Category: Music
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Runaway Hounds – Sophie
Runaway Hounds are an unsigned, emerging Indie-Rock act from Wolverhampton who’s new track ‘Sophie’ is a slick, finely tuned anthem of the genre, and a must listen for fans of the likes of Catfish And The Bottlemen, Peace, and Swim Deep. The band consists of Owen Stav (Guitar and Lead…
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Tramlines 10th Anniversary Lineup Strongest to Date – Noel Gallagher / Stereophonics / Craig David
Tramlines Festival Makes First Lineup Announcement For 10th Edition Located at Sheffield’s Hillsborough Park for its celebratory 10th year, the first Tramlines lineup announcement unveils headliners Stereophonics, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Craig David’s TS5 The highly anticipated 10th edition of Tramlines Festival boasts its biggest, broadest and best line-up of musical talent yet for the…
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Leeds band Backspace offer much more than a Final Shout
The late Radio 1 legend John Peel was influential in British music for decades and even today some 13 years after his death, I usually listen to a new track with the vague thought of “what would John do?” swilling around in the back of my mind. A band I…
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Live: The Americans – Brudenell, Leeds
This Saturday 3rd February saw three US based rock n’ roll artists descend on the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds. We were lucky enough to be attending one of these shows, catching The Americans on their final UK show on their run in the Games Room at our favourite venue in England. All…
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Living a Little with The Very Lazy Sundays
Although we like to devour our very full share of dark and heavy at H2N, music doesn’t always have to be hard and we can pamper our softer side with the best of them. So when Reading and Tring based band The Very Lazy Sundays dropped us their latest EP…
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Glass Mountain – Wow and Flutter
Since the release of debut EP “Glacial” in 2017, Glass Mountain this week released their highly anticipated follow up Wow and Flutter. The band have built quite some reputation for their cinematic and passionate music that attracts a range of demographics and fans to their sound. Drawing influence from several…
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Beans on Toast announces huge UK tour, debut book and album re-release!
This May, BEANS ON TOAST will embark on a tour of UK venues. This tour, however, will be somewhat different. The aptly titled ‘SITTING ON A CHAIR TOUR’ will see the enthusiastic songwriter playing seated theatres and venues rather than pubs and clubs. He’s promising a unique evening of stories…
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Demons of Ruby Mae – To be Adored
I’m a sucker for a good voice, and so 2017’s dramatically stirring sonic synth track Someday from Manchester grown duo Demons of Ruby Mae made me sit up straight. Perhaps Someday was just a little too serious and roomy for my taste for me to love it, but it made…
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Tramlines set for a huge 10th Birthday Party this July – First details announced
Sheffield’s Hillsborough Park to become host for 10th edition of Tramlines Festival featuring various stages of music, comedy, cinema, and its biggest lineup yet. Sheffield’s inner-city music festival, Tramlines, will host its 10th anniversary at Hillsborough Park from Friday 20th – Sunday 22nd July 2018. The celebratory move will mark the first Tramlines…
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The Pencil Necks roll us one with impressive EP Amberleafable
While the rest of us were spending those days immediately before Christmas anxiously concocting plans to avoid watching the Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas special with the family on Christmas Evening, Huddersfield’s The Pencil Necks dropped a class EP onto an unsuspecting public. EP Amberleafable offers 11 minutes of undiluted pleasure…
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Marla Singer prove indie-rock isn’t the only genre alive in Manchester
Since the early 90’s it’s been difficult for any band that isn’t producing four chord indie music to break through into the main stream. It’s always refreshing then, when a new band comes on our radar that is subverting the North-West stereotype and taking a new direction with their music. Marla…
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No Liars – Guilt Trp
After having never reviewed an artist from Canada on Halfway 2 Nowhere, in recent months we’ve been picking up on more and more artists from North America that are making some killer music. The next on our hunt to find Canada’s best new artist is No Liars, the Victoria based punk…
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Brian Fallon to tour UK in March – Releases new single “If Your Prayers Don’t Get To Heaven”
Brian Fallon has revealed his brand single ‘If Your Prayers Don’t Get To Heaven’, from his much-anticipated new solo album, SLEEPWALKERS, due out February 9th via Virgin EMI. The upbeat, feel-good sing along comes following its premiere on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show today. Fallon – accompanied by his high-energy…
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Brand new Country and Americana festival to hit the UK this summer
BRAND NEW FESTIVAL – BLACK DEER – TAKING PLACE AT ERIDGE PARK, KENT, 2018 22nd, 23rd, 24th June – 2018 Bringing you an experience like no other, Black Deer promises you a jam-packed weekend of celebrating all things Americana and Country! Taking place in the beautiful surroundings of Eridge Park,…
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Live at Leeds adds over 60 new artists to lineup – PABH, ASH, Ten Tonnes
As 2018’s festival season draws ever closer, Live At Leeds is once again standing as the ultimate destination to hear the very best in new music and stunning live favourites – adding a huge raft of names from across the musical landscape. Not only bringing the essential sounds for the…
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2018 Truck Festival to open a day early!
Truck Festival have announced that this year the festival will open a day early, with Thursday entry ticket’s available to purchase from next week. The festival which usually opens on the Friday will this year open the site at 3pm on Thursday 19th July continuing through to Sunday 22nd July. Matt…
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Talk Show Host – Not Here To Make Friends
There’s something about the indie punk power pop scene in North America where the music often sounds crisp, pure and undiluted. Toronto based Talk Show Host have produced a pretty perfect slice of pop punk with their third release, the five track EP Not Here To Make Friends. If you…
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Covent – Heaven Knows
Halfway 2 Nowhere has built a fairly solid reputation covering top upcoming indie bands, but anyone who paid attention to our Top 40 recently will notice we’re a sucker for heavier genres. It was difficult then, to ignore Covent’s latest release “Heaven Knows” when it came across our radar. The Yorkshire…
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DMA’s announced as Liverpool Sound City’s second headliner. Day splits also released
This May Bank Holiday, Sound City returns to the city of Liverpool with an eclectic, indie lineup set to light up the North West. The festival is very much going back to its roots for its 11th year in a vibrant celebration of music and arts from around the world and…
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Brand new Selby festival set to be a success
2018 welcomes a brand new festival, Pop-Punk Pile Up that will take place at The Venue in Selby from the 27th – 29th April 2018. With the likes of The King Blues, Room 94, The Bottom Line and a secret headliner still to announce playing throughout the weekend, Riff Media, the promoter in charge of the festival, proves that they…
The Setlist & The Script 