](https://joyzine.org/tag/clowns/)
- [Hong Kong](https://joyzine.org/tag/hong-kong/)
- [marching band](https://joyzine.org/tag/marching-band/)
- [Portland](https://joyzine.org/tag/portland/)
- [hymn](https://joyzine.org/tag/hymn/)
- [God](https://joyzine.org/tag/god/)
- [Hamburg](https://joyzine.org/tag/hamburg/)
- [Stockholm](https://joyzine.org/tag/stockholm/)
- [East Anglia](https://joyzine.org/tag/east-anglia/)
- [Stats](https://joyzine.org/tag/stats/)
- [Berlin](https://joyzine.org/tag/berlin/)
- [America](https://joyzine.org/tag/america/)
- [animal rights](https://joyzine.org/tag/animal-rights/)
- [Documentary](https://joyzine.org/tag/documentary/)
- [Switzerland](https://joyzine.org/tag/switzerland/)
- [romance](https://joyzine.org/tag/romance/)
- [UK](https://joyzine.org/tag/uk/)
- [reggae](https://joyzine.org/tag/reggae/)
- [ukulele](https://joyzine.org/tag/ukulele/)
- [DOLLS](https://joyzine.org/tag/dolls/)
- [Death](https://joyzine.org/tag/death/)
- [grim reaper](https://joyzine.org/tag/grim-reaper/)
- [Paris](https://joyzine.org/tag/paris/)
- [Elton John](https://joyzine.org/tag/elton-john/)
- [Camera Obscura](https://joyzine.org/tag/camera-obscura/)
- [acoustic](https://joyzine.org/tag/acoustic/)
- [Contact](https://joyzine.org/tag/contact/)
- [Forum](https://joyzine.org/tag/forum/)
- [Momentum](https://joyzine.org/tag/momentum/)
- [holiday](https://joyzine.org/tag/holiday/)
- [Weezer](https://joyzine.org/tag/weezer/)
- [Steampunk](https://joyzine.org/tag/steampunk/)
- [Kate Bush](https://joyzine.org/tag/kate-bush/)
- [DC](https://joyzine.org/tag/dc/)
- [Britpop](https://joyzine.org/tag/britpop/)
- [vinyl](https://joyzine.org/tag/vinyl/)
- [singles](https://joyzine.org/tag/singles/)
- [compilation](https://joyzine.org/tag/compilation/)
- [pets](https://joyzine.org/tag/pets/)
- [DRINKS](https://joyzine.org/tag/drinks/)
- [Wild World](https://joyzine.org/tag/wild-world/)
- [ABC](https://joyzine.org/tag/abc/)
- [Belfast](https://joyzine.org/tag/belfast/)
- [Winter](https://joyzine.org/tag/winter/)
- [Rome](https://joyzine.org/tag/rome/)
- [AURORA](https://joyzine.org/tag/aurora/)
- [charity](https://joyzine.org/tag/charity/)
- [unemployment](https://joyzine.org/tag/unemployment/)
- [painter](https://joyzine.org/tag/painter/)
- [E](https://joyzine.org/tag/e/)
- [**K](https://joyzine.org/tag/k/)
- [pregnancy](https://joyzine.org/tag/pregnancy/)
- [grandparents](https://joyzine.org/tag/grandparents/)
- [LGBT](https://joyzine.org/tag/lgbt/)
- [multiculturalism](https://joyzine.org/tag/multiculturalism/)
- [Birthdays](https://joyzine.org/tag/birthdays/)
- [Best of](https://joyzine.org/tag/best-of/)
- [time travel](https://joyzine.org/tag/time-travel/)
- [science fiction](https://joyzine.org/tag/science-fiction/)
- [identity](https://joyzine.org/tag/identity/)
- [Russia](https://joyzine.org/tag/russia/)
- [Frustration](https://joyzine.org/tag/frustration/)
- [cover](https://joyzine.org/tag/cover/)
- [touring](https://joyzine.org/tag/touring/)
- [Finland](https://joyzine.org/tag/finland/)
- [Nebraska](https://joyzine.org/tag/nebraska/)
- [Postcards](https://joyzine.org/tag/postcards/)
- [Norway](https://joyzine.org/tag/norway/)
- [New Orleans](https://joyzine.org/tag/new-orleans/)
- [Michigan](https://joyzine.org/tag/michigan/)
- [thriller](https://joyzine.org/tag/thriller/)
- [nationalism](https://joyzine.org/tag/nationalism/)
- [Painting](https://joyzine.org/tag/painting/)
- [puppets](https://joyzine.org/tag/puppets/)
- [labour](https://joyzine.org/tag/labour/)
- [interview](https://joyzine.org/tag/interview/)
- [paranormal](https://joyzine.org/tag/paranormal/)
- [Western](https://joyzine.org/tag/western/)
- [integration](https://joyzine.org/tag/integration/)
- [live](https://joyzine.org/tag/live/)
- [Scotland](https://joyzine.org/tag/scotland/)
- [particle physics](https://joyzine.org/tag/particle-physics/)
- [rave](https://joyzine.org/tag/rave/)
- [Wales](https://joyzine.org/tag/wales/)
- [artist](https://joyzine.org/tag/artist/)
- [Chelsea](https://joyzine.org/tag/chelsea/)
- [NHS](https://joyzine.org/tag/nhs/)
- [Liverpool](https://joyzine.org/tag/liverpool/)
- [calypso](https://joyzine.org/tag/calypso/)
- [monsters](https://joyzine.org/tag/monsters/)
- [Low](https://joyzine.org/tag/low/)
- [Portuguese](https://joyzine.org/tag/portuguese/)
- [racism](https://joyzine.org/tag/racism/)
- [Portsmouth](https://joyzine.org/tag/portsmouth/)
- [poet](https://joyzine.org/tag/poet/)
- [biopic](https://joyzine.org/tag/biopic/)
- [surf](https://joyzine.org/tag/surf/)
