
LIVE! Of Monsters and Men – Manchester Albert Hall, 15th February 2026
Reading time: 4 minutesIt’s 13 years almost exactly to the day since Of Monsters and Men (OMAM) first played Manchester, riding high on the success of 2011 single

Reading time: 4 minutesIt’s 13 years almost exactly to the day since Of Monsters and Men (OMAM) first played Manchester, riding high on the success of 2011 single

Reading time: < 1 minuteI rambled on last time, when they released their debut single, about the secrecy surrounding the ‘Norwegian/German producer collective’, Mildfire, likening them to a team

Reading time: 3 minutesCripes! As Billy Bunter used to say, we haven’t had a Spotify Playlist since May. Playing catch-up, here is one covering songs reviewed between June

Reading time: 2 minutesIt’s Saturday night and time for a touch of class, allied to nostalgia. We’ve featured the Nordic Source project previously, a collaboration between the music

Reading time: 3 minutesAfter running the rule over Tiergarten’s second album ‘Bluemass’ last year I reached the conclusion that musically they are one of Norway’s best-kept secrets. I

Reading time: 3 minutesNaming themselves partly after the drum machine from one of their favourite bands, Echo & the Bunnymen, Echo Ladies have been on the scene since

Reading time: 2 minutesBirds are Better (Stian Fjelldal) is dropping one song a month from his forthcoming album ‘The Island – Part II’ and while we won’t be