Category: Music
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REVIEW: [Insert Girls Name Here] – The Luka State
There’s little doubt that we all know where the beating heart of North-West indie music currently lies. Wigan. Perhaps Wigan should be looking over its shoulder, towards the south and the salty Cheshire plains around Winsford. Local boys, Deja Vega are building an escalating reputation, Reclaim Vienna are creating a…
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The Bentley Brook Brewing Co. – Lumsdale Valley, Peak District
The Bentley Brook Brewing Co. is a gem of a micro brewery, situated in Lumsdale Valley. I stumbled across it whilst discovering the peak district and was impressed by the set-up for such a young business. On a recent trip to the peak district, I was on a mission to…
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REVIEW: Bad Decisions – Chasing Deer
Band: Chasing DeerTrack: Bad DecisionsTime: 2:55 minutesFor fans of: Shinedown, Hozier, Tom WalkerH2N Rating 72/100 The UK’s answer to Shinedown have arrived with Bad Decisions, their most ambitious and complex effort to date. When I first heard Chasing Deer in 2019 when they released Unstoppable I thought, “nice, this is…
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REVIEW: I Want It All – Blackwaters
Band: BlackwatersTrack: I Want It AllTime: 2:36 minutesFor fans of: Libertines, Babyshambles, FIDLARH2N Rating 76/100 Sheffield’s Blackwaters release follow-up to indie anthem Two Time Lover. I Want It All is loud, fast paced and up there with their best work to date. So with the country in almost lockdown, I’ve…
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REVIEW: Brain Cell – Autopilot
Band: AutopilotTrack: Brain CellTime: 3:57 minutesFor fans of: Killers, Sundara Karma, New OrderH2N Rating 69/100 In an attempt to review a band starting with every letter in 2020, I thought it logical to kick off with the letter A and there was no better band to choose than midlands outfit…
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Stockton Calling announces full lineup
Stockton Calling’s Full Line-Up Announced Stockton Calling – Teesside’s biggest and best multi-venue music festival – returns to Stockton on Saturday 11 April 2020. Each year, venues across the town host stellar headliners, some of the most exciting national emerging artists, alongside the very best of regional acts. Now in…
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Buxton Brewery – Buxton
Buxton Brewery celebrated it’s tenth birthday in 2019 and having never made a visit, decided that this year we’d head down to the Peak District and make it our first brewery visit of 2020. Just outside the centre of Buxton the brewery is currently opened every Saturday for beer in…
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LIVE: RATS – The Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool
When I got in on Friday night, I turned on the TV, and there was a programme on BBC 4 titled ‘Whatever Happened to Rock and Roll’. Well Lauren Laverne and Eric Burdon, if you’d spent the last few hours at Liverpool’s Invisible Wind Factory, courtesy of This Feeling, then…
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LIVE: The Sherlocks – O2 Academy, Sheffield
It’s been a long time since The Sherlocks played their last headline show in Sheffield but on Friday night, it felt like they’d never been away with a sold out show at the O2 Academy. In 2019, the Sheffield four-piece secured their second Top 20 record with Under Your Sky,…
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REVIEW: Over The Moor – Glass Violet
Band: Glass VioletTrack: Over The MoorTime: 4:36 minutesFor fans of: Killers, Kasabian, Catfish & The BottlemenH2N Rating 81/100 Last month, Bristol based band Glass Violet released their second single Over The Moor, the eagerly anticipated follow up to 2019’s Chemicals. The four piece (Alex John, Tom Hurdiss, Matt West, Josh…
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REVIEW: Enemies – Skylights
Band: SkylightsTrack: EnemiesTime: 4:11 minutesFor fans of: The Ramones, The Stone Roses, OasisH2N Rating 72/100 What a year it’s looking like it’s going to be for York’s Skylights. With a Shed Seven support in Halifax announced, sold out shows in Yorkshire and festivals lined-up nationwide during the summer, the four…
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STAGE: The Three Musketeers – Theatre Royal, York
Written in 1844, The Three Musketeers is a 700 page epic novel that tells teh story of d’Artagnan who leaves home to join, hopefully, the Musketeers of the Guard in Paris. Since being published, the story has been world renowned on stage, with an epic run on Broadway from 1928…
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LIVE: Faux Pas with Brooders & Bloodhound – Victoria Vaults, York
Faux Pas blow roof off local York venue Victoria Vaults during Independent Venue Week show playing alongside Brooders & Bloodhound. Independent Venue Week is one of the best weeks in the musical calendar and this year, York’s venues embraced it more than ever before. During the week, on a cold…
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Live: The Clockworks – The Jacaranda Club, Liverpool
There is definitely something in the water, over the water. The quality of the bands currently coming coming out of Ireland is first rate. Inhaler are a band whose name is on the lips of many. Fontaines D.C. album Dogrel was on countless album of the year lists. The Murder…
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Review: The Night We Ran Away – The Joyride
Who doesn’t like a bit a synth-pop? Well nobody judging by the current playlist of our nations radio stations. And who doesn’t like a bit of synth-pop with added guitars? Again nobody. Except perhaps Neil Tennant. But he’s wrong. Newest cab off the synth-pop rank are Merseyside based The Joyride.…
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LIVE: Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band – Brudenell, Leeds
I’ve been a Michael Head fan since my friend Nigel Shipton lent me From Across The Kitchen Table in 1985. I’ve followed his career through The Strands, Shack, and on to his latest incarnation with The Red Elastic Band. I’ve seen him at places as diverse as Edge Hill College…
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This is Tomorrow Unveils Friday Line-up for the colossal outdoor 2020 summer gathering
Royal Blood, Blossoms and Fontaines D.C. confirmed For Exhibition Park Festival As part of a wave of new announcements, SSD Concerts has today confirmed that English rock duo Royal Blood, Irish post-punk sensations Fontaines D.C. and indie-pop band Blossoms will all perform on the Friday leg of This is Tomorrow…
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LIVE: The K’s – O2 Ritz, Manchester
Around 12 months ago, Earlestown band The K’s really announced themselves to the Manchester music scene with a sold out show at Academy 2. The 950 capacity venue was the perfect end to that chapter of the bands 18 month journey, and since then, the four-piece have grown leaps and…
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Live: Walt Disco – Fulford Arms, York
I wasn’t alive in the 1980s, let alone experienced the decade many hark back to so often, but in recent times, it seems that much of 80s culture has crept back into society. With 2020 being a new decade I thought it was finally time to embrace some of this…
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Review: Teetotal – The Kairos
Liverpool based The Kairos are Tom Dempsey (guitar and vocals), Owen Forrester (bass), Sam Bradley (drums and vocals) and Lewis Chambers (guitar). They first came on to my radar at the end of last year. They were the main support to The Cheap Thrills at their sold-out Liverpool O2 Academy…
The Setlist & The Script 