- [propaganda](https://joyzine.org/tag/propaganda/)
- [Belgium](https://joyzine.org/tag/belgium/)
- [Barcelona](https://joyzine.org/tag/barcelona/)
- [B Movies](https://joyzine.org/tag/b-movies/)
- [AI](https://joyzine.org/tag/ai/)
- [First](https://joyzine.org/tag/first/)
- [Mono](https://joyzine.org/tag/mono/)
- [Waterloo](https://joyzine.org/tag/waterloo/)
- [independent](https://joyzine.org/tag/independent/)
- [Ambition](https://joyzine.org/tag/ambition/)
- [Audiobook](https://joyzine.org/tag/audiobook/)
- [hardcore](https://joyzine.org/tag/hardcore/)
- [surreal](https://joyzine.org/tag/surreal/)
- [The Lounge](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-lounge/)
- [Craft](https://joyzine.org/tag/craft/)
- [graffiti](https://joyzine.org/tag/graffiti/)
- [Shanghai](https://joyzine.org/tag/shanghai/)
- [police](https://joyzine.org/tag/police/)
- [Detroit](https://joyzine.org/tag/detroit/)
- [soul](https://joyzine.org/tag/soul/)
- [choir](https://joyzine.org/tag/choir/)
- [piano](https://joyzine.org/tag/piano/)
- [goth](https://joyzine.org/tag/goth/)
- [EBM](https://joyzine.org/tag/ebm/)
- [experimental](https://joyzine.org/tag/experimental/)
- [pagan](https://joyzine.org/tag/pagan/)
- [Christmas](https://joyzine.org/tag/christmas/)
- [alcoholism](https://joyzine.org/tag/alcoholism/)
- [STFU](https://joyzine.org/tag/stfu/)
- [UK politics](https://joyzine.org/tag/uk-politics/)
- [collaboration](https://joyzine.org/tag/collaboration/)
- [album review](https://joyzine.org/tag/album-review/)
- [JOHN](https://joyzine.org/tag/john/)
- [cake](https://joyzine.org/tag/cake/)
- [wrestling](https://joyzine.org/tag/wrestling/)
- [vintage](https://joyzine.org/tag/vintage/)
- [writers](https://joyzine.org/tag/writers/)
- [vote](https://joyzine.org/tag/vote/)
- [climate change](https://joyzine.org/tag/climate-change/)
- [Es](https://joyzine.org/tag/es/)
- [classical](https://joyzine.org/tag/classical/)
- [manifesto](https://joyzine.org/tag/manifesto/)
- [quilting](https://joyzine.org/tag/quilting/)
- [revenge](https://joyzine.org/tag/revenge/)
- [Dublin](https://joyzine.org/tag/dublin/)
- [Cable](https://joyzine.org/tag/cable/)
- [Electronica](https://joyzine.org/tag/electronica/)
- [Syria](https://joyzine.org/tag/syria/)
- [George Michael](https://joyzine.org/tag/george-michael/)
- [The Smiths](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-smiths/)
- [Easter](https://joyzine.org/tag/easter/)
- [tragedy](https://joyzine.org/tag/tragedy/)
- [black metal](https://joyzine.org/tag/black-metal/)
- [Argentina](https://joyzine.org/tag/argentina/)
- [Virtual Reality](https://joyzine.org/tag/virtual-reality/)
- [circus](https://joyzine.org/tag/circus/)
- [2003](https://joyzine.org/tag/2003/)
- [techno](https://joyzine.org/tag/techno/)
- [penguin](https://joyzine.org/tag/penguin/)
- [Toy](https://joyzine.org/tag/toy/)
- [Road movie](https://joyzine.org/tag/road-movie/)
- [musicians](https://joyzine.org/tag/musicians/)
- [Michael Jackson](https://joyzine.org/tag/michael-jackson/)
- [dance music](https://joyzine.org/tag/dance-music/)
- [electronic music](https://joyzine.org/tag/electronic-music/)
- [world music](https://joyzine.org/tag/world-music/)
- [ambient](https://joyzine.org/tag/ambient/)
- [cartoon](https://joyzine.org/tag/cartoon/)
- [insomnia](https://joyzine.org/tag/insomnia/)
- [gig](https://joyzine.org/tag/gig/)
- [surveillance](https://joyzine.org/tag/surveillance/)
- [capitalism](https://joyzine.org/tag/capitalism/)
- [Christmas Tree](https://joyzine.org/tag/christmas-tree/)
- [animal cruelty](https://joyzine.org/tag/animal-cruelty/)
- [Nirvana](https://joyzine.org/tag/nirvana/)
- [Colombia](https://joyzine.org/tag/colombia/)
- [Charlie Brown](https://joyzine.org/tag/charlie-brown/)
- [jazz](https://joyzine.org/tag/jazz/)
- [trip-hop](https://joyzine.org/tag/trip-hop/)
- [lounge](https://joyzine.org/tag/lounge/)
- [grindcore](https://joyzine.org/tag/grindcore/)
- [Book Club](https://joyzine.org/tag/book-club/)
- [November](https://joyzine.org/tag/november/)
- [Summer](https://joyzine.org/tag/summer/)
- [exclusive](https://joyzine.org/tag/exclusive/)
- [corruption](https://joyzine.org/tag/corruption/)
- [post rock](https://joyzine.org/tag/post-rock/)
- [indie rock](https://joyzine.org/tag/indie-rock/)
- [alt-country](https://joyzine.org/tag/alt-country/)
- [Keys](https://joyzine.org/tag/keys/)
- [New Jersey](https://joyzine.org/tag/new-jersey/)
- [Ukraine](https://joyzine.org/tag/ukraine/)
- [electronic](https://joyzine.org/tag/electronic/)
- [1980s](https://joyzine.org/tag/1980s/)
