Live Review: The Hives / Bad Nerves – Manchester Academy, Manchester 06.04.2024
If you’re into frenetic 90 miles an hour garage punk rock with hooks at every turn, then I can’t think of a better pairing than newcomers Bad Nerves and Swedish indie punk icons, The Hives. Opening the show are rising Essex punks Bad Nerves, who deliver an intense set of power pop melodies above a …
Tracks: Dead Freights – Hey Hatred
A compellingly dark sense of anger wrapped up in rhythmic barrage of searing post-punk. London’s Dead Freights new single “Hey Hatred,” is released today, on the final night of their jaunt across the UK supporting The Libertines on their “Giddy Up A Ding-Dong Tour”. “Hey Hatred” blasts into existence with a jagged intensity reminiscent of …
Live Review: Strange Bones / Calva Louise / Nova – The Leadmill, Sheffield 15.01.2022
Strange Bones and Calva Louise’s co-headline tour rolled into Sheffield treating The Leadmill to a kaleidoscopic feast of visual effects as high octane punk rock met electronic cyber punk insanity. Local rockers Nova, warmed up the Leadmill’s early bird attendees with an intense set of heavy progressive rock. Guitarist Tom Whitehead’s playing had an intensity …