Menstrual Cramps at 2000Trees 2024
Bristol's in-yer-face punk quartet are back on the road with new songs and a fresh record deal to propel them…
1 min read July 28, 2024Faces in the Saturday Latitude crowd, 2024
With the weather treating Latitude to a rare glimpse of a proper summer, Saturday was a beautifully chilled affair, with…
1 min read July 28, 2024Scustin – the band you need to see live to fully appreciate just how good they are
Last year we came home from Latitude with one band lodged firmly in our heads. Scustin. Out of Bray in…
1 min read July 27, 2024Did we spot you in the crowd at at Latitude 2024?
Thursday may have seen a spot of rain, but the Latitude festival site simply drank it up and as the…
1 min read July 27, 20242000Trees 2024 – Saturday memories
2000Trees – a Saturday to remember A Phil Davies perspective The final day of Trees ‘24, continued in a fine…
4 min read July 16, 2024Knife Bride at 2000Trees 2024
Brighton's Knife Bride play metal through a gothic filter and are clawing their way up festival bills as they stamp…
1 min read July 15, 2024Kids in Glass Houses at 2000Trees 2024
2007 seems a long time ago. In fact it is. 17 years in fact. That's how long it is since…
1 min read July 15, 2024The Gaslight Anthem at 2000Trees 2024
At the time of writing The Gaslight Anthem's single '45' has notched up an appropriate 45million plays on Spotify… which…
1 min read July 15, 2024Gallus at 2000Trees 2024
Gallus can't help getting mentioned in the same breath as Biffy Clyro, perhaps helped by the Scottish overtones in the…
1 min read July 15, 2024Enola Gay at 2000Trees 2024
It's tough to ignore Enola Gay…they are popping up on so many festival lineups right now. And rightly so, because…
1 min read July 15, 2024Cassyette at 2000Trees 2024
Notching up almost 1/2million Spotify listeners every month, Cassyette's palatable brand of noisy indie-rock ticks all the boxes. It's the…
1 min read July 15, 2024ALT BLK ERA at 2000Trees 2024
Hot on the heels of Nova Twins and proof if any were needed that rock and metal are not the…
1 min read July 15, 2024Dead Pony at 2000Trees 2024
Scotland's Dead Pony have clearly had enough of not being heard… so they recently relaunched themselves with a 16-track debut…
1 min read July 15, 2024Cherym at 2000Trees 2024
A little bit of garage, and lot of punk, and a dose of pop – Derry has spawned a brilliantly…
1 min read July 15, 2024Boston Manor at 2000Trees 2024
Indie alternative quintet Boston Manor hail from Blackpool – and appropriately – they ROCK! https://open.spotify.com/artist/4WjeQi9wm84lYTIWZ95QoM?si=B9OhusrQTG-Pf3OA06gwQQ
1 min read July 15, 2024Meryl Streek at 2000Trees 2024
Somehow we've managed to miss Meryl Streek up until now… which is what we love about 2000Trees, because it alwsys…
1 min read July 15, 2024NOBRO at 2000Trees 2024
Montreal's NOBRO have been banging out bangers since 2014, and after hundreds of live shows they have polished their party-punk…
1 min read July 15, 2024Shooting Daggers at 2000Trees 2024
Three Londoners intent on delivering queerecore HC punk to the masses… powerful stuff… https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Fc3dby8KyX9W4puxDLz6J?si=YQsU1NW3RBScC07kMtxIyw
1 min read July 15, 2024Static Dress at 2000Trees 2024
With a quarter of a million monthly listeners on Spotify alone, Static Dress have as epic a fanbase as their…
1 min read July 15, 2024The Oozes at 2000Trees 2024
Colourful queer-punk Londoners, The Oozes, deliver a bitter-sweet brand of contemporary commentary and mingle cheerfully with the crowd throughout the…
1 min read July 15, 2024The Pale White at 2000Trees 2024
Recently reborn and revitalised, Newcastle's The Pale White are a sound for sore ears. Tuneful and heavy in equal measure……
