Category: Review

Scotland’s Dead Pony have clearly had enough of not being heard… so they recently relaunched themselves with a 16-track debut LP that reads like a zeitgeist manifesto for Gen-Z.

A little bit of garage, and lot of punk, and a dose of pop – Derry has spawned a brilliantly upbeat trio who are relatively new to the scene but already making waves and ploughing their own furrow through a crowded scene.

Indie alternative quintet Boston Manor hail from Blackpool – and appropriately – they ROCK!

Somehow we’ve managed to miss Meryl Streek up until now… which is what we love about 2000Trees, because it alwsys delivers up acts who become your new favourites… this is no-holds-barred punk poetry of the highest order…

Montreal’s NOBRO have been banging out bangers since 2014, and after hundreds of live shows they have polished their party-punk anthems so they sparkle.

Three Londoners intent on delivering queerecore HC punk to the masses… powerful stuff…

With a quarter of a million monthly listeners on Spotify alone, Static Dress have as epic a fanbase as their sound… it’s intense and enthralling in equal measure.

Colourful queer-punk Londoners, The Oozes, deliver a bitter-sweet brand of contemporary commentary and mingle cheerfully with the crowd throughout the festival…

Recently reborn and revitalised, Newcastle’s The Pale White are a sound for sore ears. Tuneful and heavy in equal measure… and as watchable as they are listenable.

Two cracking bands back to back at 2000Trees. It’s been too many year since we last saw Death From Above 1979… but it’s been worth the wait. Frank Turner, on the other hand, is now a permanent fixture on the festival circuit… and he perfectly straddles the worlds of indie-rock and folk to appeal to…
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Just a big selection of great band shots from this year’s 2000Trees – which remains one of our favourite rock festivals… small and perfectly formed.

Friday turned out to be a brilliant day at 2000Trees and the crowds were as fantastic as the bands…