WOW, doesn’t this feel novel? An actual gig announcement and an actual gig in 2020?! Whilst it feels alien to be writing and talking about […]
Save Sam & Rich
Two days ago I learned that the BBC had decided to shake up the Introducing in the West session, (among other changes across it’s regional […]
MVT Open Letter to the UK Government
An Open Letter to the UK GovernmentWe are the owners and operators of the UK’s Grassroots Music Venues.Our Grassroots Music Venues are the fundamental foundations […]
ULTRASOUND announce 20th-anniversary tour.
You once couldn’t read an NME or Melody Maker article without Tiny from Ultrasound being quoted, referenced or mentioned. It was the way of the […]
Sheer Isolation podcast is a GO!
Being stuck at home has presented a number of opportunities to elevate the boredom, whilst building fences and desks, and cleaning every square in of […]
The Deadnotes – Courage // Album Review
As this reviewer began listening to ‘Courage’, he convinced himself that The Deadnotes were a bunch of young lads from the Midwest of Nowhere, USA, […]
Brand New Friend – A Cure for Living // EP Review
A Valentine’s Day gift from Xtra Mile Recordings – Northern Irish alt-rockers Brand New Friend’s sophomore release entitled ‘A Cure for Living’ is a frantic […]
New Pagans UK tour & Bristol date
It’s going to be unfair but inevitable that the initial focus of New Pagans, will be on the one-time Jetplane Landing axeman and riff master, […]
Sheer Music’s AOTY 2019
I’ve put absolutely no pre-thought into writing this, it’s coming out in a spew right, now. 10 – DZ Deathrays – Positive Rising #1 (Alcopop […]
Dave McPherson RETURNS to Swindon!
It’s been a long time since Dave last played Swindon. There are reasons for the long absence, which we won’t dwell on except to say […]