So what do you get when you take a big black woman, a microphone and an all rocking backing band? Whatever it is, it’ll probably sound something like The Bellrays. Lisa Kekaula is the front-woman of this Californian 4 piece, and she’s better known as the woman who provided the singing to Basment Jaxx’s mega [...]

The Free Agent Crew create a new paradigm in hip hop, funk and groove. No member of the 6 piece band is static, just whoever wants to and is available to play with MC Simon Grant and DJ Sean Sheap. Both Simon and Sean have been active members in the local hip hop scene for [...]

Red Riders are a band who have been developing a little bit of a serious following in the last few years, culminating in a set of shows at this years Big Day Out festival. Their current Replica Replica tour took them through my sleepy industrial town last week. The scenesters were out in force for [...]