Live Review: Symposium / A @ Club Academy, Manchester 16/11/2023 – Part 1
It’s agony when you’re waiting on a new spare part to arrive, so you can get your cherished motor back on the highway. So, with a new flux-capacitor from eBay fitted, I cranked the old DeLorean up to 88mph and transported myself to a better time. Around 1996 to be exact, when as a first-year …
Preview: Gogol Bordello hit the UK in December
Gogol Bordello – Bearded Theory Festival 2023 [Pic Credit: Andi Callen Photography. All rights reserved] One of the most amazing live spectacles you’ll ever see on stage, hit these shores next month for a 10 date UK tour, starting in Manchester on 6th Dec before culminating in Brighton on 16th. Gogol Bordello have put punk …
Live Review: Bob Vylan @ O2 Ritz Manchester
The last time Bob Vylan played Manchester, supporting punk supergroup Generation Sex at the Apollo, it’s no exaggeration when I say they polarised the crowd. Bobby found a pocket of old punks who really didn’t care for his politicising, and let him know in no uncertain terms, exactly what they thought. He playfully offered to …
News: Viji’s debut album is far from “Vanilla”
Austrian-Brazilian artist Viji, released her debut album, So Vanilla, on Speedy Wunderground on 27th October. A contemporary of Heartworms and Pretty Sick and others currently on the London Scene, Viji, real name Vanilla Jenner, has been causing quite a stir with her brand of riff laden layered guitar melodies on the slower end of Sonic …
News: Blossoms announce huge Wythenshawe Park show in 2024
Tickets for the Blossoms biggest headline show to date go on sale today (10th November). The Stockport outfit will headline a 30,000 capacity show just a few miles around the M60 at Wythenshawe Park, the venue for last summers “hometown” gig by Noel Gallagher. The gig is scheduled to take place on the Sunday (25th) …
Track: Enter Shikari link up with multi-disciplinary Australian star AViVA for new single ‘STRANGERS’
Pic Credit – Paul Harries. All Rights Reserved Today sees Enter Shikari sharing their new collaborative single ‘STRANGERS’, which features AViVA, a multidisciplinary artist from Sydney, now based in LA. She’s scheduled to play Download Festival 2024, so you can check out her emo-pop/alt-rock music for yourself. This exciting coming together of two genre-blending artists …
News: The National announce huge open-air London show for summer 2024
The National have today announced a huge open-air show for next summer at Crystal Palace Park, taking place on Friday 5 July 2024. The much-loved five-piece will also be joined by special guests Unknown Mortal Orchestra as well as Kevin Morby and This Is The Kit. Tickets go on general sale for the event at …
Album Review: Black Water County – The Only Life Worth Living
So often in life, if you keep your head down and stay in your own lane, you remain oblivious to what’s going on a round you, when a simple glance to the left or right, could change your direction for the better. So here I am reviewing The Only Life Worth Living, the third album …
News: Bearded Theory 2024 announce first wave of acts, including headliners Jane’s Addiction
Having already delivered one of the best festival line-ups of 2023, DHP Family are at it again with today’s news that next years will include a headline set by none other than Californian legends, Jane’s Addiction, who will be making their first festival appearance in the UK since 2016’s Download. Also on the bill, at …
Album Review: Oh crap! There’s a new Evil Blizzard album
Photo Credit: John Middleham Evil Blizzard are the epitome of a marmite band. Their fans love to hate them and the band seem indifferent in return, like reticent siblings who secretly adore each other. Others are 100% certain of their disdain, of what surely must be the best band to ever come out of Preston. …