- [karaoke](https://joyzine.org/tag/karaoke/)
- [Venus](https://joyzine.org/tag/venus/)
- [cult](https://joyzine.org/tag/cult/)
- [Melodic](https://joyzine.org/tag/melodic/)
- [Trailer](https://joyzine.org/tag/trailer/)
- [cyclist](https://joyzine.org/tag/cyclist/)
- [Nine Inch Nails](https://joyzine.org/tag/nine-inch-nails/)
- [Sculpture](https://joyzine.org/tag/sculpture/)
- [R&B](https://joyzine.org/tag/rb/)
- [gospel](https://joyzine.org/tag/gospel/)
- [folk](https://joyzine.org/tag/folk/)
- [whales](https://joyzine.org/tag/whales/)
- [new bands](https://joyzine.org/tag/new-bands/)
- [life drawing](https://joyzine.org/tag/life-drawing/)
- [loud](https://joyzine.org/tag/loud/)
- [leftfield](https://joyzine.org/tag/leftfield/)
- [Vienna](https://joyzine.org/tag/vienna/)
- [twee](https://joyzine.org/tag/twee/)
- [trance](https://joyzine.org/tag/trance/)
- [bluegrass](https://joyzine.org/tag/bluegrass/)
- [premiere](https://joyzine.org/tag/premiere/)
- [collage](https://joyzine.org/tag/collage/)
- [rap](https://joyzine.org/tag/rap/)
- [environmentalism](https://joyzine.org/tag/environmentalism/)
- [SPD](https://joyzine.org/tag/spd/)
- [KIN](https://joyzine.org/tag/kin/)
- [Arizona](https://joyzine.org/tag/arizona/)
- [MIRI](https://joyzine.org/tag/miri/)
- [1960s](https://joyzine.org/tag/1960s/)
- [1970s](https://joyzine.org/tag/1970s/)
- [1990s](https://joyzine.org/tag/1990s/)
- [2000s](https://joyzine.org/tag/2000s/)
- [reunion](https://joyzine.org/tag/reunion/)
- [Disney](https://joyzine.org/tag/disney/)
- [Batteries](https://joyzine.org/tag/batteries/)
- [Ragnarok](https://joyzine.org/tag/ragnarok/)
- [Los Angeles](https://joyzine.org/tag/los-angeles/)
- [Law and Order](https://joyzine.org/tag/law-and-order/)
- [Encyclopedia](https://joyzine.org/tag/encyclopedia/)
- [Fröst](https://joyzine.org/tag/frost/)
- [Installation](https://joyzine.org/tag/installation/)
- [Oakland](https://joyzine.org/tag/oakland/)
- [LA](https://joyzine.org/tag/la/)
- [Richmond](https://joyzine.org/tag/richmond/)
- [The Jungle](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-jungle/)
- [feminist](https://joyzine.org/tag/feminist/)
- [Evergreen](https://joyzine.org/tag/evergreen/)
- [Portals](https://joyzine.org/tag/portals/)
- [Beyonce](https://joyzine.org/tag/beyonce/)
- [music production](https://joyzine.org/tag/music-production/)
- [Cowtown](https://joyzine.org/tag/cowtown/)
- [Elvis](https://joyzine.org/tag/elvis/)
- [Americana](https://joyzine.org/tag/americana/)
- [EDM](https://joyzine.org/tag/edm/)
- [pulp fiction](https://joyzine.org/tag/pulp-fiction/)
- [director](https://joyzine.org/tag/director/)
- [actor](https://joyzine.org/tag/actor/)
- [coco](https://joyzine.org/tag/coco/)
- [ROmans](https://joyzine.org/tag/romans/)
- [Festival](https://joyzine.org/tag/festival/)
- [Elvis Presley](https://joyzine.org/tag/elvis-presley/)
- [Doctor Who](https://joyzine.org/tag/doctor-who/)
- [Fresh](https://joyzine.org/tag/fresh/)
- [Salad](https://joyzine.org/tag/salad/)
- [soundscape](https://joyzine.org/tag/soundscape/)
- [Band Aid](https://joyzine.org/tag/band-aid/)
- [Guildford](https://joyzine.org/tag/guildford/)
- [parenthood](https://joyzine.org/tag/parenthood/)
- [hip-hop](https://joyzine.org/tag/hip-hop/)
- [Sorry](https://joyzine.org/tag/sorry/)
- [Creatures](https://joyzine.org/tag/creatures/)
- [Copenhagen](https://joyzine.org/tag/copenhagen/)
- [The Bird's Nest](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-birds-nest/)
- [witch](https://joyzine.org/tag/witch/)
- [remix](https://joyzine.org/tag/remix/)
- [auction](https://joyzine.org/tag/auction/)
- [Fluxus](https://joyzine.org/tag/fluxus/)
- [New Year's Eve](https://joyzine.org/tag/new-years-eve/)
- [Supernatural](https://joyzine.org/tag/supernatural/)
- [Lust](https://joyzine.org/tag/lust/)
- [bass](https://joyzine.org/tag/bass/)
- [Bob Dylan](https://joyzine.org/tag/bob-dylan/)
- [photographers](https://joyzine.org/tag/photographers/)
- [Kingston](https://joyzine.org/tag/kingston/)
- [Merchandise](https://joyzine.org/tag/merchandise/)
- [album](https://joyzine.org/tag/album/)
- [Ann Arbor](https://joyzine.org/tag/ann-arbor/)
- [Talking Heads](https://joyzine.org/tag/talking-heads/)
- [spoken word](https://joyzine.org/tag/spoken-word/)
- [egg](https://joyzine.org/tag/egg/)
- [False Advertising](https://joyzine.org/tag/false-advertising/)
- [noir](https://joyzine.org/tag/noir/)
- [music industry](https://joyzine.org/tag/music-industry/)
- [Sunrise](https://joyzine.org/tag/sunrise/)
