The Wombats formed in Liverpool in 2003, and before the decade’s end had cemented themselves as UK indie giants with their standout brand of anthemic and relatable indie pop. They have never rested on their laurels of that initial success, as they have [...]
Music fans continued celebrations in the sunshine for The Isle of Wight Festival 2021 (Saturday 18th September 2021) – where the main stage saw crowd pleasing performances from headliners David Guetta and Snow Patrol, alongside Sam Fender, James [...]
Friday 17th September marked the first full day of The Isle of Wight Festival, including stellar performances from headliner Liam Gallagher, Tom Jones, Primal Scream, You Me At Six, Becky Hill, Sigma and many more across the festival’s stages. [...]
Photo credit: Squid Instagram The main appeal of Squid lies in how atypical they are as a band setup. The drummer/lead vocalist Ollie Judge takes centre stage, propped up on his kit in the area where your frontman/woman would normally parade. The rest of [...]
After the last nightmare 18 months of rescheduling, re-jigging and a lockdown period that saw most of the UK’s festival season get swallowed into the abyss for the second year running, I am almost certain that I won’t be the only person who is gagging [...]
The Hara are a band whose incredible live show and impressive social media presence (57.3K Instagram followers and counting) has earned them a loyal army of fans. Fans which aren’t in short supply today as they kick off their voracious set on the Viola [...]
After returning to live shows this summer with headline sets at the Tramlines and Victorious Festivals, Royal Blood put a renewed focus on their #1 album ‘Typhoons’ by sharing a new video for its new single and penultimate track ‘Hold On’. The ‘Hold [...]
Over the course of Leeds Festival last week, the number of local acts on show was a great testament to the health that Yorkshire music is in. With many major festivals tending to spend their budgets helicoptering in as many superstars as they can, or [...]
My conversation with Earlstown’s The K’s begins in a characteristically hectic fashion. The phrase herding cats comes to mind as band members appear from all directions. Front-man Jamie comes to greet me in only his socks, before retreating to the [...]
Richard Ashcroft is set to release the new album ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1’ on October 29th via RPA / BMG. The album features twelve newly recorded acoustic versions of classic songs from his back catalogue spanning both his solo career and his time [...]
