The Setlist & The Script

Grand Opera House York and City of York Council are offering anyone aged 26 and under £5 tickets to see the acclaimed Broadway and West End production of ONCE. Based on the critically acclaimed and much-loved film, Once tells the uplifting yet yearning story of two lost souls – a Dublin street…

Kicking off a series of Manchester brewery reviews, including Cloudwater and Track, is Alphabet Brewing Company which we recently visited to go on their brewery tour and have a few drinks in the taproom. The brewery, known for its exceptional can artwork and signature core range, has been on my…

With the roaring crowds of their ‘Shedcember’ UK tour still ringing in their ears, SHED SEVEN are delighted to announce plans for a huge summer show in Yorkshire in 2020. On Saturday 15th August this year, York’s premier Britpop poster boys will be headlining a very special show at Doncaster…

Jake Bugg & many more confirmed for Beat The Streets Festival 2020! Beat The Streets Festival is proud to announce its second wave of artist additions for its 2020 instalment. Chart-topping Nottingham indie-rocker Jake Bugg, award-winning folk singer and activist Grace Petrie and riotous live karaoke band Bamalamasingsong are some…

What a year 2019 has been for emerging talent. Every gig I’ve seen at Brudenell, The Wardrobe, York’s Fulford Arms (the list goes on) have been brilliant and the future of rock music in this country looks very bright. On 27th December, two of the bands ready to take 2020…

I often have to start a review with a little apology.  Today I need to say sorry to Jimmy’s.  One of Liverpool’s newer live music venues, this small, dark L-shaped cellar, with state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems is an intimate venue.  It’s been open since August, and it has taken…

On Friday August 30th 2019, I was at Bingley Weekender, and caught a glimpse of the future of indie-rock in the United Kingdom. The band I saw playing to a bumper crowd, I thought, in 4/5 years time would be selling out venues across the country. I was wrong, that…

From the year 2004 up to 2008, there was a surge in records being produced by artists in the UK that took indie-rock to the next level and paved the way for the industry taking control in the decade we are about to be leaving. One of the artists that…

It is a wet miserable Wednesday night and I’m stuck in traffic just outside Newcastle.  Things are looking bleak but I have a big smile on my face as I’m  on my way to see the energetic, jangly indie of Liverpool band Spinn.  I first caught them at Twisterella 2018…

Paint Me In Colour are a Liverpool based three-piece consisting of Olivia Springer, Matt Johnson and Sam Pierpoint.  They formed in 2017, play Indie-pop, and cite their influences as Aretha Franklin and Pink Floyd.  Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of them, Feel It is their debut single, and an…

Having confirmed its return last month, the North East region’s largest outdoor music festival has confirmed two major arena conquering heavyweight headlining acts as part of a wave of new announcements. After welcoming over 30,000 revellers through its gates last year, This Is Tomorrow will return to Exhibition Park in Newcastle on 22nd-24th May 2020 and plays host to Sam…

Say goodbye to Bah! Humbug and get into the festive spirit with Pick Me Up’s big winter show of 2019 – Scrooge The Musical. Based on Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas Carol, Scrooge tells the tale of old miser Ebeneezer on the night he’s visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet To…

There’s not much that would entice me to drive 107 miles, on a Friday night, from one old, shipbuilding town in the north-west to another, but the chance to see The Indica Gallery, Dirty Laces and The Lathums, had me heading from Birkenhead to Barrow-in-Furness.  Tonight’s venue, Barrow Underground Society…

If you’ve read any of my previous reviews, then you’ll know I like to use the occasional football analogy.  Well tonight I’ll be looking at some of the emerging Merseyside talent.  The youth teams and the under-23s if you like.  If you don’t want to know the score, look away…

Mr Benn & the Bens are the brainchild of Ben Hall who has been prolific in his releases over the last 5 years through the band’s Bandcamp page.  These vary from low-fi bedroom recordings to experimentation with electronic sounds.  As a full band Mr Ben & the Bens have been…