- [Fantasia](https://joyzine.org/tag/fantasia/)
- [Great Britain](https://joyzine.org/tag/great-britain/)
- [Peru](https://joyzine.org/tag/peru/)
- [Paul Simon](https://joyzine.org/tag/paul-simon/)
- [The Beach Boys](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-beach-boys/)
- [short film](https://joyzine.org/tag/short-film/)
- [Political Satire](https://joyzine.org/tag/political-satire/)
- [GIS](https://joyzine.org/tag/gis/)
- [various artists](https://joyzine.org/tag/various-artists/)
- [morality](https://joyzine.org/tag/morality/)
- [Manchester](https://joyzine.org/tag/manchester/)
- [first love](https://joyzine.org/tag/first-love/)
- [Steve Jobs](https://joyzine.org/tag/steve-jobs/)
- [Joker](https://joyzine.org/tag/joker/)
- [bingo](https://joyzine.org/tag/bingo/)
- [dinosaurs](https://joyzine.org/tag/dinosaurs/)
- [records](https://joyzine.org/tag/records/)
- [The Word](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-word/)
- [Darren Hayman](https://joyzine.org/tag/darren-hayman/)
- [Cargo Records](https://joyzine.org/tag/cargo-records/)
- [Rough Trade](https://joyzine.org/tag/rough-trade/)
- [suspension](https://joyzine.org/tag/suspension/)
- [The Mountain Goats](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-mountain-goats/)
- [disability](https://joyzine.org/tag/disability/)
- [Cocteau Twins](https://joyzine.org/tag/cocteau-twins/)
- [vampires](https://joyzine.org/tag/vampires/)
- [Modern Art](https://joyzine.org/tag/modern-art/)
- [Chemtrails](https://joyzine.org/tag/chemtrails/)
- [r & b](https://joyzine.org/tag/r-b/)
- [saxophone](https://joyzine.org/tag/saxophone/)
- [Camden](https://joyzine.org/tag/camden/)
- [Performance Art](https://joyzine.org/tag/performance-art/)
- [electro](https://joyzine.org/tag/electro/)
- [warehouse](https://joyzine.org/tag/warehouse/)
- [Sherlock Holmes](https://joyzine.org/tag/sherlock-holmes/)
- [Green Party](https://joyzine.org/tag/green-party/)
- [rock and roll](https://joyzine.org/tag/rock-and-roll/)
- [classic rock](https://joyzine.org/tag/classic-rock/)
- [Garbage](https://joyzine.org/tag/garbage/)
- [queercore](https://joyzine.org/tag/queercore/)
- [Nick Cave](https://joyzine.org/tag/nick-cave/)
- [The Projects](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-projects/)
- [funky](https://joyzine.org/tag/funky/)
- [Gene Simmons](https://joyzine.org/tag/gene-simmons/)
- [Borderline](https://joyzine.org/tag/borderline/)
- [Gwyneth Paltrow](https://joyzine.org/tag/gwyneth-paltrow/)
- [Holland](https://joyzine.org/tag/holland/)
- [Radiohead](https://joyzine.org/tag/radiohead/)
- [TORCH](https://joyzine.org/tag/torch/)
- [Islamophobia](https://joyzine.org/tag/islamophobia/)
- [ideology](https://joyzine.org/tag/ideology/)
- [Polar](https://joyzine.org/tag/polar/)
- [Malta](https://joyzine.org/tag/malta/)
- [Squid](https://joyzine.org/tag/squid/)
- [American history](https://joyzine.org/tag/american-history/)
- [Crisis](https://joyzine.org/tag/crisis/)
- [mental illness](https://joyzine.org/tag/mental-illness/)
- [Bats](https://joyzine.org/tag/bats/)
- [Streaming](https://joyzine.org/tag/streaming/)
- [anniversary](https://joyzine.org/tag/anniversary/)
- [hunting](https://joyzine.org/tag/hunting/)
- [Childcare](https://joyzine.org/tag/childcare/)
- [United Kingdom](https://joyzine.org/tag/united-kingdom/)
- [European Union](https://joyzine.org/tag/european-union/)
- [SPeW](https://joyzine.org/tag/spew/)
- [90s](https://joyzine.org/tag/90s/)
- [equality](https://joyzine.org/tag/equality/)
- [casio](https://joyzine.org/tag/casio/)
- [Batman](https://joyzine.org/tag/batman/)
- [listings](https://joyzine.org/tag/listings/)
- [Conservative Party](https://joyzine.org/tag/conservative-party/)
- [cinematic](https://joyzine.org/tag/cinematic/)
- [Famous](https://joyzine.org/tag/famous/)
- [Sim City](https://joyzine.org/tag/sim-city/)
- [pandemic](https://joyzine.org/tag/pandemic/)
- [S&M](https://joyzine.org/tag/sm/)
- [social media](https://joyzine.org/tag/social-media/)
- [The Library](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-library/)
- [comic book](https://joyzine.org/tag/comic-book/)
- [Finn](https://joyzine.org/tag/finn/)
- [Candidates](https://joyzine.org/tag/candidates/)
- [CALM](https://joyzine.org/tag/calm/)
- [drum and bass](https://joyzine.org/tag/drum-and-bass/)
- [carnival](https://joyzine.org/tag/carnival/)
- [charities](https://joyzine.org/tag/charities/)
- [BLAB](https://joyzine.org/tag/blab/)
- [civil war](https://joyzine.org/tag/civil-war/)
- [vaccine](https://joyzine.org/tag/vaccine/)
