Album Review: Nova Twins – ‘Supernova’: punk-rap duo achieve dizzying new heights
Formed back in 2014 in London, childhood friends Amy Love (lead vocals, guitar) and Georgia South (backing vocals, bass) smashed together their love of 00’s R&B and hip-hop with punk, rock and metal strokes and managed to create their own unique style entirely. Their debut album Who Are The Girls? securely stuck their flag into …
Live Review: Drive By Truckers / Jerry Joseph, Vicar Street, Dublin 11.06.2022
As they say ‘Good things come to those who wait’ and fans of Drive By Truckers had to wait patiently for almost three years to get to see them perform live because of that dreaded ‘C’ word (covid, by the way) and last Saturday night at Dublin’s Vicar St venue these southern American rockers rolled …
Live Review: Docksuns / The Empire Police / Gaz Price – Independent, Sunderland 11.06.2022
By Adam Littlemore First act of the night was Gaz Price playing with his full band and the full crowd stayed quiet to listen to the mix of folk and indie music topped with the raw voice of Price coupled with heavy bass and powerful guitar riffs. The second band up on stage were The …
Live Review: Plastic glass / No you – Independent, Sunderland 10.06.2022
By Adam Littlemore What a warm send off it was for Plastic Glass with their sold out gig at the Independent, Sunderland. The first band on tonight to warm up the crown was Noyou with their eclectic mix of Synth-pop, fuzzy rock and electronic music. They warmed up the crowd perfectly, and everyone was dancing …
Live Review: BBCR1’s Big Weekend – War Memorial Park, Coventry 28.06.2022 & 29.06.2022
By Claire Hodgkins The last weekend in May saw the long awaited return of BBCR1’s Big Weekend – a once-year festival compiled of global superstars, as well as showcasing the best of new emerging talent, in association with BBC Introducing. Due to COVID restrictions, the event last took place at Stewart Park, Middlesborough in 2019. …
Live Review: Rubber Oh / Dextro – Cluny 2, Newcastle 04.06.2022
Adam Littlemore The first act up was Dextro a solo instrumental and wow it wasn’t what I was expecting I was waiting for four band members to come on stage however Dextro turns out to be just one guy. He came on stage and blew the whole crowd away with his ambient atmospheric drone music …
News: Adelaide hosts the Spin Off Festival in July and Heaps Good Festival in January.
The superb Spin Off Festival returns to Adelaide this year on Friday, 22 July at the Adelaide Showgrounds after a two-year break, presented by Secret Sound and triple J. If you can’t make it to the Splendor in the Grass Festival, this is the perfect alternative for Adelaide with some of the top acts from …
News: Beddy Rays announce debut self-titled album and tour.
I’ve been waiting to write about this moment for a while. I genuinely have. I even DM’d Beddy Rays on Instagram after the release of ‘Sort It Out’ asking “When’s the album?” to which one of the members replied “Album? Never heard of him.” I can now confirm they were being silly as the Queensland-based …
See: Melbourne-based NZ band Bakers Eddy unveil video for ‘Drinking Mood’ and outline tour.
Ahead of Melbourne-based punks Bakers Eddy’s mammoth national album tour, the band have done the lavish pleasure of sharing their chaotic video for ‘Drinking Mood’! Lasting a brief but noteworthy one minute and thirty-seven seconds, the accompanying video for ‘Drinking Mood’ gives fans a look into the bands touring life. Shot across their tour with …
News: The mesmerising flowerkid announces Australian tour.
Australia’s mesmerising flowerkid is set to fascinate and enthral audiences in Melbourne and Sydney this month, presented by Secret Sounds, Wonderlick and Select Music. We are huge fans of flowerkid – see our review of his EP ‘Everyone Has A Breaking Point’. Having taken off with the 2021 EP ‘everyone has a breaking point’ and …