• Double Denim Live Preview – 12/1/17

    Double Denim Live Preview – 12/1/17

    TICKETS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW – £5 ADVANCE https://www.musicglue.com/double-denim-live/listings In our newest feature, we will be previewing every Double Denim Live show right here on Halfway 2 Nowhere. This weeks show currently has two confirmed acts The Purps and Fudge. Here’s what to expect! The Purps If you had to pick two genres of music and mash…

  • Top 40 Singles of 2017 – 20-1

    Top 40 Singles of 2017 – 20-1

    The second half of our countdown is something that still takes our breath away. 2017 was a simply phenomenal year for music. 20 Legendary Welshly Arms 19 Major System Error Marmozets 18 Close To Your Chest Counterfeit 17 Ceasefire Judas 16 Crying Shame Circa Waves 15 Greedy Soul Liam Gallagher…

  • Able’s Army – Crawl

    Able’s Army – Crawl

    Able’s Army // Crawl For fans of: The Strokes // The Cribs What a year 2017 was for Huddersfield band Able’s Army, playing shows across the North, releasing Brewery Tour and Astronaut, and playing a huge set at Bingley Festival. They ended the year with their best release to date,…

  • Marsicans release funniest video to date for new single “Throw Ourselves In”

    Marsicans release funniest video to date for new single “Throw Ourselves In”

    Leeds four-piece Marsicans have released the video for their most recent single Throw Ourselves In. The track is the most bouncy to date and the video complements the relaxed, fun nature of the track wonderfully. 2018 is going to be a big year for the West Yorkshire band and we expect…

  • Late Night Legacy go back to their strengths on groovy “Beat Up” single

    Late Night Legacy go back to their strengths on groovy “Beat Up” single

    Late Night Legacy // Beat Up For fans of: RHCP/Gaslight Anthem/The Rifles Rock n’ Roll is a genre of music rarely attempted by new bands in the current Leeds and Yorkshire scene. Dominated by indie and a britpop resurgence, it has become ever harder for bands playing true rock music…

  • Top 40 Singles of 2017 – 40-21

    Top 40 Singles of 2017 – 40-21

    Every year we compile a list of the best of the best from across the globe, culminating in a Top 40 chart of face melting tunes that you should all be playing. 2017 was no different and one of the best years for unsigned, rock, indie and a huge range…

  • Single Review: The Sheratons – Better Days

    Single Review: The Sheratons – Better Days

    The first time I heard “Better Days” by Bingley band The Sheratons I was left rather confused at the genre and style the band were aiming for. The song is a mix of grungy 80’s bass, with brit-pop vocals and early noughties guitar riffs. What is very clear by this…

  • Palmes – For You And I

    Palmes – For You And I

    2017 has been a big year for Huddersfield band Palmes releasing “El Capitano” and “Tourism”. They have given us all an early Christmas present though by releasing new track “For You and I”. After taking a bit of a break from their earlier heavy synth style, For You And I…

  • Top 10 Unsigned Singles of 2017

    Top 10 Unsigned Singles of 2017

    Here we are then, the final ten, the best ten songs released by unsigned artists at the time of release this year. This was a ridiculously hard choice and having cut down over 400 tracks to get here you should know how special these tracks are. No more words, just…

  • Top 40 Unsigned Singles of 2017 – 20-11

    Top 40 Unsigned Singles of 2017 – 20-11

    So..how do you follow the last 20 tracks, all huge songs from bands destined for 2018 success. The next ten songs take it up another level though, reach new heights and all ten only just missed out on our overall 2018 Top 40 tracks showing just how good they are.…

  • Sounds Like A Storm – Blind and Deaf

    Sounds Like A Storm – Blind and Deaf

    Sennen Ludman, vocalist of Leeds band Sounds Like a Storm told me earlier in the year, “Emission”, their last single, is just the start, wait till you hear what we’ve got to come. To be honest, the track was so powerful, I honestly didn’t think they could top it. Sometimes…

  • Top 40 Unsigned Singles of 2017 – 40-21

    Top 40 Unsigned Singles of 2017 – 40-21

    What a year 2017 has been for unsigned music! With This Feeling, Double Denim and independent promoters across the UK doing phenomenal jobs of getting new faces out there, unsigned music is in the strongest position it has been in for a while, reflected by the quality of this year’s…

  • Isle of Wight’s 50th Anniversary Poised to be Best Year Yet!

    Isle of Wight’s 50th Anniversary Poised to be Best Year Yet!

    Depeche Mode / The Killers Kasabian / Liam Gallagher   Also joining this year’s line-up: The Script / Van Morrison / James Bay Blossoms Tickets today went on sale for the 50th Anniversary of the Isle of Wight Festival 2018. Announced in wave one were headliners Depeche Mode, The Killers,…

  • Carnation – Fatal Attraction

    Carnation – Fatal Attraction

    2017 has been a huge year for the heavier side of indie-rock music. Whilst recent times has seen “funky” bands such as No Hot Ashes and Corella come out strong, this year has seen fuzzier tracks from bands like Cabezudos and Reverend and the Makers return to the front of…

  • Live: Kazoopa Festival 2017

    Live: Kazoopa Festival 2017

    With few winter month music festivals, grass roots indie Kazoopa Festival in Leeds in late November is particularly eagerly anticipated. It was thus a frustrated Halfway 2 Nowhere reviewer arriving at the Lending Rooms two hours later than anticipated (a better than expected gig by veterans The Undertones and having…

  • Liam Fray to make huge return to Leeds this Thursday

    Liam Fray to make huge return to Leeds this Thursday

    In recent times, Manchester band Courteeners have been subject to countless superlatives from mainstream and underground media sources. The rise of the band has been catastrophic ending with their Old Trafford headline show this May. Front man Liam Fray has been the driving force of the success and has been…

  • Ormstons – Bridgewater Way

    Ormstons – Bridgewater Way

    Ormstons are an indie-rock band from Leeds, and have begun to create a bit of a buzz with support slots at venues like The Wardrobe, and a headline show at The Key Club this weekend that celebrated the release of their debut single, Bridgewater Way. ‘Bridgewater Way’ is a raucous…

  • DEAD! announce huge UK tour and debut album release

    DEAD! announce huge UK tour and debut album release

    DEAD! have announced the release of their debut album, THE GOLDEN AGE OF NOT EVEN TRYING, via Infectious BMG on 26 January 2018. “There’s blood, sweat, arguments, defining moments and some of the best and worst times of our lives in this album. But every band should have that in…

  • The perfectly named Stereo Honey evoke Morecambe ghosts with “The Bay”

    The perfectly named Stereo Honey evoke Morecambe ghosts with “The Bay”

    For fans of Wild Beasts, Radiohead, Nothing But Thieves As I age it becomes more difficult to remember which decade I’m in; I guess I’m slowly building up to a time for where current life becomes so unpalatable I can gently retreat into comfortable memories. At the recent wondrous first…

  • Kazoopa 2017 – Six not to miss

    Kazoopa 2017 – Six not to miss

    Kazoopa Festival in Leeds on November 25th is the one that Halfway 2 Nowhere has been waiting for most of the year. There’s over 70 acts of greatness descending on our main Yorkshire city in venues dotted across the city centre starting at lunchtime. If you want to discover just…