Ash
Live Review and Gallery – Ash with The Gin Palace, Manning Bar Sydney 250323
Northern Irish indie darlings Ash thrilled audiences on their recent tour. The gig was a first for me and I was inspired by the energy of the three piece on stage as well as the enthusiasm of the heaving crowd. Delighting audiences with their upbeat punk pop, they celebrated their 30th anniversary Teenage Wildlife Tour …
News: Ash To Release Vinyl Reissue Of Free All Angels + Three Full Album Shows
FREE ALL ANGELS LP // 16 SEPTEMBER NEWLY REMASTERED SPLATTER EDITION VINYL REISSUE BAND CELEBRATE THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY BY PLAYING THE ALBUM IN FULL WITH CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY ASH have announced the reissue on newly remastered splatter vinyl of their hugely successful and beloved FREE ALL ANGELS album on 16 September. The release follows the reissue …
News: Ash Announce Record Store Day exclusive
Ash are announcing news of a Record Store Day vinyl exclusive release, “BBC Sessions 1994-1999”. With the last year enforcing the first serious downtime on the band, it also enabled them to find the time to trawl the archive to put together a RSD release with some real value, something that shines a light on …
Video: Ash – Girl from Mars
Ash‘s release this Friday of ‘Teenage Wildlife: 25 years of Ash’ (previewed by me here) is being celebrated by an HD video release of their classic single ‘Girl From Mars’. Surely one of the best and purest hard rock/pop singles of the nineties: Utterly ridiculously good even after 25 years. You can get the album …
Track: Ash – Darkest Hour of the Night plus Album News – Teenage Wildlife: 25 Years Of Ash
In 1996 at the tender age of 19 having just left school in Northern Ireland, Ash released one of the most extraordinary debut albums – ‘1977’ named after the year of two members’ births; the year a number of major punk albums debuted and, of course, the year Star Wars was released. ‘1977’ is filled …
Track: Ash – Buzzkill
Out on May 10th is the new album, Islands, from the mighty Ash via Infectious Music (a return to the label which released their 1977 and Free all Angels albums) From it, they’ve released a new track – Buzzkill, which features The Undertones’ Damien O’Neill and Mickey Bradley on backing vocals. Speaking about the track, …
Live: Ash at The Ritz Manchester 9.12.15, plus gallery
It remains one of rock’s enduring mysteries why Northern Ireland’s finest Ash are only playing decent sized venues like this instead of stadiums and this fun packed greatest hits sets only added to the conundrum. Most bands would settle for a couple of indie pop classic like Girl From Mars or Goldfinger, but this set …
Live Review: Long Division 2015 – Wakefield 12th – 14th June
Long Division, a three day urban festival, spread over eight venues all within spitting distance of each other. Over 60 bands on offer and with the added bonus of it been just down the road in the city where I grew up, and still live. What started out five years ago as a full on …