Author: Guy Shankland

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August 19, 2019 No Responses

Live Review: Rebellion 2019

Beautiful blue skies welcome ten thousand-ish alternative festival-goers who give Rebellion as much credence as Christmas, birthdays and anniversaries on their yearly calendars. The first thing I notice after collecting my wristband is the queue for next years tickets at...
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Live Review: Dee Snider at Bloodstock Festival
August 15, 2019 No Responses

Live Review: Dee Snider at Bloodstock Festival

The British Metal music festival scene continues to go from strength to strength with Bloodstock heading towards its 20th anniversary and now the new kids on the block duo of Call Of The Wild and Stonedeaf are also chipping away...
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Interview: Bar Stool Preachers at Rebellion 2019
August 15, 2019 No Responses

Interview: Bar Stool Preachers at Rebellion 2019

There are moments when you follow a bands career that you suddenly think, yep this is where I always thought they could and should be. The Bar Stool Preachers hit that bullseye on the main Empress stage at Rebellion 2019....
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Live Review: Dead Kennedys at the Electric Ballroom, London
August 15, 2019 No Responses

Live Review: Dead Kennedys at the Electric Ballroom, London

Tonight’s, almost, sold-out show is an early one with the Dead Kennedys hitting the Ballroom boards at the bizarre time of 815 pm. This doesn’t deter the DK logo wearing masses from showing the band they haven’t forgotten the songs...
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Live Review: Legends Live 2019 – Suzi Quatro, David Essex, Les McKewans Bay City Rollers & Smokie at Bournemouth’s BIC
August 15, 2019 No Responses

Live Review: Legends Live 2019 – Suzi Quatro, David Essex, Les McKewans Bay City Rollers & Smokie at Bournemouth’s BIC

SMOKIE kick off the final night of the Legends Live tour 2019 with a short but impressive set which unsurprisingly ends with the sing-a-long favourite ‘Living Next Door To Alice’, and yes the crowd and band partake in “Alice, Alice...
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Interview: Puddle of Mudd’s Wes Scantlin
August 14, 2019 No Responses

Interview: Puddle of Mudd’s Wes Scantlin

On THE hottest day of the year, Wes Scantlin takes to the London stage with Puddle Of Mudd and battles through the heat to deliver a superlative set of new, covers and POM classics. The obvious highlights of ‘Blurry’, ‘Control’...
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EP Review: Kid Klumsy – Singing Our Souls
July 28, 2019 No Responses

EP Review: Kid Klumsy – Singing Our Souls

Former Dirt Box Disco frontman Weab’s Kid Klumsy latest E.P ‘Singing Our Souls’ is, takes a deep breath, slightly maturer sounding. Not sure who opener ‘Mr Right Man’ is aimed at but the “Well I still think you’re a cunt”...
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Album Review: Spunk Volcano and the Eruptions – Double Bastard
July 23, 2019 No Responses

Album Review: Spunk Volcano and the Eruptions – Double Bastard

SVATE return with their biggest and boldest statement yet, the conjoined two-headed mutant, ‘Double Bastard’. Twenty-five musical cuts of Saturday night kebab meat for Sunday morning breakfast all lovingly dolloped on a plastic plate in a dog eared high ri...
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Live Review: Living Colour at Sub 89, Reading
July 23, 2019 No Responses

Live Review: Living Colour at Sub 89, Reading

It’s packed inside a sweltering Sub89 and with good cause, because tonight American Funk-Rock pioneers Living Colour is performing their seminal debut album ‘Vivid’ in its entirety. The sold-out crowd are treated to a live masterclass as the band roll...
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Album Review: The Dollyrots – Daydream Explosion
July 22, 2019 No Responses

Album Review: The Dollyrots – Daydream Explosion

Power Pop Punksters The Dollyrots return with their Uber catchy album ‘Daydream Explosion’. It kicks, kisses and thrashes up and down the college corridors of grey genre lockers adding a splash of colour with each impact. Opener ‘Animal’ has that...
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