POWERFUL, LOUD, PERSONAL, ANGRY, GENTLE Manchester Academy was one of only three shows in the UK for Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes, in support of their third studio album “The End Of Suffering” and I was lucky enough to be there. I arrived in time to [...]
Stripped back, intimate, beautiful. As part of Steve Lemaq’s BBC Radio 6, independent venue week I had the pleasure of seeing Rotherham born Rebecca Lucy Taylor, better known as Self Esteem, supported by Skinny Pelembe at the Leadmill performing a [...]
Paris Youth Foundation announces rip-roaring new single Home Is Where The Heart Is, alongside their first ever UK headline tour. Home Is Where The Heart Is is the first release from the Liverpool five-piece since signing to Modern Sky UK. Recorded at [...]
From the backstreets of a small town in Merseyside, Messiahs are much more than your average indie band. Their ever-growing fan base has fallen for their modern take on 90’s flavoured swagger with huge choruses to match. Made up of Salty, Jamie Cook, [...]
I’d like to introduce you to a band that has a great reputation not only for their high energy live shows and addictive indie/garage/punk sound but also their very down to earth personas, a few weeks ago I got the opportunity to get to know north [...]
PEAL – FEVER Not a lot online about Peal but nether the less this is a great release. FOLLOW FACEBOOK THE LINKS – LAST LINE The links are from Edinborough and are made up of Alex Duncan – lead vocals, Scott Williamson – guitar/backing vocals, Alex [...]
It’s been two years since Reading’s indie rockers The Amazon’s graced us with their first album, and a killer set at the King Tuts stage for Glasgow’s first ever TRNSMT Festival, fast forward to now with a brand new album and a few new haircuts they [...]
Sheffield’s Tramlines Festival has announced that its Main Stage will be renamed to ‘Nulty’s Main Stage’ in honour of the late Festival Director, Sarah Nulty who passed away just three weeks before the 10th Anniversary in 2018. Tramlines 2019, which [...]
Pirate Studios are back with ‘Pirate Prodigies’, the 2019 version providing more opportunity than ever…The aim remains the same; to find and nurture new British talent, this time across three categories: Band, DJ and MC/vocalist. An expert panel of [...]
“Have we got any scumbags in the audience?!” bellows IDLES frontman Joe Talbot to the 900 strong mob loaded into every available crevice of The Leadmill. A question met with riotous confirmation as IDLES launch into “I’m Scum”, one of their many finely [...]
