Rock
News: Beartooth collaborate with Hardy on new track ‘The Better Me’
Gold-selling, billion-streaming rock band BEARTOOTH have teamed up with HARDY for their new single “The Better Me”. This epic collaboration is the product of the mutual admiration for each other’s work and their friendship. HARDY even spoke about looking to Shomo for advice on how to perfect his own sing/scream vocal delivery in a chat …
News: Skindred announce opening acts for upcoming UK headline tour
Fresh from the massive success of their hit album Smile – which entered the official UK album chart at no.2 last month – Skindred’s upcoming UK headline tour is now almost completely sold out, with just a handful of tickets remaining for Newcastle and Belfast. With Black Gold already announced as the main support for the tour, …
News: Don Broco release new single ‘Birthday Party’
Following their incredible main stage performances at Reading & Leeds Festivals recently, DON BROCO hit the road again in the UK this autumn. To celebrate, the band have released their brand new single ‘Birthday Party’. ‘Birthday Party’ is yet another left-turn from the Bedfordshire four-piece, who continually evolve and surprise with new musical directions. A …
News: The Hunna announce UK headline tour
The Hunna have announced a 16-date autumn UK headline tour running across the country through October & November 2023. Tickets are available on pre-sale at 10am on Wednesday 30th August, and go on general sale at 10am Friday 1st September. All tickets will be available via www.thehunnaofficial.com Regarding the tour frontman Ryan Potter says, “We can’t wait to play …
News: Taking Back Sunday announce new album ‘152’
Taking Back Sunday: John Nolan (lead guitar, piano, vocals), Adam Lazzara (lead vocals), Shaun Cooper (bass) and Mark O’Connell (drums), announced their eighth studio album ‘152’, set for release October 27, 2023, via Fantasy Records. Named for the section of road in North Carolina between Highpoint, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh where the band and their …
News: Normandie announce new album ‘Dopamine’
Stockholm trio, Normandie, have today announced their new album, ‘Dopamine’, for a February 9th 2024 release on Easy Life Records. To mark the announcement, the band have released a brand new single, ‘Flowers For The Grave’, in-keeping with the band’s ‘Dopamine Clinic’, which sees new songs prescribed on the first of every month leading up …
News: Don Broco announce new tour
Following their incredible main stage performances at Reading & Leeds Festivals last weekend, DON BROCO hit the road again in the UK this autumn. Having blown audiences away in March when they headlined huge venues including the likes of Alexandra Palace and Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, DON BROCO will be taking to the stages of some …
Live Gallery: Franz Ferdinand/Pillow Queens/ really Good Time, Wider Than Pictures, Collins Barracks, 27/08/2023
Franz Ferdinand closed out this year’s Wider than Pictures series at Collins Barracks this year with support from Pillow Queens and Really Good Time. Check out the gallery.
Gallery and set-list: The Stunning / The Donnys – Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, Kilkenny 19.08.2023
I have lost count the amount of times I have seen The Stunning down through the years and still they manage to put on a great show and get the crowd dancing and last night was no exception, usually in the 850 seated amphitheatre people wait till maybe the last two songs before the encore …
Live Review: The Beasts w/ Chimers, The Factory Marrickville, 110823
The Beasts, the latest iteration of legendary Beasts of Bourbon smashed it at The Factory Marrickville last weekend. Ably supported by last minute Chimers (Wollongong) after Penny Ikinger had phoned in sick, they wowed the capacity crowd. Celebrating 40 years, Beasts of Bourbon rebadged The Beasts with the original band name retired as a nod …