Penny Blakemore

LONDON pianist Theo Alexander likes to loop, to evoke the dreamstate, to explore the beauty of harmony and melody and repetition.

WIGAN’S indiepop cuties The Lathums have announced their ‘rona-postponed, rescheduled British tour for the autumn – and it now includes a massive homecoming Lancashire show at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse. The tour has also been extended to 21 dates, with Glasgow Barrowlands and the capital’s Kentish Town Forum now added to the dates. Their last headlining tour in February 2020, just sneaking under the wire before the pandemic descended, sold out in 60 seconds – playing much smaller venues.

Emerging Brit metallers, Akkadian have shared the video for new track Agenda Vocalist Danny Thurston remarks about the track “We wanted a fast, hard-hitting, groovy song with a big psychedelic theme that takes you on a journey through time and space. The track musically was influenced by bands such as Gojira and Tool. But the video itself was just something we wanted to visually grab people the second they see it.