Ben ColeGradual Greats: How Fontaines DC Became the Favourite Guitar Fronted Band of the 2020sFollowing the release of their 2019 debut album ‘Dogrel’ led by the charismatic single ‘Boys In the Better Land’, Dublin’s Fontaines DC…Aug 3Aug 3
Ben ColeA New Wave of Shoegaze is Bubbling Under the Surface and We Need To Talk About ItJul 29Jul 29
Ben Cole2013–2015 Black and White Tumblr Grunge Aesthetic: the Last Alternative Music Subculture?In the mid to late 20th Century, music subcultures were commonplace. Whether that be Mods vs Rockers, New Romantics, 90s grunge, or 70s…Jul 23Jul 23
Ben ColeUnearthing Albums #3 — The Orielles ‘Tableau’Released October 7th 2022Jan 27, 2023Jan 27, 2023
Ben ColeUnearthing Albums #2 — Bull ‘Discover Effortless Living’Released March 26th 2021Jan 26, 2023Jan 26, 2023
Ben ColeUnearthing Albums #1 — Low Hummer, ‘Modern Tricks for Living’Released September 17th 2021Jan 23, 2023Jan 23, 2023
Ben ColeA Review of Guitar-Based Music in 2021This year music reemerged and blossomed again. At the end of what seemed like an eternal spring, live performances graced our fields and…Dec 23, 2021Dec 23, 2021
Ben ColeReading and Leeds 2021: What We LearntWell how wonderful was that! After two years of no festivals and 17 months absorbed in protective shields and social distancing we were…Sep 3, 2021Sep 3, 2021
Ben ColeReading and Leeds 2021: Do Catfish and the Bottlemen deserve to Headline?A band who once promised to be the band of the 2010s now seem stale, disconnected and generic. Their progressively worsening albums justify…Aug 12, 2021Aug 12, 2021
Ben ColeReading and Leeds 2021: The Best Smaller Artists at This Year’s FestivalPerhaps the most exciting thing about Reading and Leeds isn’t the big names but the young artists you discover and fall in love with…Aug 9, 20211Aug 9, 20211
