Author: Adam Graver
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Halfway 2 Nowhere Top 40 of 2018
2018 has been a year that indie-rock and rock n’ roll have come right back to the mainstream. Bands like Nothing But Thieves, Bring Me The Horizon and across the pond Shinedown and Black Stone Cherry have had major releases that have given hope to the grassroots that rock music…
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EP Review: Rival Bones – Strangefruit
2018 is going to be the third year in a row Rival Bones will be featuring in both our overall Top 40 of the year as well as the Halfway 2 Nowhere unsigned/undiscovered Top 40, showcasing them to be one of the best rock bands operating in the UK at present. Last…
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Single Review: Runaway Hounds – Nightlight
Earlier in the year, Halfway 2 Nowhere got very excited when upcoming Wolverhampton band Runaway Hounds released their track “Sophie”. Described as a “must listen for fans of the likes of Catfish And The Bottlemen, Peace, and Swim Deep” the band had already established themselves as a band looking to make…
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News: Set It Off announce new album “Midnight” out 1st February 2019
Set It Off and Fearless Records are pleased to announce that the band will release its label debut album, Midnight, on the 1st February. The album was produced by Mike Green (Neck Deep, All Time Low, State Champs) and additional production by Brandon Paddock (Panic! At the Disco, Papa Roach,…
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News: Drenge announce 2019 Tour and third album “Strange Creatures”
DRENGE have announced their third album, STRANGE CREATURES, produced by long-time collaborator Ross Orton [Arctic Monkeys, M.I.A, The Fall] will be released on 22 February 2019 via Infectious Music. The follow up to their critically acclaimed albums DRENGE [2013] and UNDERTOW [2015] as well as this year’s AUTONOMY EP, the…
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News: Scruff of the Neck announce huge Year’s End Festival party
Following a year crammed full of gigs, tours and festivals, it seems only fitting that Scruff of the Neck & Distiller should want to celebrate in what’s rapidly become their trademark style. Building on the success of previous events the two have worked together on, Year’s End is a multi-venued…
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News: Neighourhood Weekender: First Wave Announced
Following last year’s acclaimed inaugural festival, Neighbourhood Weekender is back for round two on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May 2019 with headliners George Ezra and Richard Ashcroft taking the helm alongside a stellar line up. George Ezra is one of the biggest selling male artists of the decade. His…
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News: Live at Leeds 2019: Wave One Announcement
Heading up the lineup this year are some of Live At Leeds’ true success stories, led by returning guitar heroes Sundara Karma. Since forming in Reading, their blend of infectious hooks and direct lyrics have taken on the globe – with a debut album that took them to headline nights…
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Live: Sheafs – Fulford Arms, York
Sheffield band Sheafs are currently in the middle of an epic, nationwide, 17-date tour bringing their protest sounds and heavy rock anthems to cities across the country. We were lucky enough to catch them in York last week and were treated to one hell of a show. The Fulford Arms in York…
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Beat-Herder 2019 tickets on sale now
Beat-Herder, the weirdest, wildest and most reliably wonderful festival in the UK, will be returning for another instalment of beats and barminess among the rolling green pastures of Lancashire’s Ribble Valley from 12th – 14th July 2019. 2018 proved to be a vintage year for Beat-Herder. A sell-out success and bathed in sunshine, headliners included Orbital, Soulwax and Django…
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Guiseley band BACKSPACE to support H2N heroes Elephant Trees at Leeds Wardrobe
Young Guiseley alt-pop firecrackers, BACKSPACE are back this autumn and will be supporting fellow Guiseley born band Elephant Trees at the Leeds date of their nationwide “Uncomfortable” tour. “This will be a brilliant gig for us” said Harry Turner BACKSPACE’S drummer, “we’ve had a fantastic summer season and it’ll be…
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Live Interview: The Sherlocks at Bingley Music Live
I remember the moment I first heard The Sherlocks like it was yesterday. I was in a dodgy B&B in Ireland listening to some generic background music on YouTube getting ready for an evening out with the family and a song came on that caught me the second the first riff…
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Single Review: The Sheratons – These Kids
The first track we reviewed in 2018 was one by The Sheratons and we described it as “a solid indie-pop song that will help bring in fans before the band unleash their true musical potential”. We thought at the time Better Days was good but perhaps not as good as the band could be; last…
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Live: Bingley Music Live 2018
The finale of UK festival season as far as H2N is concerned, is always Bingley Music Live. Taking place the weekend after the manic Leeds Festival, BML offers a relaxed but vibrant end to the summer and this year’s festival was without doubt the best we’ve attended so far. With…
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R&L 2018 – Artist of the Weekend, Sounds Like a Storm
This weekend marks the best three days in the British music calendar as Reading and Leeds Festivals take place. We have picked one artist, opening up the Radio 1 Stage, as our artist of the weekend who you simply cannot miss – they’re Leeds band Sounds Like a Storm. For about…
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Single Review: Melancholy Ray – Lampshade
With a name like Melancholy Ray, you’d be forgiven for assuming the music that would be produced by the Callum Fewell’s project would be laid back easy listening. Far from it though as the Leeds band have just released their fourth, energetic single Lampshade. The track is a three minute blast through all…
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Single Review: The Attic Doctors – Sauce
North-west five piece The Attic Doctors came across our radar at the start of this month when they released their third single Sauce. The track, which was one of the first to be written by the band was always going to benefit from a successful release due to already becoming a fan favourite…
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Single Review: Courtyards – Backseat
The first time we saw Courtyards in January 2017, we knew they were a real talent. One of the songs on a setlist on my wall still (sad I know!) has a whole host of tracks that are now sing-a-longs at any Courtyards show – but there’s been just one…
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Single Review: The Hope State – Just Survive
Earlier this summer, The Hope State released their new track “Just Survive” to great acclaim from the Halfway 2 Nowhere team. The Toronto based band are the latest in a string of Canadian bands to make it onto our playlists and their infectious, honest lyrics in “Just Survive” really caught my attention…
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Album Review: Massive Wagons, Full Nelson
The North-West is often mistaken for being synonymous with Manchester and that, unfortunately is not the case. Many cities and towns have seen a plethora of mediocre artists come and go in the area and it often feels like Blackburn, Chester and the likes will never create a real artist…
The Setlist & The Script 