Josh Kitchen

By: Josh Kitchen / March 27, 2026 Photo Credit: Rosie Sco Sitting across from Felix Mackenzie-Barrow and Tiger Cohen-Towell of Nottingham band Divorce, you wouldn’t know they had just wrapped an interview with Sir Elton John, who told them their debut record, Drive to Goldenhammer , currently sits as Disc 1 in his five-disc CD player at home. The band is about to play the first Los Angeles show of their career, fresh off support dates with Sam Smith in San Francisco — a city they’re heading...

By: Josh Kitchen / March 20, 2026 Photo Credit : Studio Förgätmigej It’s rare that a debut record sounds like a band already a few albums in, but that’s what Girl Scout’s Brink feels like. Across the record, from the three-piece Swedish act—comprised of Emma Jansson (guitar, vocals), Per Lindberg (drums), and Kevin Hamring (guitar/bass)—there’s a real sense of confidence in how it’s contained, from the way it opens (literally with a track called “Intro”) to the way it closes. It plays best as...

By: Josh Kitchen / March 13, 2026 L-R: Cathal McKenna, Daniel "Lango" Lang, Gary "Snakeskin" Regan, Conor "Dock" Dockery Photo Credit: Evan Doherty “So rise up I say but ye can’t! You're as flat as a snake’s bollocks!” It’s the kind of line that perfectly captures The Scratch — cheeky, proudly Irish, and delivered with the kind of self-assurance that only comes from a band fully comfortable in its own skin. The Dublin group sing it on their new album, Pull Like...