Category: Music
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Leeds Festival announces BBC Introducing Stage –
Today, Tuesday 9 July, Reading & Leeds Festivals revealed the BBC Music Introducing Stage line up that will showcase the best in UK emerging talent, as well as Dance To The Radio names and Piccadilly Party, for Leeds Festivalgoers only. Limited weekend and day tickets are available at http://www.readingandleedsfestival.com. Since…
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Live: Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott – Edgeley Park
I’d been to Edgeley Park once before. My cousin James took me to watch Stockport play Maidstone United in the fourth round of the FA Trophy. My abiding memory of the day was the quality of the catering. Excellent and abundant chilli and rice at a reasonable price. The game…
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Single Review: The Maitlands – Dissatisfied
Those hardworking fans of Derker near Oldham, The Maitlands, are at it again with their new single Dissatisfied, one of two new tracks being birthed this summer. I always admire The Maitlands as they pretty much embody what grass roots music is about; keeping it local, being kind and supportive…
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Live: Sheafs + Narrow Margins, Manchester
While being older certainly has its comforts and benefits, I can often define the bands I see live on 3 levels; whether they don’t move me, whether they make me wish I was young or whether they actually do make me younger. With the line up of Narrow Margin, Matter…
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Single Review: Purple Thread – I’m All About You
Leeds quartet Purple Thread are Halfway 2 Nowhere favourites because of their assured, sassy rocky style, and either live or on record, this band are always a tonic (or ear drops), for bored ears. This time around lead vocalist Liz Mann and her band of merry men (believe me, that…
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EP Review: Gauranga – Miles Apart
Having recently caught and enjoyed local Bradford-Way guys Gauranga playing at the Huddersfield Parish, I was delighted to wheedle an advance sampler of the band’s new EP Miles Apart (released on 14 June 2019). This 6 track EP really shows a considerable jump in complexity and style for Gauranga and…
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White Denim return with two huge Oxford and Sheffield shows showcasing new record
Less than a year after their last album Performance, the ever-prolific White Denim returned in March with their eighth record Side Effects and have recently announced two huge shows in Sheffield on 31st July and Oxford August 2nd. More in line with the experimental, freewheeling spirit of their fan-favourite record Last Day of Summer than anything…
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Festival Review: Camden Rocks 2019
It was an inauspicious start to my now annual trip to Camden Rocks Festival. Liverpool Lime Street Station looked like a refugee staging post for badly dressed, stumbling Liverpool supporters. Apparently, they won a football match the previous evening. The journey to London was uneventful and my train pulled into…
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Exciting new Leeds live music venture for Under 18’s – Assembly
We over 18’s can all remember the angst of discovering the gig you have been waiting an age for is at a venue with a lower age limit, meaning you can’t join the party. I can only imagine the greater frustration caused when you are part of a talented young…
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Live: The Rah’s – Zanzibar, Liverpool
If you come out of Liverpool Central Station and fight your way through the hordes of stag and hen do’s (literally on some occasions), make a couple of turns, and you’ll find yourself at Zanzibar. If you are unprepared enough to not check stage times with the venue, you’ll also…
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Festival Review: This Is Tomorrow 2019
For several years now, the North-East has been crying out for a major festival that takes the region by storm and brings some of the world’s finest to the area. This year’s This Is Tomorrow promised to do exactly that, with a stellar lineup including FOALS, Stereophonics and God himself,…
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Live Review: Spinn – Huddersfield Parish
Photo Credit: glamgigpics My mate’s missus messaged me in bed – “it’s past midnight, trying 2 get 2 sleep and I still can’t stop grinning”. If you had ever met my mate you would perhaps guess it was not his nocturnal prowess that was likely to be creating the mirth…
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Single Review: The Snuts – All Your Friends
If you’ve read any of Halfway 2 Nowhere’s festival reviews in the last year or so, you’ll have read nothing but praise for Scottish band, The Snuts. Towards the end of May, the four-piece released their brand new single “All Your Friends” and I can comfortably say, whilst a change…
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Single Review: Callow Youth – Wake Up
Those Moston monsters with attitude Callow Youth continue to build up their portfolio of bangers with a seriously bright and breezy track Wake Up released this Friday 24 May. Given that those Wallasey lads The Boo Radleys still get airplay (and cash in the pension plan) from lazy radio jocks…
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Gauranga get us in a Spinn: Live support at Huddersfield’s Parish
One of my guilty pleasures is getting into a band months before some other people just so I can be an annoying know all, so when good Twitter folk Yorks Bands tipped a number of shiny new artists including Bradford 5 piece Gauranga, I was stoked to realise I’d soon…
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Nine to see at Manchester’s Dot to Dot Festival
One of the granddaddies of the town festival format is the magnificent Dot to Dot with a long weekend of fun in Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham. I always regret that I’ve not organised my days to follow the D2D carnival right around the country but once again I’m going to…
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Live: The Real People + The Cheap Thrills – Liverpool
The Rooftop of the Shankly Hotel has breath-taking views of the picturesque skyline of Liverpool. It is best known as a venue for weddings. Over the last twelve months or so it has established itself as a venue for live music. Under the stewardship of Keith Mullin, guitarist from The…
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Single Review: The Parish Church Fire – Hunger
There’s slow burning and then there’s slow burning. Manchester based The Parish Church Fire are finally ready to be unleashed live upon an unsuspecting public 5 years after forming. There are first gigs for the band coming up on Sunday 26th May 2019 at Strummercamp Festival Oldham Rugby Union Club and on Friday 7th June 2019 at The legendary Eagle Inn, Salford. The initial line up fell…
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Festival Review: Hit The North 2019
May is one of my favourite months for a number of reasons. Two bank holidays, the climax to football season and so many different festivals up and down the country. Following a bumper day at Live at Leeds on Saturday 4th, it was Newcastle’s turn to host Hit The North.…
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Festival Review: Live at Leeds 2019 – Take 2
I’ve been envious of editor Adam’s certain and confident plans for his 2019 Live at Leeds schedule; I made a couple of festival school boy errors namely being strangely (for me) indecisive about who I wanted to see, and wishing the schedule and the band clashes were something different to…
The Setlist & The Script 