Author: Guy Shankland

THE REBELLION FESTIVAL gears up for another sold out event in 2025.
September 23, 2024 No Responses

THE REBELLION FESTIVAL gears up for another sold out event in 2025.

After three of the four days sold out last year, Rebellion Festival is busy preparing to welcome another record number of punters through the iconic Winter Garden doors. Acts already confirmed for Rebellion 2025 include The Selecter, The Undertones, Peter...
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THE WILDHEARTS LIVE AT SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE, REVIEWED.
August 30, 2024 No Responses

THE WILDHEARTS LIVE AT SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE, REVIEWED.

Finally, after two years away, The Wildhearts, circa 2024, are back with a new lineup, a bubbling sense of purpose and an ear-assaulting live ka-boom. Bassist Jon Poole, guitarist Ben Marsden, and drummer Pontus Snibb join Ginger’s latest incendiary ‘H...
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PETER HOOK AND THE LIGHT gear up for REWIND SOUTH 2024. An interview with Peter Hook.
August 8, 2024 No Responses

PETER HOOK AND THE LIGHT gear up for REWIND SOUTH 2024. An interview with Peter Hook.

(Photo above by Adam Kennedy. Main Hooky black and white photo by Mark L Hill) Rewind Festival always books legends, and 2024 is no exception. Joining the Jacksons, Billy Ocean and Bad Manners are Peter Hook And The Light. Formed...
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Live review of GREEN DAY at Wembley Stadium.
July 26, 2024 No Responses

Live review of GREEN DAY at Wembley Stadium.

GREEN DAY NOTHING BUT THIEVES & MAID OF ACE WEMBLEY STADIUM Eighty thousand people aged between twelve to seventy squeezed into a sun-drenched Wembley Stadium to witness the biggest band of their alternative meets mainstream genre do what they do...
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Italian trio SPLEEN announces their arrival in some style with the uber impressive ‘Dystopic School’ three-track debut.
July 8, 2024 No Responses

Italian trio SPLEEN announces their arrival in some style with the uber impressive ‘Dystopic School’ three-track debut.

SPLEEN DYSTOPIC SCHOOL E.P (Contempo Records) 8/10 Italian Punksters SPLEEN defies their age with a high-octane, smash-n-grab release of the nineties-alternative Grunge meets Emo meets Punk. Their music is a burst of energy that’s almost impossible to re...
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2-Tone, Ska, and Bluebeat keepers of the faith THE SKAPONES return with album number four and it’s another beaut.
July 2, 2024 No Responses

2-Tone, Ska, and Bluebeat keepers of the faith THE SKAPONES return with album number four and it’s another beaut.

THE SKAPONES ASCENSION (Cosa Nostra Records) 8.5/10 The North East’s finest skankalcoholics, The Skapones, return with studio number four, the maturer, more measured and yet danceable while being politically on point, ‘Ascension’. Mixing uplifting tunes ...
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The world-famous REBELLION FESTIVAL announces stage splits, stage times and its Literary Stage lineup.
June 17, 2024 No Responses

The world-famous REBELLION FESTIVAL announces stage splits, stage times and its Literary Stage lineup.

This August, the alternative masses will head en-masse to Blackpool to witness legendary bands such as The Stranglers, Cock Sparrer, Sham 69 and Stiff Little Fingers. The seven stages within the iconic Winter Gardens will host over three hundred bands,...
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**New Review** LOGOZ returns with the wonderfully Punk ‘N’ Roll infected ‘Breaking Britain’ E.P.
April 29, 2024 No Responses

**New Review** LOGOZ returns with the wonderfully Punk ‘N’ Roll infected ‘Breaking Britain’ E.P.

LOGOZ BREAKING BRITAIN E.P 8.5/10 Northumberland Rock and Punkers LOGOZ follow up on their anthemic ‘Freakshow’ album with the wild-at-heart ‘Breaking Britain’ E.P. Opener and title track ‘Breaking Britain’ has spat out Therapy meets Green Day reso...
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Now that the career-halting clouds of COVID-19 have finally dispersed, AERIAL SALAD has stepped back into the Manchester spotlight to release their wondrously scabby new album, ‘R.O.I’.
April 5, 2024 No Responses

Now that the career-halting clouds of COVID-19 have finally dispersed, AERIAL SALAD has stepped back into the Manchester spotlight to release their wondrously scabby new album, ‘R.O.I’.

AERIAL SALAD R.O.I (Venn Records) 9/10 Madchester Punx Aerial Salad returns with a savage melange of all the musical styles that once made and makes this nation of ours a true musical thoroughbred. The infectiously antagonistic ‘R.O.I’ is the trio’s...
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K-POP takes over Wembley as THE ROSE conquer the Capital.
April 5, 2024 No Responses

K-POP takes over Wembley as THE ROSE conquer the Capital.

THE ROSE OVO WEMBLEY ARENA Being a mere Fifty-three years young, when a thirteen-year-old niece asks you to see a particular K-pop band, then sometimes you take a deep breath, open your wallet, close your eyes and just go for...
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