What a year 2019 has been for emerging talent. Every gig I’ve seen at Brudenell, The Wardrobe, York’s Fulford Arms (the list goes on) have been brilliant and the future of rock music in this country looks very bright. On 27th December, two of the bands ready to take 2020 by storm, took on the […]
Month: December 2019
Gigs for me at Jimmy’s in Liverpool are a bit like Merseyside buses. Nothing for ages, then three come at once. Last week was The Mysterines, tomorrow will be The Kairos headlining a set of new, young, local bands, but tonight is a bit different. Tonight, I am sat at tiny table in the little […]
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Live: The Mysterines – Jimmy’s, Liverpool
I often have to start a review with a little apology. Today I need to say sorry to Jimmy’s. One of Liverpool’s newer live music venues, this small, dark L-shaped cellar, with state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems is an intimate venue. It’s been open since August, and it has taken me until now to give […]
On Friday August 30th 2019, I was at Bingley Weekender, and caught a glimpse of the future of indie-rock in the United Kingdom. The band I saw playing to a bumper crowd, I thought, in 4/5 years time would be selling out venues across the country. I was wrong, that band took less than six […]
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Live: The Twang – First Direct Arena, Leeds
From the year 2004 up to 2008, there was a surge in records being produced by artists in the UK that took indie-rock to the next level and paved the way for the industry taking control in the decade we are about to be leaving. One of the artists that produced, in my opinion, one […]
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Live: Spinn – Riverside, Newcastle
It is a wet miserable Wednesday night and I’m stuck in traffic just outside Newcastle. Things are looking bleak but I have a big smile on my face as I’m on my way to see the energetic, jangly indie of Liverpool band Spinn. I first caught them at Twisterella 2018 in Middlesbrough where their tight […]
Halfway 2 Nowhere 