- [Record Label](https://joyzine.org/tag/record-label/)
- [Free Love](https://joyzine.org/tag/free-love/)
- [bees](https://joyzine.org/tag/bees/)
- [Kylie Minogue](https://joyzine.org/tag/kylie-minogue/)
- [Domino](https://joyzine.org/tag/domino/)
- [Tory](https://joyzine.org/tag/tory/)
- [session](https://joyzine.org/tag/session/)
- [The Bible](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-bible/)
- [Led Zeppelin](https://joyzine.org/tag/led-zeppelin/)
- [Couples](https://joyzine.org/tag/couples/)
- [George Orwell](https://joyzine.org/tag/george-orwell/)
- [SXSW](https://joyzine.org/tag/sxsw/)
- [South By Southwest](https://joyzine.org/tag/south-by-southwest/)
- [isolation](https://joyzine.org/tag/isolation/)
- [monologue](https://joyzine.org/tag/monologue/)
- [food bank](https://joyzine.org/tag/food-bank/)
- [psych](https://joyzine.org/tag/psych/)
- [MÊL](https://joyzine.org/tag/mel/)
- [Aladdin Sane](https://joyzine.org/tag/aladdin-sane/)
- [Play Dead](https://joyzine.org/tag/play-dead/)
- [new music](https://joyzine.org/tag/new-music/)
- [new wave](https://joyzine.org/tag/new-wave/)
- [anti-semitism](https://joyzine.org/tag/anti-semitism/)
- [Street Art](https://joyzine.org/tag/street-art/)
- [Revelations](https://joyzine.org/tag/revelations/)
- [The Research](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-research/)
- [songwriting](https://joyzine.org/tag/songwriting/)
- [zombies](https://joyzine.org/tag/zombies/)
- [Mango](https://joyzine.org/tag/mango/)
- [journalists](https://joyzine.org/tag/journalists/)
- [mortality](https://joyzine.org/tag/mortality/)
- [Cat Power](https://joyzine.org/tag/cat-power/)
- [Psyche](https://joyzine.org/tag/psyche/)
- [Black](https://joyzine.org/tag/black/)
- [Idaho](https://joyzine.org/tag/idaho/)
- [Louisiana](https://joyzine.org/tag/louisiana/)
- [Oaklahoma](https://joyzine.org/tag/oaklahoma/)
- [Oregon](https://joyzine.org/tag/oregon/)
- [fascism](https://joyzine.org/tag/fascism/)
- [Frankenstein](https://joyzine.org/tag/frankenstein/)
- [behind the scenes](https://joyzine.org/tag/behind-the-scenes/)
- [Dada](https://joyzine.org/tag/dada/)
- [Introspective](https://joyzine.org/tag/introspective/)
- [Our Time](https://joyzine.org/tag/our-time/)
- [accordion](https://joyzine.org/tag/accordion/)
- [crime fiction](https://joyzine.org/tag/crime-fiction/)
- [free jazz](https://joyzine.org/tag/free-jazz/)
- [Cast](https://joyzine.org/tag/cast/)
- [disco](https://joyzine.org/tag/disco/)
- [World War II](https://joyzine.org/tag/world-war-ii/)
- [Santa Claus](https://joyzine.org/tag/santa-claus/)
- [Mogwai](https://joyzine.org/tag/mogwai/)
- [free music](https://joyzine.org/tag/free-music/)
- [tories](https://joyzine.org/tag/tories/)
- [homophobia](https://joyzine.org/tag/homophobia/)
- [migrants](https://joyzine.org/tag/migrants/)
- [xenophobia](https://joyzine.org/tag/xenophobia/)
- [MIDI](https://joyzine.org/tag/midi/)
- [audiobooks](https://joyzine.org/tag/audiobooks/)
- [Purple](https://joyzine.org/tag/purple/)
- [Northern Soul](https://joyzine.org/tag/northern-soul/)
- [LION](https://joyzine.org/tag/lion/)
- [retro gaming](https://joyzine.org/tag/retro-gaming/)
- [EP](https://joyzine.org/tag/ep/)
- [Coney Island](https://joyzine.org/tag/coney-island/)
- [Self Help](https://joyzine.org/tag/self-help/)
- [2020](https://joyzine.org/tag/2020/)
- [Blur](https://joyzine.org/tag/blur/)
- [glam](https://joyzine.org/tag/glam/)
- [illustrators](https://joyzine.org/tag/illustrators/)
- [Vladimir Putin](https://joyzine.org/tag/vladimir-putin/)
- [beard](https://joyzine.org/tag/beard/)
- [Cream](https://joyzine.org/tag/cream/)
- [Arctic Monkeys](https://joyzine.org/tag/arctic-monkeys/)
- [Groove Armada](https://joyzine.org/tag/groove-armada/)
- [alt-rock](https://joyzine.org/tag/alt-rock/)
- [Supergrass](https://joyzine.org/tag/supergrass/)
- [The Beatles](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-beatles/)
- [The Streets](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-streets/)
- [Pixies](https://joyzine.org/tag/pixies/)
- [Blondie](https://joyzine.org/tag/blondie/)
- [Latvia](https://joyzine.org/tag/latvia/)
- [homelessness](https://joyzine.org/tag/homelessness/)
- [Cloud](https://joyzine.org/tag/cloud/)
- [Antwerp](https://joyzine.org/tag/antwerp/)
- [Bristol](https://joyzine.org/tag/bristol/)
- [tube](https://joyzine.org/tag/tube/)
- [Folklore](https://joyzine.org/tag/folklore/)
- [vocals](https://joyzine.org/tag/vocals/)
- [Ultrasound](https://joyzine.org/tag/ultrasound/)
- [Brit Awards](https://joyzine.org/tag/brit-awards/)
