Charlotte Griffiths

1 week ago | distortedsoundmag.com | Charlotte Griffiths

Australian rockers, BEDDY RAYS, have put out their second record Do What Ya Wanna. The Brisbane quartet describe their music as a blend of punk nostalgia with playing homage to the earlier years of bands like GREEN DAY and WEEZER, all the while embracing melodic compositions heard with the likes of CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN. That’s on top of their lyrical content managing to be both silly and sincere as they explore themes relating to escapism.

1 week ago | distortedsoundmag.com | Charlotte Griffiths

Washington punk duo, TEEN MORTGAGE, have put out their debut full-length album Devil Ultrasonic Dream. The duo like to bring in their own twist by incorporating sounds relating to surf-punk and garage rock, meaning that their music can both be fun and catchy with bouncy compositions and anthemic lyrics, whilst also having a dark edge using gritty riffs and other textures.

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Charlotte Griffiths

Squawking fowl spill onto an ancient byway as a farmer passing on a tractor raises a swaying forearm in greeting. Soon the bell tower of St Mary's, framed by cloud-dappled blue, heaves into sight and I'm among honey-coloured limestone cottages, tiny shops and irresistible pubs. The market town of Charlbury in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds is at its picture-perfect best. It feels like the very heart of the country, a sepia-toned bygone England. But trouble is brewing.

1 week ago | distortedsoundmag.com | Charlotte Griffiths

Welsh rockers, THOSE DAMN CROWS, are back with their fourth album God Shaped Hole. Much like their previous albums, the main heart of the record is about emotions and honesty, something that frontman Shane Greenhall is very open about with the main reasoning of wanting to connect to others. Yet still being able to do it alongside a sound that is on par with some of the greatest anthemic rock and arena rock bands, meaning that the connection is formed both on vulnerabilities and feeling uplifted.

2 weeks ago | spearswms.com | Charlotte Griffiths

It feels like a distant dream now, but back when snowflakery was happily still non-existent, I was asked to go clubbing for a living. As a diarist for the Mail on Sunday in 2008, it was effectively my job to accept invitations to 'Boujis Tuesdays' (a club night for trustafarians who didn't have to be in the office at 9am on a Wednesday). Why? It was a productive source of gossip.