Category: Music
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In Conversation With..Jordan Allen
At Live at Leeds at the end of last month we had the genuine honour of interviewing one of the highlight artists of the day Jordan Allen. After the release of 110 Ways to Make Things Better we’ve been huge fans of Jordan and his band and could not miss the opportunity to…
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H2N Singles – M I S F I R E S
What a rollercoaster few months it’s been since the release of Come on Over, which we reviewed back in February, for M I S F I R E S. After supporting The Sherlocks on tour and playing their biggest show to date with The Hunna, the band are going from…
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H2N Single Review – The Jackobins
Since we first saw The Jackobins explode onto our radar at Y Not Festival last year the band have been hard at work recording their latest single “Nightfire” released today (5th May) to incredible reviews. After making H2N Top 40 of 2016 with “Hasty” it’s certainly looking like we’ll be seeing the…
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Live: Live at Leeds Festival 2017
In a week that has been just a big comedown from Live at Leeds Weekend – it seems just about the right time to get our review of the weekend uploaded for all you beautiful people to see. We hope everyone had a wonderful day whichever bands you sure and…
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H2N Albums – Adore//Repel
Empty Orchestra, the debut album from West Yorkshire four-piece Adore//Repel was released on 14th April, here’s our review of this sublime piece of work. I remember when I first started this blog and Adore//Repel were one of the first bands to contact me with some exciting news about an independent…
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In Conversation With…In Your Prime
“Under a carpet doorway” at Sucker Punch Festival, we spoke to the incredible In Your Prime before their main support slot. This bunch of young people are one of the most exciting bands I’ve seen so far this year both supporting The Elephant Trees and at Sucker Punch Festival and it was a pleasure to interview…
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In Conversation with…Northern Comfort
On a sunny evening in Leeds, at the rooftop bar of Headrow House on the 2nd April, I had one of the best interviews I’ve had to date with Leeds band Northern Comfort. I’d been wanting to get this chat in with the band since seeing them rip the roof…
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Deep.Sleep ‘1994’ Single Review
Deep.Sleep are: Dan, Jack, Snazy and Louis Genre: Indie Rock For fans of: The 1975, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Circa Waves Newcastle’s finest new band Deep.Sleep released their first single of the year ‘1994’ yesterday and they tease us with the notion that there is plenty more to come soon……
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OtherPeoplesLives – Endless Wave – Reviewed
At the start of April, we went to the Fulford Arms to check out OtherPeoplesLives, a band from Leeds, for the first time. Described as “doom pop” the band merge deep sounding, hanging vocals with echoing harmonies and melodic lead guitars to great effect and the live sound came across…
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Awooga – Alpha – Reviewed
Tam Ali – Bass/Vox James Borrowdale – Guitars Taran Ali – Drums Awooga – a term that denotes a number of different things, taken from a range of popular culture references and a word that’s just so damn cool. The band from Sheffield though give the word brand new meaning…
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In Conversation with JUDAS
Our absolute favourite band, JUDAS, came to Leeds to kick off their Double Denim Live tour just a fortnight ago. As always the guys blew the roof off the venue and we had the pleasure of speaking to them before they headed on to stage. So, how excited are you…
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In conversation with…Shadow Palace (featuring JUDAS)
Double Denim seems to go from strength to strength week after week. Friday 31st March was no different as JUDAS headlined Verve with a band we had never seen before in support. That band was Shadow Palace, a group of lads from Oldham who blew me away with their sound.…
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In conversation with…The Brazen
A couple of weeks ago, Yorkshire based band The Brazen released their electric new single “Delusion”. Critics and fans alike praised the track for being a brave new sound for the band that are rooted in classic rock. Last year the band toured far and wide across the UK and…
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Keston Cobblers Club – “Almost Home” Review
Keston Cobblers Club are: Matthew Lowe, Julia Lowe, Tom Sweet, Bethan Ecclestone and Harry Stasinopoulos After admitting to never listening to folk music, 2017 has seen a surge in folk related gig reviews and music reviews. The next in this chain are “Keston Cobblers Club” a ridiculous name that is…
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Hiva OA have created a wonderful, exciting mess of a track with “Astroturfing”
Belfast band Hiva OA last week released their new single “Astroturfing”. Here’s what we thought. The band have had excellent coverage so far with support from the likes of BBC 6 Music, The Times and Clash and their new song is set to rocket them into the big leagues. The…
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In Conversation With..Jon and Ben of Red Light Revival
This weekend Red Light Revival will perform at Brudenell Social Club in support of the incredible Kyle Gass Band. Ahead of their huge show this weekend we spoke to Jon and Ben from Red Light Revival. Asking how the show came about Jon said that “me and Ben really do…
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In Conversation With..Fatherson
Sometimes, being a writer for a blog can be tough. Writing up interviews, writing reviews you don’t particularly want to, all in spare time. But at times you get to meet people you admire so much, and on the 10th March one of them moments happened. For the last couple…
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The Elephant Trees – Live Review and Interview
I have to start with an admission – before The Elephant Trees played their single launching set at The Wardrobe, I was very worried for them. In Your Prime, Ormstons and Conflare had been so, so good opening for them, having never seen the band before I was unsure if…
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Cherry Head Cherry Heart somehow win H2N over with new record Tarred and Feathered
A couple of weeks back , Teeside duo Cherry Head, Cherry Heart released their follow up to “Chihuahua Deluxe”, Tarred and Feathered. If you’ve not come across the band before, they take influence from an eclectic mix of genres spanning decades of musical influences right back to classic 60’s pop artists. The tracks on…
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Live: Decade – Key Club, Leeds
Decade are a band that I’d been waiting to see since Slam Dunk 2012! Somehow tour dates didn’t match up with availability but on Tuesday 7th March, finally, I got to see them again touring brand new (★★★★★) album Pleasantries. Unfortunately due to complications in the neighbouring KFC (they had…
The Setlist & The Script 