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Twist Helix – Pulse
It’s very rare nowadays we get sent a huge synth track to review. With the market seemingly back in full guitar mode, it’s hard for anybody who does anything different to break through. Twist Helix though, a Newcastle synth-trio, are managing to slowly get their music out there and recent…
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Live: Humber Street Sesh 2017
With UK festivals not having the best of fortnights, Humber Street Sesh proved that with great planning and great organisation, you can indeed organise a great event. With over 30,000 people descending on Hull’s dock, the city felt alive and with a stunning music lineup it was a really good…
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Bands support young adults with cancer with new merchandise
ROYAL BLOOD, WOLF ALICE, EVERYTHING EVERYTHING AND OH SEES DESIGN NEW RANGE OF EXCLUSIVE BAND T-SHIRTS TO BENEFIT YOUNG ADULT CANCER SUPPORT CHARITY TREKSTOCK Today, young adult cancer support charity Trekstock, announce the new collection from their Yellow Bird Project, the band tee fundraising initiative to support young people with…
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A-Z of 2017 – Part 2 – G-L
G is for…Glass The word glass seems to be everywhere in 2017. Whether it’s Liam Gallagher’s triumphant return in “Wall of Glass” or Sunset Lines debut single “Glass”, the word keeps cropping up. Why we’ve chosen it though is for the four, yes four, bands with glass in their name that…
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A-Z of music in 2017 so far…
Amazingly, there are only 150 days left in 2017! This year has flown by and the music released and gigs that have been played have been bigger and better than anything that has gone previously. With so much more expected to come in the final few months, we thought we’d…
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Marsicans – Too Good
Marsicans have been on the Leeds music scene for more than six years now, and in that time have achieved and continue to achieve many things both in their home city and elsewhere, with their next endeavour after a Summer of festival appearances being a support tour for H2N favourites…
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Hope and Glory Festival Preview Featuring The Shimmer Band
With just a day to go until Liverpool’s biggest event of 2017, Halfway 2 Nowhere have previewed the weekend and what you can expect from Hope and Glory 2017. With an eclectic mix of music spanning numerous decades, the curators of Hope and Glory Festival have done an incredible job…
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Puppet Theory – I, The King
Last month Manchester band Puppet Theory released their brand new single I, The King. Following first EP Buttons the new track was much anticipate by Halfway 2 Nowhere, so much so we booked them for our first ever live show in York. The band have something relatively unique as they…
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Harrison Rimmer – I Am On Fire
Apart from being one of the nicest guys in the music industry right now, Harrison Rimmer is an exceptionally talented musician and one that works harder than most. Every time I see Harrison he’s either just played a show and about to play another, or on his way to a…
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Misfires – Do You Wanna?
Misfires are a four piece Indie-Rock band from Swindon with a flurry of media praise behind them, and their new single Do You Wanna? doesn’t let up on their current track record. The band’s innate ability to craft timeless-sounding Indie-Rock is perhaps no better exemplified than in this new single,…
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Bang Bang Romeo – Chemical
Bang Bang Romeo’s single Chemical is a powerhouse track of brash bravado and soulful exuberance which does nothing but favours for the bands rumbling rise. The South Yorkshire four-piece have had a summer of festival appearances at the likes of TRNSMT, Isle of White, Reading and more. The track begins…
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In Conversation With…Billy Bibby and The Wry Smiles
Back in June before their huge gig at Fibbers in York, I had the pleasure of chatting to Billy Bibby and The Wry Smiles in a sweaty backroom on one of the hottest days of the year. Since seeing them then, the band have gone on to play huge sets…
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Live: Kendal Calling 2017
Since we had such a good time we thought we’d let you beautiful people know some of our highlights from what we got up to this weekend at Kendal. We kicked off the weekend with Man & The Echo who delivered an eclectic set of tunes to which a lot…
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Live: Tramlines Festival 2017
One year away from what is bound to be a huge tenth birthday party in 2018, this year’s Tramlines provided the biggest and most eclectic lineup to date and Halfway 2 Nowhere was there to document it all. From the main stages, to the smallest fringe stages and everything in…
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Courtyards – Everything
Courtyards are a band we genuinely believe have the world at their feet. They have the vocal ability, drive and ambition to be whatever band they choose to be and their latest offering “Everything” is a great example of them shifting their music to the next level. The Huddersfield 4-piece…
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Spilt Milk Society – She Tastes Like Summer
Spilt Milk Society’s new single She Tastes Like Summer is an Indie-Rock anthem track with a profoundly intimate atmosphere which will be a welcome addition to Indie-Rock playlists everywhere. The band are a 5 piece from Birmingham, and have released She Tastes Like Summer on the back of an already…
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Kashmere – Hoxton
Of the few things I know about Hoxton is that it’s an area in the east end of London, it’s great for a night out, and is near to the wonderful legendary Rough Trade independent record shop. Given Stockport band Kashmere’s new single is also called Hoxton, perhaps they missed…
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The Dark LP – Places
Leeds Alt-Rock trio The Dark LP’s latest single Places builds upon their 2015 EP’s electrifying sound, offering more bravado in the anthemic choruses and intense guitar riffs. The band, consisting of Alex Cairns (Vocals and Lead Guitar), Nick Doyle (Bass Guitar), and Richard Parker (Drums), performed most recently at Double…
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Review: Different Types of Love – LELO
LELO, the freshest faced singer-songwriter, has released his debut EP Different Types Of Love – four tracks of synth-heavy, Indie Dream-Pop, with an atmosphere so chilled-out that it threatens to collapse in on itself. LELO’s opening track ‘HOME’ immediately acts as a blueprint for the EP’s direction and stylistic influences,…
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King Nun – Spunge
King Nun are a quartet of four twenty year old’s from London and have recently released their new single ‘Sponge’, a B-Side to their ear-bursting track ‘Hung Around’. ‘Sponge’ offers a departure from King Nun’s typically catchy violence as exemplified in ‘Hung Around’, instead offering a more obviously carefully constructed…