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 [...]
“Evoking the noir, paranoid imagery captured within the spirit of early post-punk.” is how Manchester based outfit, Document introduce themselves; and with a dark, somewhat sinister guise to match, boxes are ticked before they even play a note. When it [...]
Last night Twisted Wheel’s frontman Jonny Brown spoke to Radio 1 from the back of a tour bus in Italy (the band are currently on tour with Liam Gallagher around Europe). The brutally honest interview tells the highs and lows of his career which [...]
Gang Of Youths, The Snuts, Zuzu, Cast, Nasty Cherry, Lauran Hibberd, The Hara, Cassia, Dylan John Thomas, Lona, Talk Show and Warrington’s own The K’s have been confirmed to join headliners Ian Brown and Catfish And The Bottlemen at Neighbourhood [...]
A windy Thursday evening at the Frog and Parrot, one of Sheffield’s most iconic drinking establishments. This evening it is playing host to three local bands, one of which being Ladybower. A band from all over, but coming together in South Yorkshire. [...]
Some of the world’s biggest artists are women, yet year after year we’re constantly seeing women being ignored by festivals. Big festivals like Reading & Leeds, Glastonbury, Coachella and Lollapalooza are celebrant of championing the biggest names in [...]
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 [...]
At the heart of new music’s teeming core, there are a plethora of insanely talented bands. One of these bands are Cruel Hearts Club, a trio of women drenched in grunge, punk charm and panache. Their songs are shouty, mouthy, sexy and catchy as hell. [...]
The Banshees are a four piece, Indie Rock band from Liverpool, formed by Singer/Songwriter Vinny Pereira and Session Guitarist Paul Holligan. Their first EP ‘Self Medicated’ was released in May 2019 and they’re due to drop their second EP ‘Tell Me [...]
“Guitar Led Riffing Rock” After a brief hiatus pondering omens, synchronicity (no, not the rubbish album by The Police) and portents, I was only too pleased to lift the gloom at my Zodiac Strasse hang out and pitch my tent on the wholesome Northern [...]
