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Interview: Jack Perrett
Writing a series of features focusing on all the great artists This Feeling have picked to make it “Big in 2019” is a ridiculously exciting plan and one that has already led me to speaking with some of the great musicians in their long list of 30. One of the…
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Single Review Sounds like a Storm – Law and Order
2018 was, to put it simply, an incredible year for Leeds band Sounds like a Storm. With a slot on the NME stage at Reading and Leeds Festivals a major highlight for Sennen Ludman and co, the Yorkshire four piece are fast becoming the band to watch from the big city. Their latest…
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Single Review: The Clause – Where Are You Now?
A deceptively simply and catchy tune that’s taken my ear by storm this month comes from Birmingham’s hotly tipped The Clause. The band have released five tracks since late 2016; each one shows an increasing development and an unwavering ear for what goes down. The latest track Where Are You…
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News: Rifffest 2019 adds Adore // Repel to lineup
LEEDS LENDING ROOM | SATURDAY 26 JANUARY 2019 | 5pm – 11pm Following the recent announcement of Brooders Presents … RIFFFEST, the band’s first one-day festival celebrating the best and the brightest that the Yorkshire, Humberside and Lancashire areas can bring for a feast of riffs for all to come…
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Single Review: Sea Legs – Head in the Sand
It’s not too often you hear a fully formed sound on a first track but that’s what you get with Leeds trio Sea Legs and their November debut release Head in the Sand. There’s plenty of complexity and polish in this crisp song which instantly has something of the quality,…
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Single Review: Bengal Lancers – Big Ideas
Perhaps Christmas is the season to remind ourselves that those grand ideas and plans for the future created down the pub after a few jars with the lads and the lasses never quite turn out to be quite so wonderful the following morning. London based indie bouncers Bengal Lancers take…
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Single Review: roves – beneath my skin
Reading based roves are exactly the reason why my long quest for the perfect sound will never be at an end. Just when I think I’ve finally found it, along come along a band like roves luring me onto the choppy dangerous, but exciting rocks of the ocean with their…
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Live: Razorlight, O2 Academy, Leeds
Fresh from the release of Johnny Borrell’s bands’ first studio record in 10 years, we headed to Leeds to see how the new tracks of today held up with the indie classics of yesteryear. Olympus Sleeping was released in October giving fans plenty of time to get familiar with the new songs…
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Halfway 2 Nowhere Top 40 of 2018
2018 has been a year that indie-rock and rock n’ roll have come right back to the mainstream. Bands like Nothing But Thieves, Bring Me The Horizon and across the pond Shinedown and Black Stone Cherry have had major releases that have given hope to the grassroots that rock music…
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Single Review: The Flatline – Isn’t she Pretty?
I like a band with presence and plenty of swagger and young Manchester/ Oldham/ Huddersfield band The Flatline have it in spades. After last year’s excellent Arctic Monkey rock tinted Sub Pressure Sessions EP, the guys (lead singer Jack Dunning, Will Leslie on guitar, Jamie Walton with bass and drummer…
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EP Review: Backspace – Boys
It’s been quite a year for Guiseley based Backspace. The band wowed Halfway 2 Nowhere at the start of the year with their cool lo-fi first releases (Final Shout and Don’t Stunt Your Growth) and after a series of well received gigs over the summer months and autumn, they certainly…
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Album Review: Demons of Ruby Mae
Manchester based duo Demons of Ruby Mae popped out a self titled album of sheer luxury and pleasure at the end of October. The Demons of Ruby Mae (Adam Rowley and Jonny Gavin) originally from Leicester formed the band five years ago, since then releasing a string of increasingly sublime…
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EP Review: Rival Bones – Strangefruit
2018 is going to be the third year in a row Rival Bones will be featuring in both our overall Top 40 of the year as well as the Halfway 2 Nowhere unsigned/undiscovered Top 40, showcasing them to be one of the best rock bands operating in the UK at present. Last…
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Single Review: Runaway Hounds – Nightlight
Earlier in the year, Halfway 2 Nowhere got very excited when upcoming Wolverhampton band Runaway Hounds released their track “Sophie”. Described as a “must listen for fans of the likes of Catfish And The Bottlemen, Peace, and Swim Deep” the band had already established themselves as a band looking to make…
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Live: Off The Record Festival 2018
It may not attract the huge names or the air craft hanger venues but Manchester’s Off The Record festival in mid November is a must do event for anyone into the indie scene. The marketing strap line of “discover your new favourite band” is no boast. This year over 40…
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News: Set It Off announce new album “Midnight” out 1st February 2019
Set It Off and Fearless Records are pleased to announce that the band will release its label debut album, Midnight, on the 1st February. The album was produced by Mike Green (Neck Deep, All Time Low, State Champs) and additional production by Brandon Paddock (Panic! At the Disco, Papa Roach,…
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News: Drenge announce 2019 Tour and third album “Strange Creatures”
DRENGE have announced their third album, STRANGE CREATURES, produced by long-time collaborator Ross Orton [Arctic Monkeys, M.I.A, The Fall] will be released on 22 February 2019 via Infectious Music. The follow up to their critically acclaimed albums DRENGE [2013] and UNDERTOW [2015] as well as this year’s AUTONOMY EP, the…
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News: Scruff of the Neck announce huge Year’s End Festival party
Following a year crammed full of gigs, tours and festivals, it seems only fitting that Scruff of the Neck & Distiller should want to celebrate in what’s rapidly become their trademark style. Building on the success of previous events the two have worked together on, Year’s End is a multi-venued…
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News: Neighourhood Weekender: First Wave Announced
Following last year’s acclaimed inaugural festival, Neighbourhood Weekender is back for round two on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May 2019 with headliners George Ezra and Richard Ashcroft taking the helm alongside a stellar line up. George Ezra is one of the biggest selling male artists of the decade. His…
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Single Review: The Attic Doctors – Feed the Pig
There is a theory that political activists can achieve their goals by worming their way into establishment roles and to slowly subvert the organisation from within. This thought comes to mind listening to Bolton’s The Attic Doctors latest single Feed The Pig. This is a track you could happily spin to…
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The Setlist & The Script 