Richard Hawley has built up a truly exceptional solo discography. His 2024 record, “In This City They Call You Love”, is another essential release. It’s his 9th solo album and we take the view that he’s yet to release a bad album. The album charted at Number 5 in the UK earlier this year. Richard […]
Continue ReadingNEWS: Maya Hawke announces 2025 UK Tour Dates
Singer/songwriter and Stranger Things actress, Maya Hawke, released her third LP “Chaos Angel” in May to rave reviews. Today, she’s announced a run of UK shows next Summer. Maya releases a new EP on Friday and will pay the following shows next year: July 2025 13 – Bristol, UK – O2 Academy Bristol14 – Birmingham, […]
Continue ReadingLIVE REVIEW: Texas – Utilita Arena, Birmingham, 13th September 2024
Texas are back in arenas and their The Very Best Of tour includes a stop at an almost-sold out Utilita Arena. It has been 18 years since the Scottish soft rock legends played these enormous rooms, with their tours since then stopping off at the smaller Symphony Hall instead. There has been something of a […]
Continue ReadingNEWS: Chase & Status announce huge arena tour
Drum and bass legends, Chase and Status, are having a huge resurgence right now. They recently scored their first, and long overdue, Number 1 single with their Stormzy collaboration “Backbone” and now they have announced a live arena tour for 2025. The duo won Producer of the Year at this year’s Brit Awards after a […]
Continue ReadingNEWS: Supergrass to play classic “I Should Coco” album in full on 30th anniversary tour
In May 2025, Supergrass celebrate 30 years since the release of their debut album “I Should Coco”. The album reached Number 1 in the UK, went platinum and is considered an era-defining classic. To celebrate, the band will be playing the album in full on their tour. The indie legends split in 2010 before reforming […]
Continue ReadingNEWS: The Darkness announce 2025 UK tour with Ash
The Darkness will be releasing a brand new album “Dreams on Toast” on 28th March 2025. This will be the British rock band’s 8th studio LP and follows 2021’s “Motorheart” which peaked at Number 16 in the UK album chart. To support it, they have announced details of an extensive UK tour which concludes with […]
Continue ReadingNEWS: Lambrini Girls announce tour dates and share new single
Must-see live band, Lambrini Girls, have announced details of a UK and EU Tour for 2025. They have also shared a brand new single “Company Culture” and a video to go with it. The band’s UK tour will begin at Bristol’s Fleece on April 1st and you can see the full list of dates below:
Continue ReadingNEWS: Ider announce Late to the World Tour for 2025
Indie pop duo, Ider, have announced details of a UK and Europe tour for 2025 with tickets going on sale this Friday. The tour is in support of their upcoming third album, “Late to the World”, which will be released on February 21st. We caught the band at Bristol’s Thekla a few years back and […]
Continue ReadingLIVE REVIEW: The Beaches/Chloe Slater – Bristol SWX, 31st August 2024
The Beaches are a five-piece pop rock band from Toronto. Formed in 2013 but they have really taken off in the past 12 months since the release of their second LP, “Blame My Ex”. They are in the UK to play Reading and Leeds Festivals and have added a string of gigs around those shows […]
Continue ReadingNEW MUSIC: Pa Salieu drops “Belly”, first single since prison release
Pa Salieu was releasing some of the most exciting music in British rap until he was jailed in 2022. He’s just dropped his first new music since his release, “Belly”, and it’s a triumphant return.
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