Isolated Youth were formed north of Stockholm in March 2017 by brothers William & Axel Mårdberg along with Egon Westberg Larsson and Andreas Geidemark. Since their formation Isolated Youth have reinvented early guitar-based post punk into a trademark sound which is setting them apart from their peers and gaining them international recognition. In early 2019 […]
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A fiery five second descending jangle that would have Lee Mavers nodding his approval; a yelp, a holler, a Hammer House of Horror opening verse, the waters break, a delicious Mark E Smith like Scouse rant, “We won’t stop the music”, background whoops and a mesmerising outro. Welcome to the astonishing and quite frankly terrifying […]
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In a world where small independent venues are being forced to close doors, making it more and more difficult for budding new bands to be discovered, Liverpool’s very own, Circa Waves have decided to take action and have created a platform to champion new talent. Circa Waves will be taking over Liverpool Saturday 4th April and […]
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one… an Englishman, a German, and an American went into the Manchester Academy – and blew the bloody roof off! For those who don’t know them, The Aristocrats are an alliterative super-trio of musicians comprising of Bryan Beller (bass), Marco Minnemann (drums) and Guthrie Govan (guitar). No vocals, just […]
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Flame Of Life released their new album, “Red Sunset” on December 25, 2019.The band was inactive for more than a year since releasing their last self-titled album. In early 2019 they came together again to create new songs. The band was joined by the Cowboy as drummer and started working.“Red Sunset” consists of 25 crazy […]
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Canadian Fashion-rock trio PALAYE ROYALE have announced their return to the UK in February 2020, with a five date headline run that includes London’s famous O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Starting 2019 with a mammoth UK run supporting ENTER SHIKARI, the (now) LA based three piece kicked the summer off with a wild, electric set at […]
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2020 is looking good for Sinead O’Brien. Her first headline London show of the year is sold out already, she’s on many tip lists including NME’s Top 100 fresh talent, and named in the top 25 acts at last week’s Eurosonic showcase festival in the Netherlands. Not bad work, seeing as we’re only three weeks […]
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In 2017 Nada Surf celebrated the 15th anniversary of their breakthrough album ‘Let Go’. Now, three years later they’re set to release their ninth studio album, ‘Never Not Together’ on City Slang. The album brings together a wide-ranging variety of songs that clearly show the bands ability to bring up grand, often fragile and tangled […]
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Together for a few years now The White Ribbons formed to help spread the word on behalf of www.whiteribbon.org.uk , to stand up against bullying, harassment and violence against women by males. They’ve played Rebellion Punk Festival twice, in 2018 and 2019 and recently announced they’ll be returning in 2020. My first introduction to them […]
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Buzzcocks + Shanghai TreasonGorilla, 54-56 Whitworth St, Manchester M1 5WWSunday 15th December 2019 41 years ago, at the age of just 13, my life took a completely new direction when sitting at a friends party an older sibling walked in, took the pop song off the turntable, replaced it with ‘What Do I Get’ and […]
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