Band: AutopilotTrack: Brain CellTime: 3:57 minutesFor fans of: Killers, Sundara Karma, New OrderH2N Rating 69/100 In an attempt to review a band starting with every letter in 2020, I thought it logical to kick off with the letter A and there was no better band to choose than midlands outfit Autopilot who recently released new […]
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Band: Glass VioletTrack: Over The MoorTime: 4:36 minutesFor fans of: Killers, Kasabian, Catfish & The BottlemenH2N Rating 81/100 Last month, Bristol based band Glass Violet released their second single Over The Moor, the eagerly anticipated follow up to 2019’s Chemicals. The four piece (Alex John, Tom Hurdiss, Matt West, Josh Walsh and Declan Pollard) formed […]
Band: SkylightsTrack: EnemiesTime: 4:11 minutesFor fans of: The Ramones, The Stone Roses, OasisH2N Rating 72/100 What a year it’s looking like it’s going to be for York’s Skylights. With a Shed Seven support in Halifax announced, sold out shows in Yorkshire and festivals lined-up nationwide during the summer, the four lads from Acomb have come […]
There is definitely something in the water, over the water. The quality of the bands currently coming coming out of Ireland is first rate. Inhaler are a band whose name is on the lips of many. Fontaines D.C. album Dogrel was on countless album of the year lists. The Murder Capital are playing to larger […]
Who doesn’t like a bit a synth-pop? Well nobody judging by the current playlist of our nations radio stations. And who doesn’t like a bit of synth-pop with added guitars? Again nobody. Except perhaps Neil Tennant. But he’s wrong. Newest cab off the synth-pop rank are Merseyside based The Joyride. The Joyride are Felix Shipton […]
Liverpool based The Kairos are Tom Dempsey (guitar and vocals), Owen Forrester (bass), Sam Bradley (drums and vocals) and Lewis Chambers (guitar). They first came on to my radar at the end of last year. They were the main support to The Cheap Thrills at their sold-out Liverpool O2 Academy gig. I was Immediately struck […]
Towards the back end of 2019, Halfway 2 Nowhere got a little bit carried away with our praise of a certain indie-rock band from Wigan. With bold statements such as “without doubt, the best 45 minutes of live music I’ve seen in 2019” and “If they’re not the band that define the 2020s I’ll happily […]
Back in 2019, there was one band that stood out for me above anyone else on the grassroots circuit. That band were Wigan’s Lathums. And listening to them on track and live I made the prediction that few bands over the next few days could create music like they did last year – within 15 […]
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