- [Craft beer](https://joyzine.org/tag/craft-beer/)
- [music scene](https://joyzine.org/tag/music-scene/)
- [improvisation](https://joyzine.org/tag/improvisation/)
- [William Blake](https://joyzine.org/tag/william-blake/)
- [Franz Ferdinand](https://joyzine.org/tag/franz-ferdinand/)
- [swearing](https://joyzine.org/tag/swearing/)
- [bubbles](https://joyzine.org/tag/bubbles/)
- [photographer](https://joyzine.org/tag/photographer/)
- [anti-capitalism](https://joyzine.org/tag/anti-capitalism/)
- [Coachella](https://joyzine.org/tag/coachella/)
- [The Walkmen](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-walkmen/)
- [clap your hands say yeah](https://joyzine.org/tag/clap-your-hands-say-yeah/)
- [Ladytron](https://joyzine.org/tag/ladytron/)
- [percussion](https://joyzine.org/tag/percussion/)
- [Louisville](https://joyzine.org/tag/louisville/)
- [Clipping](https://joyzine.org/tag/clipping/)
- [Cambridge](https://joyzine.org/tag/cambridge/)
- [Essex](https://joyzine.org/tag/essex/)
- [Canterbury](https://joyzine.org/tag/canterbury/)
- [Philip Pullman](https://joyzine.org/tag/philip-pullman/)
- [Peanuts](https://joyzine.org/tag/peanuts/)
- [Pulp](https://joyzine.org/tag/pulp/)
- [Iggy Pop](https://joyzine.org/tag/iggy-pop/)
- [David Bowie](https://joyzine.org/tag/david-bowie/)
- [Trust Fund](https://joyzine.org/tag/trust-fund/)
- [Oslo](https://joyzine.org/tag/oslo/)
- [anti-folk](https://joyzine.org/tag/anti-folk/)
- [Colchester](https://joyzine.org/tag/colchester/)
- [Prince](https://joyzine.org/tag/prince/)
- [Trans](https://joyzine.org/tag/trans/)
- [Lauren Laverne](https://joyzine.org/tag/lauren-laverne/)
- [doping](https://joyzine.org/tag/doping/)
- [The Flaming Lips](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-flaming-lips/)
- [Eels](https://joyzine.org/tag/eels/)
- [Suede](https://joyzine.org/tag/suede/)
- [NME](https://joyzine.org/tag/nme/)
- [Edinburgh](https://joyzine.org/tag/edinburgh/)
- [Ash](https://joyzine.org/tag/ash/)
- [Yeah Yeah Yeahs](https://joyzine.org/tag/yeah-yeah-yeahs/)
- [BFI](https://joyzine.org/tag/bfi/)
- [London Film Festival](https://joyzine.org/tag/london-film-festival/)
- [Real Madrid](https://joyzine.org/tag/real-madrid/)
- [Diver](https://joyzine.org/tag/diver/)
- [dub](https://joyzine.org/tag/dub/)
- [Canberra](https://joyzine.org/tag/canberra/)
- [heavy](https://joyzine.org/tag/heavy/)
- [Ikara Colt](https://joyzine.org/tag/ikara-colt/)
- [80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster](https://joyzine.org/tag/80s-matchbox-b-line-disaster/)
- [The WIldhearts](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-wildhearts/)
- [The Clash](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-clash/)
- [Aphex Twin](https://joyzine.org/tag/aphex-twin/)
- [Glasgow](https://joyzine.org/tag/glasgow/)
- [Tyneside](https://joyzine.org/tag/tyneside/)
- [The Hidden Cameras](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-hidden-cameras/)
- [music education](https://joyzine.org/tag/music-education/)
- [Facebook](https://joyzine.org/tag/facebook/)
- [Scream](https://joyzine.org/tag/scream/)
- [Serj Tankian](https://joyzine.org/tag/serj-tankian/)
- [Danish](https://joyzine.org/tag/danish/)
- [benefits](https://joyzine.org/tag/benefits/)
- [Beats](https://joyzine.org/tag/beats/)
- [Tom Morello](https://joyzine.org/tag/tom-morello/)
- [Fonda 500](https://joyzine.org/tag/fonda-500/)
- [Finsbury Park](https://joyzine.org/tag/finsbury-park/)
- [Rolling Stones](https://joyzine.org/tag/rolling-stones/)
- [PJ Harvey](https://joyzine.org/tag/pj-harvey/)
- [Björk](https://joyzine.org/tag/bjork/)
- [Serafin](https://joyzine.org/tag/serafin/)
- [Brixton Academy](https://joyzine.org/tag/brixton-academy/)
- [wizards](https://joyzine.org/tag/wizards/)
- [What Is This](https://joyzine.org/tag/what-is-this/)
- [Ride](https://joyzine.org/tag/ride/)
- [Hackney](https://joyzine.org/tag/hackney/)
- [Pile](https://joyzine.org/tag/pile/)
- [superhero](https://joyzine.org/tag/superhero/)
- [Mess](https://joyzine.org/tag/mess/)
- [cabaret](https://joyzine.org/tag/cabaret/)
- [Cabbage](https://joyzine.org/tag/cabbage/)
- [Tanzania](https://joyzine.org/tag/tanzania/)
- [punk rock](https://joyzine.org/tag/punk-rock/)
- [hard rock](https://joyzine.org/tag/hard-rock/)
- [disaster capitalism](https://joyzine.org/tag/disaster-capitalism/)
- [Grieving](https://joyzine.org/tag/grieving/)
- [Cleveland](https://joyzine.org/tag/cleveland/)
- [gender identity](https://joyzine.org/tag/gender-identity/)
- [Heaven](https://joyzine.org/tag/heaven/)
