Category: Music
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Towers and Trees // Head Down Heart Up
I always get excited for spring, and not just for the prospect of fresh leaf hiking, self grown salad and lazy days baking my bones in the sun. First we are moving into music festival season and second we are getting into the season of the banging tune. A song…
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Bob Douglass and The Frequency – Good Intentions
The Newcastle music scene is one that is dynamic, ever-changing and above all exciting. With numerous new festivals and venues taking on live music, the North East is certainly one of the places to be when it comes to new music. One band who are sticking to music that has…
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Corella take it up a level on Spring Tour finale in York
The last few weeks has seen Manchester four-piece Corella embark a tour across the UK, bringing happy vibes and indie riffs to the masses. Following the release of “Caught Up” earlier in the year, the tour ended in York at the Fulford Arms in what was an energetic performance and a perfect…
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Stereo Honey release stunning new track What Makes A Man
One of the most thoughtful and insightful artists to emerge through last year was London based Stereo Honey. In particular, two of their songs on their wonderful Monuments EP offered deep food for thought as The Bay offered a moving and floating memory of the 21 Morecambe Bay Chinese immigrant…
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Halfway 2 Nowhere’s Pop-Punk Pile Up picks ++ Spotify Playlist!
This April, festival season truly kicks off early with the brand new, North Yorkshire based event, Pop Punk Pile Up. Halfway 2 Nowhere have given you the perfect guide to the weekend, where it is, who to see and most importantly a bumper Spotify playlist with all our favourite artists…
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A short take on Newton Faulkner’s 2017 Leeds show with Nathan O’Grady
Last year Newton Faulkner completed one of his biggest UK tours to date. Local York artist Nathan O’Grady went to see the show on behalf of Halfway 2 Nowhere and as you can tell, thoroughly enjoyed it. Here’s a short take on the show from one artist, reviewing another! “Newton’s…
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Leeds based indie rock band BACKSPACE release brand new EP
The brand new, self-titled EP from Leeds band Backspace, is now available for listening via Soundcloud. We recently reviewed their track “Final Shout” which was a great song, so we are very excited to announce the news that their full EP is up. The EP contains 2 previously released tracks “Don’t…
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Bingley Music Live announces biggest lineup to date.
Bingley Music Live confirm their biggest line-up to date with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Shed Seven and Jake Bugg taking the top spots across the weekend 31st August to 2nd September. Halfway 2 Nowhere will be keeping you updated with all of the announcements for this year’s festival, as and when…
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Live: Tom Grennan – Leadmill, Sheffield
Having seen singer-songwriter Tom Grennan live 7 times over the past 18 months, I’ve had plenty of time to see our favourite Bedford lad develop his music and grow his audience. While currently noted for his collaborations with Chase and Status (All Goes Wrong) and Bugzy Malone (Memory Lane), solo…
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Live: Martha Phillips – Northern Quarter, Huddersfield
Having seen one of our more innovative and interesting local bands The Elephant Trees live a couple of times over recent months, I was keen to contrast it to lead singer Martha Phillips strutting her stuff solo. That she was playing at a new music venue in Huddersfield (the Northern…
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roves // Always
It’s of course amazingly easy for any wannabe music reviewer to throw a few verbal grenades while sheltering safely behind a laptop. However, one broad criticism I have of many new and emerging bands is that in their anxiety not to “mess it up”, their first few tracks do just…
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The Covasettes – Wondering Why
Guitar music is dead. That seems to be the message coming from “industry experts” recently. There is now no home for guitar music on our airwaves apparently…fake news!!! Manchester band The Covasettes very clearly did not get this memo as they recently released their brand new single Wondering Why proving exactly…
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Avalanche Party // Porcelain
There are a few heavy indie bands on the live circuit at the minute that laugh loudly in the face of crazy with a sweaty, crowd surfing, get-dirty-with-the-locals performance. Avalanche Party are one of those providing a service more gratifying than sex and their efforts are clearly designed to ensure their…
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Flocking to see Germany’s Giant Rooks
The Eurovision Song Contest and European tourist bars leave a lot to answer for. Unless you scratch a little deeper you might be forgiven for thinking the music of continental Europe is largely about ropy five year out of date dance music or jingly jangly feel good pop music; of…
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2000trees FESTIVAL 2018 third announcement is here!
The third 2000trees Festival 2018 announcement is here, and as ever it selects some of the finest new bands, welcomes back some of the events very favourites and says howdy to some incredible festival newbies, both up and coming and established. This line up announcement was also announced by our incredible Saturday headliners ENTER…
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L.A. Witch showcase debut album at forthcoming Leeds’ Headrow House gig
Attitude? Admittedly it’s usually not a great attribute in a work office environment (trust me) but in music, attitude is a most welcome trait. Luckily Los Angeles based (there’s a clue in the name) punk band L.A. Witch have attitude to spare. Dirty, moody, heavy, surfy and confident can be…
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Live: Brian Fallon and the Howling Weather – Beckett SU, Leeds
With 2018 marking the 10th anniversary of arguably The Gaslight Anthem’s best record The ’59 Sound, most fans of the band are waiting eagerly for their reunion shows in July. For those who have followed the career of frontman Brian Fallon since then though, were excited to see the New Jersey singer…
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Citrus Heights // Lovers Single Review
From the first time I heard Citrus Heights, I wasn’t sure I understood the direction they wanted to take their music. I liked what I heard, but the vast array of influences and genres clashed and weren’t defined as well as they should have been. 2018 though, feels like a…
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Twist Helix // Ouseburn Single Review
“Born out of the hip bars and rundown rehearsal rooms of Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley, synth-pop band Twist Helix are fascinated with the exploration of place and its relation to creativity and identity.” Last year, one of the breakout synth-pop bands in the North of England was Geordie outfit Twist Helix; now they’re…
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LELO offers a breath of fresh air on new single “Breathing”
Leeds is, by all accounts, a fairly stagnant area when it comes to the music scene. Bar a few stand out artists such as Northern Comfort or Sounds Like a Storm, much of the music that’s coming out of the city is very similar and ordinary. Halfway 2 Nowhere has…
The Setlist & The Script 