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Single Review: Johnny Kills – Who’s Counting
Surf-glam..what does that mean I found myself asking when I read that this was the genre of music Johnny Kills best describe themselves as. Having admittedly never heard of the band until they dropped into our inbox, I was intrigued to find out that it is a genre of music I am…
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Review: Tramlines Festival 2018
Last weekend, Sheffield celebrated it’s most famous music festival’s tenth birthday as more people than ever before descended on Hillsborough Park for Tramlines 2018. Now at it’s new permanent home away from the city, the main festival site has seen itself distanced from the city centre “Fringe Festival” in a…
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Live Preview: 5 Acts To Watch at Tramlines 2018
There are only a few days left until Hillsborough Park opens it’s gates for the first time to Tramlines festival, welcoming the biggest lineup in it’s 10 year history. It’s never easy spotting the best new talent amongst a lineup as crowded as this year’s so we’ve done the ground…
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EP Review, Callow Youth, Vibe Demo’s
Band names are important; sometimes a mere name can make me sit up and want to take notice. A name has got to have something individual about it; call yourself “Brexit” and you are going to struggle to get noticed in a web search. The name of Manchester’s (Tameside and…
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The Covasettes – Top Drawer
When we covered Manchester band The Covasettes March release “Wondering Why”, we were optimistic that the band could be one to drive a new age of guitar music in the city. It’s been just over three months since then and whilst it feels like we’ve been waiting an age for the…
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Far Caspian // Let’s Go Outside
Earlier this year H2N seriously lapped up the sound of local Leeds based quartet Far Caspian with their gentle but buzzing first single Holding On. So we were eagerly awaiting whether the follow up track would show similar promise. Happily Let’s Go Outside is a sophisticated bit of shoegaze, lo…
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Deep Sleep // Orange English Sun
Summer is finally here! It’s 30 degrees across the UK and I’ve been pining for my ultimate summer track for a couple of weeks now. With Marsicans releasing a new track, Corella with a single on the way and JUDAS’ music coming soon it was always going to take something…
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Vuromantics choose their favourite albums of all time
Music has the power to change lives, trigger countless emotions and above all, make people feel truly alive. Throughout history, there have been too many iconic records and singles that have impacted on people’s life day-to-day and our latest feature aims to highlight some of these records. Each week we’ll…
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LELO // I looked At The Sun
Lush is the only word anyone needs to describe LELO’S latest single I Looked At The Sun. The early summer released track is a fabulous piece of retro floating dream pop with rich production, guitar, soaring strings and some soft backing vocals from those Marsicians lads. Given the bright and sunny…
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roves // i fear the water
Reading based roves are a band I tipped earlier in the year after falling in love with their sweeping and strong first release always. This young band have now managed to pull off another impressive coup with their second released track i fear the water. What strikes me is how…
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Artist of the Week: LELO
This week, LELO was victorious in a hard fought artist of the week battle with three other artists. With a huge single review on it’s way from Chris, we took the time to catch up with LELO to talk the new track, and what’s to come from him in 2018…
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Dude York // Moon
A highlight of this year’s Manchester Dot to Dot festival was to catch Seattle’s Dude York in the cool, grungy and intimate atmosphere of the attic of Aatma in the Northern Quarter. Ultimately I was a little worse for wear (will I ever learn how to pace myself?) but I did…
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Demons of Ruby Mae // Beneath The Surface
The whitewashed cellar of Manchester’s Whiskey Jar is my kind of venue for live music; there’s nothing but the stage close up and personal to focus on. Or it would have been were it not for the noisy group of people at the back who decided this small and intimate…
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Rows // Something More
Anyone who likes their music a little lighter and electronic might well find something to enjoy within LA’s band Rows and their newly released 6 track EP Something More. The band is the brainchild of singer/songwriter Matt Couchois who a few years ago was part of Chino Hills band Max and…
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Five huge reasons Tramlines’ Saturday night is once again the place to be this summer
Back in April we ran our Friday night feature for this year’s Tramlines Festival – possibly the most exciting lineup and festival in the North this year. Here are five massive reasons why you simply cannot miss Saturday’s events this year. 1: The Leadmill Comedy Stage New to this year’s…
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Why is there still a challenge for female artists securing places at music festivals?
“A North-East bar recently banned female rock bands from playing their venue, with their owner suggesting women “can’t sing rock”. They might have a point, I mean, I’m struggling to think of any…oh wait, Blondie, Evanescence, Marmozets, Fleetwood Mac, Gwen Stefani, Pvris the list goes on. Some of the greatest…
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Loving The Hubbards Your Love, Your Love (Your Love)
When you see those cool open top convertibles spinning round town, why is that they always have naff sounds blaring out; be it cheesy Gansta Rap or Bananarama? Should I ever reach the point where I have more money than sense, one of the tracks that would be banging while…
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Singles in 150 Words: Mute Choir, Election Season
Writing a full song review in 150 words is never easy, it’s made much harder when the track is a 7-minute epic like the new track from Mute Choir, but here goes (in a slightly unorthodox way!) Minute 1: Almost Alex Gaudino esque trumpet intro, the track drops into a…
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BAND INTERVIEW: The Faim
Fresh from touring with Lower Than Atlantis, the new band from down-under making serious noises in the pop-punk/rock scene is Aussie band The Faim. Having enjoyed great success in the UK with recent release “Saints of the Sinners”, the five-piece are ready to take on the world with their new brand of…
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Single Review: Apollo Junction, Begin
Leeds band Apollo Junction are finally back with their brand new single “Begin” marking both a new sound and their first track release of 2018. Before even starting to review the track in any kind of depth, we have to say right from the off, this is Apollo Junction’s best…
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The Setlist & The Script 