- [historical fiction](https://joyzine.org/tag/historical-fiction/)
- [country music](https://joyzine.org/tag/country-music/)
- [Alfred Hitchcock](https://joyzine.org/tag/alfred-hitchcock/)
- [garage](https://joyzine.org/tag/garage/)
- [weekender](https://joyzine.org/tag/weekender/)
- [GN](https://joyzine.org/tag/gn/)
- [gentrification](https://joyzine.org/tag/gentrification/)
- [PM](https://joyzine.org/tag/pm/)
- [shamanic](https://joyzine.org/tag/shamanic/)
- [zine](https://joyzine.org/tag/zine/)
- [hardcore punk](https://joyzine.org/tag/hardcore-punk/)
- [music theory](https://joyzine.org/tag/music-theory/)
- [Morrissey](https://joyzine.org/tag/morrissey/)
- [field recording](https://joyzine.org/tag/field-recording/)
- [Leonard Cohen](https://joyzine.org/tag/leonard-cohen/)
- [CloseUp](https://joyzine.org/tag/closeup/)
- [doom](https://joyzine.org/tag/doom/)
- [Ed Harcourt](https://joyzine.org/tag/ed-harcourt/)
- [sexual assault](https://joyzine.org/tag/sexual-assault/)
- [chamber](https://joyzine.org/tag/chamber/)
- [gender equality](https://joyzine.org/tag/gender-equality/)
- [The Darkness](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-darkness/)
- [Düsseldorf](https://joyzine.org/tag/dusseldorf/)
- [Neil Gaiman](https://joyzine.org/tag/neil-gaiman/)
- [comedian](https://joyzine.org/tag/comedian/)
- [grindhouse](https://joyzine.org/tag/grindhouse/)
- [Electronic Dance](https://joyzine.org/tag/electronic-dance/)
- [Dustin's Bar Mitzvah](https://joyzine.org/tag/dustins-bar-mitzvah/)
- [Camden Barfly](https://joyzine.org/tag/camden-barfly/)
- [Tom Waits](https://joyzine.org/tag/tom-waits/)
- [Derby](https://joyzine.org/tag/derby/)
- [Uniform](https://joyzine.org/tag/uniform/)
- [The Force](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-force/)
- [Prom](https://joyzine.org/tag/prom/)
- [Kennedy](https://joyzine.org/tag/kennedy/)
- [creative process](https://joyzine.org/tag/creative-process/)
- [Mush](https://joyzine.org/tag/mush/)
- [PiL](https://joyzine.org/tag/pil/)
- [Swimming Pools](https://joyzine.org/tag/swimming-pools/)
- [Beirut](https://joyzine.org/tag/beirut/)
- [World War I](https://joyzine.org/tag/world-war-i/)
- [The Garden](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-garden/)
- [choral](https://joyzine.org/tag/choral/)
- [keyboards](https://joyzine.org/tag/keyboards/)
- [Buzzcocks](https://joyzine.org/tag/buzzcocks/)
- [Rancid](https://joyzine.org/tag/rancid/)
- [Million Dead](https://joyzine.org/tag/million-dead/)
- [public services](https://joyzine.org/tag/public-services/)
- [Belarus](https://joyzine.org/tag/belarus/)
- [discrimination](https://joyzine.org/tag/discrimination/)
- [Peterborough](https://joyzine.org/tag/peterborough/)
- [Luxembourg](https://joyzine.org/tag/luxembourg/)
- [dystopia](https://joyzine.org/tag/dystopia/)
- [hummingbirds](https://joyzine.org/tag/hummingbirds/)
- [Ramones](https://joyzine.org/tag/ramones/)
- [CuT](https://joyzine.org/tag/cut/)
- [tabla](https://joyzine.org/tag/tabla/)
- [refugees](https://joyzine.org/tag/refugees/)
- [EPO](https://joyzine.org/tag/epo/)
- [subculture](https://joyzine.org/tag/subculture/)
- [The Forge](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-forge/)
- [Brighton](https://joyzine.org/tag/brighton/)
- [activist](https://joyzine.org/tag/activist/)
- [anarchy](https://joyzine.org/tag/anarchy/)
- [seaside](https://joyzine.org/tag/seaside/)
- [Jethro Tull](https://joyzine.org/tag/jethro-tull/)
- [fancy dress](https://joyzine.org/tag/fancy-dress/)
- [right wing](https://joyzine.org/tag/right-wing/)
- [modernism](https://joyzine.org/tag/modernism/)
- [Elvis Costello](https://joyzine.org/tag/elvis-costello/)
- [maternity](https://joyzine.org/tag/maternity/)
- [Terry](https://joyzine.org/tag/terry/)
- [The Strokes](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-strokes/)
- [post hardcore](https://joyzine.org/tag/post-hardcore/)
- [pop rock](https://joyzine.org/tag/pop-rock/)
- [Garage Rock](https://joyzine.org/tag/garage-rock/)
- [shoegaze](https://joyzine.org/tag/shoegaze/)
- [Counterculture](https://joyzine.org/tag/counterculture/)
- [polymath](https://joyzine.org/tag/polymath/)
- [Mailing List](https://joyzine.org/tag/mailing-list/)
- [Epitaph](https://joyzine.org/tag/epitaph/)
- [dancehall](https://joyzine.org/tag/dancehall/)
- [War on Drugs](https://joyzine.org/tag/war-on-drugs/)
- [Spice of Life](https://joyzine.org/tag/spice-of-life/)
- [tuba](https://joyzine.org/tag/tuba/)
- [Minneapolis](https://joyzine.org/tag/minneapolis/)
