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Get ready for your new addiction. Karobela (pronounced Ka-ro-bella) are back, and they are bringing all the massive hooks, driving rhythms, and soaring vocals needed to ensure they stay in your head for days. The band has just dropped their latest single, “Love Letter To No One”, and it’s a masterclass in their signature “fearsome” sound.Blending alternative rock and indie with sharp pop and dance elements, the band continues to carve out a hugely individual niche. It’s a rare thing when music is this accessible yet remains genuinely intelligent, but the quartet has nailed that balance in fine style. Having…
The multi-talented actor and director speak with Soundsphere about the long-awaited return of Scrubs, and his incredible career in entertainment… Zach Braff couldn’t be happier that his goofy “Scrubs” character, J.D. Dorian, has sprung back to life –the heartwarming comedy series has returned after 16 years. The sitcom’s original cast members, Donald Faison (who plays Christopher Turk), Sarah Chalke (Dr. Elliot Reid), John C. McGinley (Dr. Perry Cox) and Judy Reyes (head nurse Carla Espinosa) are also in the reboot. SCRUBS – ABC’s “Scrubs” stars Zach Braff as John “J.D.” Dorian. (Disney/Brian Bowen Smith) Forever friends… “We’ve stayed close, all…
Originally published in Uncut, November 2013 Last year during his keynote speech at SXSW, Bruce Springsteen announced that “We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This Place” was “every song I’ve ever written. All of them.” Springsteen, who has been performing The Animals’ 1965 single for decades, most recently this summer in Cardiff with Eric Burdon, is far from alone in recognising himself in a powerful, protean anthem to personal transformation. This portrait of the tyranny of work, the lurking shadow of death and the desperate desire to escape to “a better life” has spoken to generations. Troops serving in Vietnam, both…
Photo: Joshua Black WilkinsNashville native Maisy Owen has announced the release of her debut album Dark On A Sunny Day on 1st May 2026 via Tompkins Square. Owen will be performing a gig at London’s Theatreship on 23rd June 2026 to introduce her songs to a London audience.Owen has been surrounded by music and the art of songcraft most of her life (she’s 23). She played the viola from the age of nine, then took up the guitar where she embraced fingerpicking, soaking in influences from Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, Mazzy Star and David Olney. Her father Gwil Owen is…
Photo – KRLA BeatThe Hollywood Palace was an hour-long American Television variety show which broadcast from January 1964 until February 1970. Unlike the Ed Sullivan Show, this one had a different presenter each week. This classic clip from 1967 features the remarkable Buffalo Springfield. The band had a Billboard top ten hit in the spring of 1967 with For What It’s Worth peaking at number seven. Stephen Stills wrote the protest song in response to the Sunset Strip Curfew riots in Los Angeles in November 1966, during the Vietnam War and a time of widespread civil unrest. As relevant today,…
Theirs is the sort of shining, infectious joy only real hardcore lifers would have. It’s their home, and within that, Jem is conscious of emphasising the sanctuary it gave to him. “I came into hardcore feeling like a freak. I had a different part of me that didn’t connect with anyone else,” he says, nodding to his East Asian background, and the feeling of otherness coming “as a straight Chinese guy who plays the flute.” This is a space where difference is celebrated, perhaps most of all when he produces said flute for the monumental anthem THE FIRST TEST. It’s…
Robert Jon & The Wreck | Sam MorrowManchester Academy 216th April 2026Robert Jon & The Wreck evoke the sounds of the South at Manchester Academy as fifty years on from their heyday, the spirits of The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd et al are kept alive for lovers of classic American Southern Rock.There’s a long queue as I walk down Manchester’s Oxford Road. Gen Z’s clean cut kids are out in force; they’re mostly quiet with heads bowed, focused on their phones. There’s a K-pop act in town. Toward the back, another queue overlaps. They could be the K-Poppers ‘ unruly…
Tropic Gold (c) AC PhotographyOn Tuesday night, Wisconsin-based outfit Archers kicked off their UK tour at Audio in Glasgow. Opening the night were Tropic Gold, a band from Suffolk-via-Essex who were described as the “hottest new band” by Kerrang! back in 2023. As soon as the first vocals dropped, the message was clear: they did not come on stage to play dull. Instead, they delivered a powerful performance, blending electronic, metal, and more melodic tones.Described as a metalcore and pop-rock band, Archers took the stage at 9pm. For a little bit over an hour, they performed twelve songs, including their…
Josh Jones. CREDIT: JOSH FAITHI/PRESS Comedian Josh Jones is a self-described “Catholic teacher’s worst nightmare” (gay, dyslexic, and left-handed, as he often quips on stage). But, while he can – and does – poke fun at our cultural impulse to box tick, he’s no great fan of it. He’s out on his ‘I Haven’t Won The Lottery So Here’s Another Tour’ trek across the UK when we sit down, and when the class dimension of British comedy pops up, he says it actually didn’t occur to him that so few people in the scene were working class.“Everyone I know is…
One of an ongoing series of books published by Spenwood Books which invites fans and colleagues to share their memories and stories regarding a particular artist or act, Iain Matthews: A People’s History covers the sixty plus years of his career from his first band Pyramid in 1965 through his time with Fairport Convention, Matthews Southern Comfort, Plainsong and, of course, his lengthy solo career.Matthews should need no introduction to regular readers of Americana UK, as we have featured him in several articles. In the book’s forward (written by AUK contributor Rick Bayles), Bayles makes a case for considering him…
In the darkness of London’s Casino Cinerama, a 21-year-old David Bowie stared at the space embryo floating across the theatre’s huge, 70mm screen. It was summer 1968, and this was the third time the singer-songwriter had been to see 2001: A Space Odyssey, released in April that year.“It was the sense of isolation I related to,” Bowie said in 2003. “I found the whole thing amazing. I was out of my gourd, very stoned when I went to see it – several times – and it was really a revelation to me. It got the song flowing.”While Stanley Kubrick’s film…
Bristol trio Krooked Tongue introduce I Know A Place, their debut album landing April 24, 2026 on limited vinyl, built through an independent, fan-backed model. I Know A Place by Krooked TongueThe rollout is self-funded, partly offset by a £1,000 GoFundMe raised in two weeks, converting fan support into production capital.Pre-release traction includes Apple Music playlisting and sync placements. Nothing Ever Grows featured on DAZN’s Bivol vs Beterbiev, with Let ‘Em Loose and Blood Shark integrated into Progress Wrestling shows at London’s Electric Ballroom. Produced by Josh Gallop at Stage 2 Studios, the 10-track set locks sledgehammer choruses and direct…