Pierce The Veil have returned after a six year hiatus and have taken over Manchester Academy tonight, on their sold out return tour. The emos are flooding in and the energy is wild, some of us may be in our late 20s now but the skinny jeans have returned to us, the backcombed hair and […]
MOTHER MOTHER + DEAD PONY @ the O2 FORUM , Kentish Town.
Indie-rock band Mother Mother recently played two days sold out gig in London, O2 Kentish Town – after rescheduling during Covid season – and I was there to review and record the event with my photo camera. Mother Mother is a band I had not heard much of before my 15 years old niece introduced […]
The Black Aces – The Takeaway Thieves – Fiefdom @ Gulliver’s, Manchester.
The Australian Rock band Black Aces have finally landed in the UK on their eight day tour, stopping tonight at Gulliver’sManchester. Fiefdom Kicking off the start of the night are Manchester’s own, Fiefdom. The first thing to say about these guys is that they don’t sound anything like how they may look, so don’t jump […]
The Cruel Knives and The Pretty Reckless – Southampton Guildhall.
The Guildhall is unusually full, but when I realise that The Cruel Knives is Sid Glover and Rob Ellershaw‘s latest band (it had somehow escaped me) and given the huge following Heavens Basement had in Southampton it all falls into place. They open with ‘Overdose’ and anyone expecting Heavens Basement won’t be disappointed the high-octane […]
Damnation Festival 2022, BEC Arena, Manchester
Damnation Festival kicked off in full swing in Manchester, at the BEC Arena the first time the festival has taken place in 17 years outside of Leeds. With a jam packed line up of 24 bands, three stages and your typical clashes this was a filled out day full of hard metal. The BEC Arena […]
Samantha Fish s/b Wille and the Bandits @ KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton.
The eminently talented and highly popular Samantha Fish returns to the Midlands to ply her trade of explosive blues rock. Since I last saw her she has changed her band line-up and her now regular touring band comprises Ron Johnson on bass, Matt Wade on keyboards and Sarah Tomek on drums. Before Samantha Fish entertains […]
THE RASMUS + OVERLAPS, O2 KENTISH TOWN, LONDON.
Promoting their latest album, Rise, The Rasmus concluded their UK tour with a spectacular 2 hour gig in London at the O2 Kentish Town. The band performed with new guitarist Emilia ‘Emppu’ Suhonen and was supported by the Italian female-fronted Overlaps. Overlaps were an excellent match to The Rasmus, who already toured with them back […]
Cats in Space – The Engine Rooms, Southampton.
Cats in Space haven’t actually been around that long, formed in 2015 by guitarist/songwriter Greg Hart and drummer Steevi Bacon, they are unusual in that they are not a super group as such, they are a band of musicians who got together to write and play classic rock songs in the styles of the seventies […]
Sepultura – O2 Ritz, Manchester
The O2 Ritz, Manchester is full tonight and the building is prepared for an intense night of Trash! Nothing could make the night better than kicking it off with New Orleans’ own Crowbar courtesy of the insane legend that is Kirk Windsteinand his ‘Troops of Doom’. Crowbar were on at 7:10pm which is fairly early […]
Anthrax & Municipal Waste – Manchester Academy
Anthrax, the world famous classic rock thrasher band that took over the 1980s have returned to Manchester for their 40th anniversary tour. (Well, 41st Anniversary technically) You can’t walk into Manchester Academy, without seeing a battle jacket. The doors opened at 7pm and the queue for entry already went down towards The Manchester Museum. To […]