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H2N Albums – Frankie Oliver – Here I Am
Frankie Oliver, a former Island Records star of the late 90s, has followed suit in the contemporary craze of comeback albums. However, this new endeavour sees a large departure from the Reggae genre, instead, with Oliver branching into profoundly more soulful and bluesy territory. Having left the pop-star life to…
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PVRIS Announce UK Tour and New Album
One of the world’s most exciting bands, PVRIS are back! PVRIS recently released HEAVEN, the stunning first single and video from their hugely anticipated second album, ALL WE KNOW OF HEAVEN, ALL WE NEED OF HELL, released by Rise Records on 4 August. They have now followed this with the release…
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Beans on Toast + Skinny Lister announce Double Trouble UK Tour
This coming winter two of Halfway 2 Nowhere’s favourite artists Beans on Toast and Skinny Lister will head out on a co-headline tour of the UK. Label mates, touring buddies and drinking companions they make a perfect match. Both bands are hardworking, fun Loving, heavy touring acts that bring a…
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H2N Albums – The Amazons – The Amazons
Reading-based rock quartet, The Amazons, recently released their self-titled debut album. Full of well-crafted noisy guitar riffs and driving rhythm sections, the band boast an 11 track debut album. So far, this year has seen The Amazons take on the music scene like never before, with the band being shortlisted…
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H2N Albums – Blondie – Pollinator
Over the past few years we have seen a couple of definitive pop songs; Daft Punk’s Get Lucky and Pharrell Williams’ Happy. They might not exactly move you, but most people recognise how this duo of songs simply hit the moment and shout out 4 minutes of pretty perfect pop.…
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Tom Grennan – The Voice of the Future
Experienced music fans can get an inkling they are onto the next big thing when they see an artist a few times over the months and it’s clear the audience, venue size, the number in the support band are all steadily growing. I first saw Tom Grennan live in October…
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In Conversation with…Natives
One of the best small venues of all time was no doubt The Cockpit in Leeds which tragically closed last year. The only band I ever had the pleasure of seeing there were Natives on their Indoor War run of dates some years ago. With a change in sound that…
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H2N Singles – Able’s Army – Astronaut
Yesterday two Huddersfield giants released new singles, Palmes with Tourism and today’s feature is the awesome lads from Able’s Army with Astronaut. Up until now, much of what we’ve heard from the band has been vocally dominated by James but anyone who has seen them live will know their USP…
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In conversation with..Tom Hingley of Inspiral Carpets
At Live at Leeds back in April I had the honour of interviewing the legendary Tom Hingley of the Inspiral Carpets. Coming up this Thursday is Tom’s gig with the Kar-pets celebrating the anniversary of “Return of the Goldfish” at Belgrave which we urge everybody to get to! 25th Anniversary…
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H2N Singles – Palmes – Tourism
Palmes are back with a brand new single following on from El Capitano back in March. We’ve followed this band (quite literally at times) for a while now and are really excited for their future. Tourism is their new track that once again builds on their last release and is…
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H2N Albums – Hunter and the Bear – Paper Heart
Hunter and the Bear have been a band H2N have been closely following for the last 12 months following the release of Renegade in 2016. When that was released and closely followed up by Oh Daisy, we knew the band were special and on to a winning formula with their…
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Live: William McCarthy – Wardrobe, Leeds
There’s always a sense of excitement, a sense of genuine happiness, a sense of positivity when Billy McCarthy is in town. On the 4th of May in Leeds, it was no different. Walking into the Wardrobe underground room all that could be seen were smiles, flowing alcohol and friendly conversations.…
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In Conversation With..Jordan Allen
At Live at Leeds at the end of last month we had the genuine honour of interviewing one of the highlight artists of the day Jordan Allen. After the release of 110 Ways to Make Things Better we’ve been huge fans of Jordan and his band and could not miss the opportunity to…
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H2N Singles – M I S F I R E S
What a rollercoaster few months it’s been since the release of Come on Over, which we reviewed back in February, for M I S F I R E S. After supporting The Sherlocks on tour and playing their biggest show to date with The Hunna, the band are going from…
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H2N Single Review – The Jackobins
Since we first saw The Jackobins explode onto our radar at Y Not Festival last year the band have been hard at work recording their latest single “Nightfire” released today (5th May) to incredible reviews. After making H2N Top 40 of 2016 with “Hasty” it’s certainly looking like we’ll be seeing the…
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Live: Live at Leeds Festival 2017
In a week that has been just a big comedown from Live at Leeds Weekend – it seems just about the right time to get our review of the weekend uploaded for all you beautiful people to see. We hope everyone had a wonderful day whichever bands you sure and…
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H2N Albums – Adore//Repel
Empty Orchestra, the debut album from West Yorkshire four-piece Adore//Repel was released on 14th April, here’s our review of this sublime piece of work. I remember when I first started this blog and Adore//Repel were one of the first bands to contact me with some exciting news about an independent…
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In Conversation With…In Your Prime
“Under a carpet doorway” at Sucker Punch Festival, we spoke to the incredible In Your Prime before their main support slot. This bunch of young people are one of the most exciting bands I’ve seen so far this year both supporting The Elephant Trees and at Sucker Punch Festival and it was a pleasure to interview…
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In Conversation with…Northern Comfort
On a sunny evening in Leeds, at the rooftop bar of Headrow House on the 2nd April, I had one of the best interviews I’ve had to date with Leeds band Northern Comfort. I’d been wanting to get this chat in with the band since seeing them rip the roof…
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Deep.Sleep ‘1994’ Single Review
Deep.Sleep are: Dan, Jack, Snazy and Louis Genre: Indie Rock For fans of: The 1975, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Circa Waves Newcastle’s finest new band Deep.Sleep released their first single of the year ‘1994’ yesterday and they tease us with the notion that there is plenty more to come soon……