The Setlist & The Script

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Becoming a solo recording artist having been associated with another band or artist, may be one of the hardest things musicians can do. Artists like Billy Bibby, formerly of Catfish and the Bottlemen have recently proved you can have success but it is without doubt a big challenge. The latest…

Huddersfield 3-piece Palmes, have changed their sound significantly over the last 18 months or so. From Oslo, to TV, to El Capitano and beyond, the West Yorkshire outfit have been trying to perfect their distinct sound. This January, the band release their debut EP, 18A, signalling a level of content from the…

The Petty Thieves // Riddles of Madness Whenever a band emails us and describes themselves as dirty reggae/ska, it perks our ears. Granted, it’s only happened once, but nevertheless, when The Petty Thieves came onto our radar it was near impossible to ignore their music. Recent release Riddles of Madness…

Every year we get asked which bands are going to break out, who’s going to be big this year…and most of the time we give a long list of our favourite artists who we like to listen to.  This year though, after listening to all of the best music from…

Whilst the North and South are thriving and pulsating with new bands and new music, it is rare that a band from the Midlands makes it on to our radar, one that has however is The Honeymoon Suite. The Derby based four-piece released their brand new single “Poser” this January…