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EP Review: HollowKin – Confessions & Failures
A pretty new band by most standards HollowKin started in 2023 but since then the hard working quintet have making some fairly big waves on the live scene and are now ready to make some even bigger waves with their debut EP Confessions & Failures The EP doesn’t really start till the second track, ‘A …
EP Review: The Jailbirds – High Noon
Canadian rockers The Jailbirds are a three-piece tour de Force cranking out classic rock-inspired tracks. They have drawn comparisons to Black Sabbath, Soundgarden, Deep Purple, Monster Truck, Royal Blood, and other such bands. Their new EP, High Noon, sees them approach the classic rock genre with a fresh, modern take, delivering five tracks of bluesy …
Live Review – The Bluetones / The Loose Cut – HMV Empire, Coventry – 6.11.24
The Bluetones are back on the road following their string of Summer festival dates and armed with new EP – “Drive Thru” the indie legends bring their latest tour to the HMV Empire in Coventry. First up were rock band ‘The Loose Cut’ who tonight, following a family emergency have had to make a last …
Track: Joanne Shaw Taylor – Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?
Blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joanne Shaw Taylor has shared her latest single entitled, ‘Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?’. The track delves into the complex emotions surrounding grief, love, and moving forward. Written from a deeply personal place, the song reflects on recent experiences with family loss, drawing her back to the memories of her mother’s passing and the …
News: Fortress Festival Reveals Complete 2025 Line Up And Third Stage
FORTRESS FESTIVAL reveals complete 2025 line-up and third stage Dödsrit to make their UK debut following last-minute cancellation in 2024 Darkher, Sylvaine & Osi And The Jupiter to perform on new third stage in a candlelit atmospheric escape environment on the Fortress Saturday Only under 300 tickets left via FortressFestival.co.uk/tickets Fortress Festival has revealed further new names …
Album Review : Bill Laurance & Michael League – ‘Keeping Company’ : Understated but stunning second album from the Snarky Puppy stalwarts.
And it all began in Leeds in the noughties. Bill Laurance newly graduated from the Uni and trying to earn his crust around the city’s music scene met Michael League, doing the same on his troubadour travels from the States. Gigging together in various jazz-soul leaning bands on the unforgiving northern circuit a friendship grew …
News: Fleshwater Brings Grungegaze To Australian Shores, Tour Starting Next Week!
Fleshwater are finally bringing their gritty, American grunge-gaze to Australia this November! Originally slated to debut at New Bloom Festival earlier this year, Fleshwater had to pull out last minute, leaving their Aussie fanbase hungry for more. Now, the wait is nearly over. Kicking off at Meanjin/Brisbane’s Valley Loft on November 13, the band will …
News: Ryan Toomin Releases Debut Album ‘Disarray’
Singer-songwriter Ryan Toomin releases the vibrant debut album Disarray. Telling personal stories of growth, change, and rediscovery, the album brings 9 buoyant tracks that move between indie-folk, psychedelic Tame Impala-esque moments and others of intimate Beatles-esque reflection. Disarray’s nine tracks offer an authentic and introspective glimpse into Toomin’s journey from the bustling cityscape of Los …
Live Review & Gallery: A Little Love, A Little Hope and a Whole Lot of LANY – Eora/Sydney, 06.11.24
Just moments before fans packed into the Hordern Pavilion to catch the iconic LA-Based pop duo LANY, news of the surprising American presidential election results had settled in, casting a creeping cloud of stunned silence across the city. But as the Pavilion lights dimmed and the first notes echoed, any heaviness gave way to a …
Track: The Gates Of Slumber – Full Moon Fever
Indiana’s doom metal behemoths, The Gates of Slumber, have announced the release of a new self-titled album out on November 29th via Svart Records, the band’s first full length offering in thirteen years. The second single from the album ‘Full Moon Fever’ has been shared. Karl Simon comments on the new single: ”If my memory …