- [The Carpenters](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-carpenters/)
- [photo book](https://joyzine.org/tag/photo-book/)
- [singer](https://joyzine.org/tag/singer/)
- [guilty pleasure](https://joyzine.org/tag/guilty-pleasure/)
- [kink](https://joyzine.org/tag/kink/)
- [The Local](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-local/)
- [Blackpool](https://joyzine.org/tag/blackpool/)
- [Social Care](https://joyzine.org/tag/social-care/)
- [Special Needs](https://joyzine.org/tag/special-needs/)
- [baroque](https://joyzine.org/tag/baroque/)
- [Wild Rose](https://joyzine.org/tag/wild-rose/)
- [PIP](https://joyzine.org/tag/pip/)
- [Oxford](https://joyzine.org/tag/oxford/)
- [apocalypse](https://joyzine.org/tag/apocalypse/)
- [gymnastics](https://joyzine.org/tag/gymnastics/)
- [The Da Vinci Code](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-da-vinci-code/)
- [life coach](https://joyzine.org/tag/life-coach/)
- [Bowie](https://joyzine.org/tag/bowie/)
- [Steve Lamacq](https://joyzine.org/tag/steve-lamacq/)
- [Ford Mustang](https://joyzine.org/tag/ford-mustang/)
- [indie pop](https://joyzine.org/tag/indie-pop/)
- [The Early Years](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-early-years/)
- [conjunto](https://joyzine.org/tag/conjunto/)
- [Lexington](https://joyzine.org/tag/lexington/)
- [Frog](https://joyzine.org/tag/frog/)
- [Mangrove](https://joyzine.org/tag/mangrove/)
- [Home Alone](https://joyzine.org/tag/home-alone/)
- [independent artists](https://joyzine.org/tag/independent-artists/)
- [glitch](https://joyzine.org/tag/glitch/)
- [mvps](https://joyzine.org/tag/mvps/)
- [claymation](https://joyzine.org/tag/claymation/)
- [Fleetwood Mac](https://joyzine.org/tag/fleetwood-mac/)
- [The Libertines](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-libertines/)
- [restoration](https://joyzine.org/tag/restoration/)
- [Clinic](https://joyzine.org/tag/clinic/)
- [Slaves](https://joyzine.org/tag/slaves/)
- [Goethe](https://joyzine.org/tag/goethe/)
- [Fucked Up](https://joyzine.org/tag/fucked-up/)
- [Feist](https://joyzine.org/tag/feist/)
- [Lovejoy](https://joyzine.org/tag/lovejoy/)
- [Matters](https://joyzine.org/tag/matters/)
- [Joe Biden](https://joyzine.org/tag/joe-biden/)
- [Kingston Upon Hull](https://joyzine.org/tag/kingston-upon-hull/)
- [Shame](https://joyzine.org/tag/shame/)
- [Mali](https://joyzine.org/tag/mali/)
- [Leeds](https://joyzine.org/tag/leeds/)
- [Yorkshire](https://joyzine.org/tag/yorkshire/)
- [cartography](https://joyzine.org/tag/cartography/)
- [Billy Childish](https://joyzine.org/tag/billy-childish/)
- [Kitsch](https://joyzine.org/tag/kitsch/)
- [symphonic metal](https://joyzine.org/tag/symphonic-metal/)
- [Graham Coxon](https://joyzine.org/tag/graham-coxon/)
- [Visions](https://joyzine.org/tag/visions/)
- [chill](https://joyzine.org/tag/chill/)
- [psychedelic](https://joyzine.org/tag/psychedelic/)
- [Sleaze](https://joyzine.org/tag/sleaze/)
- [wav](https://joyzine.org/tag/wav/)
- [Oscar Wilde](https://joyzine.org/tag/oscar-wilde/)
- [Curve](https://joyzine.org/tag/curve/)
- [James Gray](https://joyzine.org/tag/james-gray/)
- [Crass](https://joyzine.org/tag/crass/)
- [Wire](https://joyzine.org/tag/wire/)
- [Langston Hughes](https://joyzine.org/tag/langston-hughes/)
- [Bruce Springsteen](https://joyzine.org/tag/bruce-springsteen/)
- [Loveless](https://joyzine.org/tag/loveless/)
- [NOFX](https://joyzine.org/tag/nofx/)
- [Prime Time](https://joyzine.org/tag/prime-time/)
- [Free Download](https://joyzine.org/tag/free-download/)
- [Alexa](https://joyzine.org/tag/alexa/)
- [OCS](https://joyzine.org/tag/ocs/)
- [Tenet](https://joyzine.org/tag/tenet/)
- [cello](https://joyzine.org/tag/cello/)
- [LGBTQ+](https://joyzine.org/tag/lgbtq/)
- [Kuro](https://joyzine.org/tag/kuro/)
- [Queens of the Stone Age](https://joyzine.org/tag/queens-of-the-stone-age/)
- [singer-songwriter](https://joyzine.org/tag/singer-songwriter/)
- [Coventry](https://joyzine.org/tag/coventry/)
- [The Coral](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-coral/)
- [Lancaster](https://joyzine.org/tag/lancaster/)
- [sonic](https://joyzine.org/tag/sonic/)
- [Sheffield](https://joyzine.org/tag/sheffield/)
- [The Dome](https://joyzine.org/tag/the-dome/)
- [producer](https://joyzine.org/tag/producer/)
- [Calexico](https://joyzine.org/tag/calexico/)
- [indie-punk](https://joyzine.org/tag/indie-punk/)
- [John Williams](https://joyzine.org/tag/john-williams/)
- [fuzz](https://joyzine.org/tag/fuzz/)
- [afro](https://joyzine.org/tag/afro/)
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