“A montage of coloured sound” Locked inside the history of everything that yells ‘Rock and Roll’ are influences from previous generations that blend perfectly with all that is new, and like the best milk shakes these ingredients must be of the highest [...]
“An Indie Hat trick” Before I get into this review, I would firstly like to do a massive shout out and congratulations to This Feeling and of course the bands, tonight’s sets were awesome, putting over a thousand people in a venue for four upcoming bands [...]
“Stacked Full Of Musical History” Teenage Wildlife traces the band’s recording career from exuberant debut Jack Names The Planets through to the likes of BuzzKill from 2018’s Top 20 album Islands. There are brand new versions included, plus thirteen [...]
‘If it’s not clear to you just yet, it’s going to be: Twisted Wheel are about to drop one of the best DIY rock & roll comeback albums of our time.’ Sometimes, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself and Twisted Wheel have just done [...]
“Its Gonna Get Better” is the debut single from 20 year old up and coming Geordie troubadour Andrew Cushin. This track is a simple affair, which allows the beautiful natural tones of Andrews voice to shine; lyrically simple, bluesy yet positive and [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
‘Wrong Idea’ is the 3rd utterly brilliant new single from Guilford quartet, The Estevan’s. From the offset, the band have delighted our eardrums with some lively sounding, indie bangers after banger, gaining a solid and bigger fanbase with every [...]
When Blossoms announced that they were going to be playing one of their ‘Foolish Loving Spaces’ album launch shows at the O2 Ritz in Manchester, they sent social media into a frenzy. Fans across the country were scrambling to get tickets, with them [...]