1 min read July 15, 2024Pork Pie at Stone Valley Midlands 2024
Two decades on, and Edinburgh's ska/reggae meastros. Pork Pie, are still going strong. https://open.spotify.com/artist/1CwR5T5sceY23y2XE5gMcs?si=yymZbNwySgmNdj1EyX2PwQ
1 min read July 14, 2024Republica at Stone Valley Midlands 2024
Republica are a cheeky band at heart, and today at Stone Valley Midlands Saffron is joined on guitar by Paul-Ronney…
1 min read July 14, 2024Peter Hook and The Light at Stone Valley Midlands 2024
With a huge back catalogue of Joy Division and New Order tunes to plunder – plus his own new material,…
1 min read July 14, 2024Death of Guitar Pop at Stone Valley Festival Midlands, 2024
Perennial favourites at this little one-stage boutique festival for fans of ska, punk and classic 90s indie, Death of Guitar…
1 min read July 14, 2024Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls and Death From Above 1979 at 2000Trees 2024
Two cracking bands back to back at 2000Trees. It's been too many year since we last saw Death From Above…
1 min read July 13, 2024Bands at 2000Trees 2024
Just a big selection of great band shots from this year's 2000Trees – which remains one of our favourite rock…
1 min read July 13, 2024Bob Vylan crowdsurfers and a game of ‘Baggo’ at 2000Trees 2024
Friday turned out to be a brilliant day at 2000Trees and the crowds were as fantastic as the bands…
1 min read July 13, 2024Cockney Rejects at Stone Valley Midlands 2024
They never fail to deliver – Cockney Rejects simply epitomise punk rock https://open.spotify.com/artist/4EfSXeVFbCEYIde3E9k4wr?si=Vnj1AOTLSs2NbcZcwNM1bQ
1 min read July 9, 2024Buzzcocks at Stone Valley Midlands 2024
Ever fallen in love with a festival – we just did at Stone Valley Midlands… what a great event! https://open.spotify.com/artist/2DxlS3lTLFIq70S7ap5H3y?si=o33xXexqQjqVhqKq7TRbcw…
1 min read July 9, 2024Echobelly at Stone Valley Midlands 2024
Proper indie-bangers all the way from Echobelly! Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey https://open.spotify.com/artist/6bEiU0j4lC3yh2D1kHzFpb?si=JngI4zRfQpiE3iXuEP_m1w
1 min read July 8, 2024Crysometimes at Homegrown Festival 2024
Is ‘post-pop’ a thing? I can’t be bothered to look it up because I’m sure it is… and if I…
1 min read April 27, 2024Ireland attacks – and conquers: Lifts and CHALK at Brighton’s Green Door Store
Talking to two-thirds of CHALK (Benedict and Luke) at the merch table before their sold-out Brighton gig at The Green…
5 min read March 29, 2024Rockaway Beach Festival 2024 – Reviewed
Rockaway Beach Festival at Butlins, Bognor Regis, never fails to put a post-New Year smile on our faces as it’s…
2 min read January 10, 2024DEADLETTER at Rockaway Beach 2024…
DEADLETTER take no prisoners by launching straight into ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ as a means of kicking the MainStage into gear…
1 min read January 7, 2024Definitely the audience reaction of the weekend!!! SNAYX…
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1 min read January 7, 2024SNAYX at Rockaway Beach Festival 2024…
That familiar ‘snakes on a plane’ intro track signals what so many people have been waiting all weekend for… it’s…
2 min read January 7, 2024Joyeria at Rockaway Beach 2024…
Reading up on Joyeria for a bit of background throws up some hints – but few facts. The name of…
1 min read January 7, 2024Enjoyable Listens at Rockaway Beach 2024….
Luke Duffett presents lounge cabaret for a disaffected generation – with occasional crowd surfing (but not today). There may be…
1 min read January 7, 2024Lonely Tourist at Rockaway Beach 2024
[ad_1] Lonely Tourist at Rockaway Beach 2024 Keeping the tempo up, but bringing in a more relaxing folk-pop vibe is/are…
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