2017 has been a funny old beast, musically. A mostly disappointing funny old beast, but here, Peter Muscutt attempts to sift through the good, the bad and the downright ugly...

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RELEASE ‘FAITHLESS’ VIDEO IN COLLABORATION WITH CANADA

SUPPORT LEMON TWIGS ON UK TOUR

DEBUT ALBUM THE LOVED ONES OUT NOW

FIRST ALBUM IN 4 YEARS: ‘YOUNG ADULT” - FOR RELEASE IN 2018 ON XTRA MILE RECORDINGS

HEADLINE SHOW @ THE VILLAGE UNDERGROUND, LONDON - 18 JAN 2018

US based Lucas Oswald has released his new solo album, Whet on the Cosmic Dreamer Label. Lucas was a touring musician with Shearwater and The Appleseed Cast, and has since embarked on a long and cathartic songwriting and recording process that resulted in the songs that now make up his new album Whet.  

I was invited along to Rich Mix in the heart of London's trendy Shoreditch to catch a duo called Grandbrothers, read on to see how the evening unfolded....

French metallers INSOLVENCY have released their latest video, Death Wish. Taken from their forthcoming album, “Antagonism of the Soul”, which is set for release on January 28th 2018 via Send The Wood.

We were given the opportunity to host the new video EXCLUSIVELY on musicmuso.com, what are you waiting for? come on in and take a look!

Independent Venue Week (IVW) returns this year bigger than ever as it celebrates its 5th birthday. Founded in 2014 as a way to shine the spotlight on the heroes that own and run small venues all across the country, Independent Venue Week has grown massively in five years. Starting out with just 17 venues in 2014, it has grown this year with 160 venues already signed up.

“The four-piece are blazing a trail across London, with their snappy, infectious live show securing a wave of hype.”– CLASH

“The Wild Things are an exciting young band with an enormous anthemic sounds that could fill every corner of Wembley” - Popmatters

WATCH THE TRACK LIVE FROM FRANK’S 2000TH SHOW

NEW RETROSPECTIVE ALBUM ‘SONGBOOK’ - OUT NOVEMBER 24, 2017 ON DIGITAL AND CD OUT DECEMBER 15, 2017 ON VINYL AND DELUXE BOXSET

PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM

Land of the Giants descended upon the market town of Tavistock recently, we sent Pete Yeomans along to see what all the fuss was about....

- Reissue of album 'Union Cafe'
- Out Dec 1st via Erased Tapes
- Stream track "Nothing Really Blue" 

"I say to people, have you heard of John Cooper Clarke and if they say, yes, yeah he's an absolute genius and you just go, 'oh - ok, you've saved me a lot of time"

Steve Coogan

On a cool November evening, I left the solitude of my flat, South of the river to venture North to the Alexandra Palace to witness a rare spectacle. The War on Drugs, one of America’s finest musical exports were doing a whistle-stop tour of the UK taking in Glasgow, Manchester, London and Portsmouth before heading off to the rest of Europe, America and Australasia after the festive holidays.

Read on to see how the evening panned out....

Birmingham’s world-famous reggae stars UB40 are set to mark their 40th anniversary with a concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Monday, 25th June 2018.

We saw the mighty DREADZONE kick off their Autumn 2017 tour with performances at The Palace in Bridport and The Factory in Barnstaple, read on to see what we thought of their new sound....

Prior to the launch of his new release Songbook (due for release on November 24th) which includes 10 reworked classic tracks, we caught up with him to chat about the thought process behind the project, possible future dub-step remixes and what would be THE ideal gift to buy him for Christmas this year, read on to see how we got on....

On a cold autumnal night, London was welcomed by the return of Gabrielle Aplin. A rising star born out of the sudden popularity of UK singer-songwriters in 2010, Gabrielle Aplin has become one of the UK’s most popular acoustic acts, even more so after her rendition of ‘The Power Of Love’.

We caught her set at London's ULU on October 26th, read on to see how the evening unfolded....

Having chatted to Ben Mckelvey twice in as many years, we thought it would be nice to have another catch up just before he left his house to go on tour with the mighty SCOUTING FOR GIRLS. We chatted about life on the road, his second album and his new Live in Southend album which is due to land on December 8th, read on for more.....

The VO5 NME AWARDS 2018 take place on 14 February at London's O2 ACADEMY BRIXTON

We were asked if we'd like to cover London Grammar when they rode into Bristol recently, given that these guys are riding high following the release of their second album Truth is a Beautiful Thing, who were we to turn down a pair of tickets to one of the hottest shows in town?