Telegram “Operator”
Telegram “Operator” We literally stumbled (drunkenly) upon Telegram at last year’s Secret Garden Party. At that late night gig, we were struck by a band playing great punk rock songs […]
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The Last Great Dreamers single and tour news
LAST GREAT DREAMERS *** Resurgent glam power-pop rockers release new single ‘Glitterball Apocalypse’ on April 15th, via Ray Records, and announce April UK tour as guests of Tigertailz *** Brit […]
Red Rooster Festival news
2nd – 4th June 2016 Euston Hall, Suffolk ‘A whisky-sippin’, guitar -strummin’ banjo- pickin’ weekend of Southern Blues, roots & country’ Red Rooster, the Suffolk Rhythm & Blues festival, which […]
Pasadena ’68 & Dakota Shakedown “S/T”
Pasadena ’68 & Dakota Shakedown “S/T” This is rather a strange split EP because, as far as we can make out, Pasadena ’68 and Dakota Shakedown are two bands but […]
Truck Festival News
Need cheering up during this winter doom…how about thinking about a festival with the Manic Street Preachers!!! Manic Street Preachers and Catfish And The Bottlemen confirmed to headline Truck Festival […]
Ragged Hearts “The Champ”
Ragged Hearts “The Champ” We were first introduced to Ragged Hearts when we saw them mentioned by Bam, the legendary drummer from The Dog’s D’Amour. When we heard their sound […]
Boy From The Crowd “Where The Bees Come To Die”
Boy From The Crowd – “Where The Bees Come To Die” Whilst only a duo, this East London Band are not short of variety in their sound or influences. They […]
Y Not Festival
The Festival may be called Y Not but looking at the line up release below…It’s more likely to be a must go!! Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Madness to […]
More big news from The Secret Garden Party
AIR TO HEADLINE THE SECRET GARDEN PARTY & OTHER ARTISTS RELEASED NEW STAGE / ACTION CAMPS The Secret Garden Party is very pleased to announce its second wave of artists […]
Jesse Malin @ 02 Institute, Birmingham on 18/2/16
Jesse Malin has been at a peak of creativity over the past 18 months of so, which has seen him release two of the best albums of his career. The […]
Ezra Furman -The Glee Club, Birmingham On 16/2/16
Even before Ezra comes on there are two things which caught our attention. The first was the diversity of the crowd, a real mix of people. This is something which […]
Jesse Malin “The Fine Art Of Self Destruction” Re Release
Jesse Malin “The Fine Art Of Self Destruction” re release Everybody should already actually own the original of this brilliant album. It’s a classic which sets the standard for ex […]
Cold Cold Hearts “Heartware”
Cold Cold Hearts “Heartware” Too many punk bands come across as far too one dimensional in both their sound and their actual influences. We were therefore intrigued by the fact […]
First bands announced for 2000trees festival
If the cold and wet weather is starting to get you down, then here’s something to cheer you up….. One of our favourite festivals has just announced its first few […]
Aree And The Pure Heart
Aree And The Pure Heart “Heart Songs” EP Sometimes, you just hear a band name and get the feeling you’re going to like their sound. That was the case for […]
Owls By Nature “The Forgotten And The Brave”
Owls By Nature – “The Forgotten And The Brave” They may have a somewhat unusual name, but when we heard that Owls By Nature’s sound has been described as “Whisky […]
Hinds “Leave Me Alone”
Hinds “Leave Me Alone” Hinds first came to our attention when we saw them at Glastonbury Festival where they gave one of the most enthusiastic and fun sets we’ve seen […]
Red Rooster Festival News
Red Rooster, the small and stunningly situated festival of Rhythm ‘n’ Blues, returns for its third year next summer on 2nd-4th June. Red Rooster have launched their spanking […]
Savage Hearts “Witch and Wizard”
Savage Hearts “Witch And Wizard” We don’t know how it does it, but New York just seems to be a fertile breeding ground for cool, sleazy, rock n roll […]
The Tall Pines “Fear Is The Devil” and “Black Ribbon”EPs
The Tall Pines “Fear Is The Devil” EP The Tall Pines are a duo consisting of Connie Lynn Petruk and her partner Christmas Davis. If we’re honest, when we […]
Micah Schnabel “Not The Boy You Used To Know”
Micah Schnabel “Not The Boy You Used To Know” As well as already releasing some brilliant solo material, Micah Schnabel is also a member of the excellent Two Cow Garage. […]
Spirit Bomb “Bridge On Fire”
Spirit Bomb “Bridge On Fire” The Midlands has a great tradition for producing rock music and Spirit Bomb are looking to add to that with this release. There have […]
Flawed Is Beautiful DVD Review
“Flawed Is beautiful” DVD Review I guess we all have bands or artists that we are convinced, in a fair world, would have been absolutely huge (Enuff Z’ Nuff, Jesse […]
Basement Benders “Lydiad”
Basement Benders “Lydiad” Whilst the name might be new (and possibly questionable… not sure it has the same connotation in the U.S. as it does here!?!… the Basement Benders consist […]
The Yawpers “American Man”
The Yawpers “American Man” Once again it appears that Bloodshot Records have come up trumps with this release from Denver based The Yawpers. Their press release reference words like ‘raw’, […]
The Ravines “Everything’s Fine”
The Ravines “Everything’s Fine” The Ravines first caught our eye when we saw reference to the fact that songwriter Chris Corney has been a member of The Quireboys. However, don’t […]
Blitzen Trapper “All Across This Land”
Blitzen Trapper “All Across This Land” If we’re honest, we were a bit late in discovering Blitzen Trapper. However, when we did review their last album, we were sure glad […]
The Blessings “Shipwrecked”
The Blessings “Shipwrecked” EP Amongst all the hype that surrounds some bands, it is indeed a blessing to stumble across a group who just seem to want to be a […]
Lucero “All A Man Should Do”
Lucero “All A Man Should Do”
Jesse Malin “Outsiders”
Jesse Malin “Outsiders” We were a bit surprised to see Jesse Malin releasing a new album so soon after his last one, “New York Before the World” (NYBTW). If we’re […]
