Dizzee Rascal, Kaiser Chiefs, Scissor Sisters, The Vaccines, Rizzle Kicks, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Happy Mondays, The Royston Club, The Snuts, The Fratellis, The Enemy, Lottery Winners, Scouting For Girls, Ash*, […]
Spiritual Cramp – “Rude” If we’re honest, we nearly didn’t review this album as when we saw the press release it didn’t initially appeal to us. Why? Band name is […]
SKY PRESENTSTHE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL18-21 JUNE 2026HEADLINERS ANNOUNCED:LEWIS CAPALDICALVIN HARRISTHE CUREOTHER ARTISTS INCLUDE:TEDDY SWIMS, THE KOOKS, TOM GRENNAN, WET LEG, RICK ASTLEYSEX PISTOLS FEATURING FRANK CARTER, THE LAST DINNER […]
Red Rooster is proud to be continuing the celebration of Southern soul, blues, roots and country as it heads into its 12th year in 2026. Set in the beautiful grounds […]
Truck Festival 24-27 July, Hill Farm, Oxfordshire. It’s immediately a joyful experience arriving at Truck Festival – no queues, no hassle and camp site staff volunteering help with finding a […]
Bearded Theory 21-25 May 2025 It’s hard to believe that 12 months ago the run up to Bearded Theory was plighted with issues due to huge amounts of rain. This […]
Everyone who has followed this site for a while will know that Red Rooster is one of our favourite festivals. We were therefore delighted to get the chance to chat […]
2000TREES FESTIVAL 2025 NEW BAND ANNOUNCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT INCLUDES – HOT MILK, THE HUNNA, PRESS CLUB, TWIN ATLANTIC, PUPPY, KAREN DIÓ, HEVENSHE + MORE ALSO – FRANK TURNER TO PLAY “LOVE IRE & SONG” IN THE FOREST […]
2000TREES FESTIVAL 2025 NEW BAND ANNOUNCEMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY INCLUDES – VUKOVI, SPRINTS, BIG SPECIAL, BABY LASAGNE, FUTURE OF THE LEFT, SNAYX, PANIC SHACK, THE MEFFS, BLOOD COMMAND, VOWER, UNPEOPLE, WITCH FEVER, DELTA […]
Hinds – Castle & Falcon, Birmingham 18 February 2025 In some ways it feels that during our time following Hinds, we have witnessed them growing up. We’ve seen them grow […]
DEER SHED FESTIVAL ADD KAE TEMPEST, THE BIG MOON & REGGIE WATTS TO FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONACTS JOIN PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED HEADLINER WUNDERHORSE Photo credit: James Drury DEER SHED FESTIVAL25th – 28th […]
Kids In Glass Houses “Pink Flamingo” For many readers, the name Kids in Glass Houses will be a real blast from the past. They were a band that were tied […]
Fidlar “Surviving The Dream” Fidlar are a band that we really got into with their previous release Almost Free which saw the band expand their rawer, surf punk sound into […]
Truck Festival 25-28 July 2024 Truck Festival is a festival we have been meaning to attend for a while and this year we finally managed to get there. Faced with […]
Rich Ragany – “You Can Get Dark With Me” We always feel we should declare an interest when reviewing the material of Rich Ragany. Partly because we have been long […]
The full Deer Shed Festival Line Up for 2024 DEER SHED FESTIVAL26th – 29th JULY 2024BALDERSBY PARK, TOPCLIFFE, NORTH YORKSHIREhttps://deershedfestival.com TICKETS ON SALE NOWNorth Yorkshire’s Deer Shed Festival has announced […]
Red Rooster Festival – Euston Hall 30 May – 1 June 2024 The first band we get to see our Brown Horse and it’s good to see a local band […]
His Lordship – Norwich Arts Centre Tues 28 May 2024 It’s only been 4 days since we last saw His Lordship at Bearded Theory (see our review here) but as […]
Bearded Theory 23-26 May 2024 It must be a festival organisers nightmare when the country is hit by a ridiculous spell of wet weather. For Bearded Theory they faced the […]
RED ROOSTER FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF ARTISTS FOR 10TH ANNIVERSARY ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, ROBERT FINLEY, BOB LOG III, KITTY LIV, BROWN HORSE, THE DIRTY STRANGERS, ROSCO SHAKES, DYLAN […]
The Evening Sons “Tracks” We’re always in two minds when a press release references bands we like. On the one hand, we think great this should be good. But it […]
The Uppers “Manic Melodies” The press release for this EP immediately ticked a lot of boxes for us when it described The Uppers sound as combining raw punk with the […]
The Speedways Triple Platinum In some ways we’re not sure we should need to review this album. If you’ve read our reviews of The Speedways previous albums (just another regularsummer, […]
Bearded Theory 26-28 May 2023, Catton Hall. It was our first time at Bearded Theory and with the promise of glorious weather and it marking the start of our festival […]
Rich Ragany & The Digressions “What We Do (To Not Let Go)” Anybody who has read any of our reviews of Rich Ragany’s previous output will know that we are […]
The Black Halos “How The Darkness Doubled” There are some bands who remain a mystery to the masses but in their own genre and amongst their peers have a legendary […]
The Speedways “Talk Of The Town” Regular readers will already know that we are big fans of The Speedways. Their previous two albums have been great examples of a band […]
The Skinner Brothers “Lonedon” Opening track “Loaded Gun” hits you smack in the face from the off. It’s the perfect mix of early Jamie T delivered with the swaggering rock […]
Crazy Cowboy 8 Festival – The Facebar, Reading, 22 October 2022 Once again, as promised in their interview with us recently, the Crazy Cowboy gang brought a lot of rock […]
If you read our review of the Crazy Cowboy 7 festival, you will know we were delighted to see a bit of rock n roll debauchery being brought to Reading. […]
The Soul Of A Clown 