Silvia Pellegrino

“Is it getting better? Or do you feel the same?” How to forget the iconic and endlessly romantic opening of one of U2’s greatest hits, ‘One’. A sentiment of rebirth, of a fresh start, of redemption, starts off Songs of Surrender, or SOS, the band’s new (or old) album.

Paul Hewson, Bono’s, voice is strained, almost a whisper, with his 60-odd years and nearly as many in the biggest Dublin-based band to date. “Love is a temple, love is a higher law”, what sounds like a gospel choir accompanies the

If you could draw progress, you would know that it is not linear. It Won’t Always Be Like This introduced the public to Inhaler, a young band from Dublin who was trying too hard to be something. Their second studio album Cuts & Bruises now proves that the same band from Dublin is clearly not as young and perhaps is trying a bit less hard.

But not in a bad way. When we accept that we are who we are, more introspective thoughts come out. Especially noticeable in the first, mesmerising track ‘Just

The year 2019 saw the last The National album to date, I Am Easy to Find. After that, between the pandemic and back-to-back touring, lead singer Matt Beringer found himself stuck in “a very dark spot where I couldn’t come up with lyrics or melodies at all”, as he explains. ‘Tropic Morning News’ was released alongside the announcement for the band’s ninth album First Two Pages of Frankenstein out on 28 April, featuring artists like Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers, and a world tour happening in S

I am repeatedly looking at my watch: 20:28 – 16 November 2022, it says. Twenty-eight minutes have passed and the London Palladium is filled to the brim with people waiting for the one and only Bono Vox to take possession of the stage.

Two minutes later, and thirty minutes late, the lights dim and a stripped-back version of U2’s ‘City of Blinding Lights’ starts playing. Dressed in black, like he was at his own funeral, Paul Hewson walked on stage, bowing to the adoring public. The experience was

Trying to write this through glossy eyes is proving harder than expected. The only time I felt like this about a song is when I first listened to ‘Slow Show’ by the same band, The National, which boasts the same warm personality as the brand new single ‘New Order T-Shirt’, taken from the upcoming album First Two Pages of Frankenstein.

Based on this song, the band has released tribute t-shirts for the iconic band New Order, available on their website. A part of the proceeds will be going to char

Walking in the backyard of the church, between one puff of vape and another, we ventured into conversations about his brand new album Gratitude and his music career in general.

It being his third studio album, audible differences can be noticed if compared to the other two, and Benjamin agreed, explaining, "The main difference in the writing is that it was a lot clearer in the message. I could tell you what every single song in the album is about, whereas in the first album there was

Not long after touring with Coasts the past autumn, Only The Poets announced a headline UK tour, which included also a show at the Dingwalls in London on February 28th. It being their biggest show ever, with a 500-person capacity, I knew I could not miss out on it. The band, even if understandably busy, was kind enough to exchange a few words with me before the show started.The first time I ever heard of Only The Poets was at Coasts' last show, and I remember that the thing that resonated the mo

It is a difficult time for the world, and humans – as in the human part of them – need support now more than ever. It is a known fact that music is the cure for all woes, and the New York-based, iconic indie-garage band The Strokes came back, after seven long years, with their sixth LP, as if almost to rescue the remainders of our faint hearts. The New Abnormal is its title and, to be honest, it is quite a fitting description of what the contents are.

Thanks to such a strong start from ‘The Adu

It is difficult to review an album which is possibly one of the biggest and best records of the last decade, but I am going to try anyway.James Blake, an icon in the field of alternative/electronic music, came back after almost three years with a stunning album,We all got a glimpse of Blake's eccentric style in his previous 3 albums, but nothing would have been able to prepare us for what was to come.is a lampant, subtle, glitchy, and overflowing declaration of love.Starting from the first song