Category: Live Reviews

Live Review: The Stranglers and The Buzzcocks at Southampton Summer Sessions
June 16, 2025 No Responses

Live Review: The Stranglers and The Buzzcocks at Southampton Summer Sessions

Day two of the Southampton Summer Sessions was an explosive evening of true ’70s British punk rock, a night that made much of the older generation feel like they were reliving their angst-ridden teenage years, while also showing younger attendees...
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Live Review: Hot Milk at The Globe Cardiff
April 11, 2025 No Responses

Live Review: Hot Milk at The Globe Cardiff

Manchester based outfit Hot Milk have been doing the rounds for a good number of years now and have built a very solid fan base with their high profile festival slots and extensive touring. Their blending of genres all under...
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Live Review: Vukovi at Bristol SWX
March 8, 2025 No Responses

Live Review: Vukovi at Bristol SWX

The Scottish based rock outfit arrive back in the UK after a highly successful run of European shows; seeing them play to some of their biggest headline crowds to date. The first night back on home soil is in Bristol...
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The Fear In Me
February 1, 2025 No Responses

The Fear In Me

Fearless Vampire Killers It was typically a winter’s night, freezing our collective tushies outside the O2 Academy in Birmingham, waiting to celebrate New Years Day, a little late maybe, but time is not always the defining factor.The room began to...
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Hostile Takeover
February 1, 2025 No Responses

Hostile Takeover

All was not quiet on this New Years Day; our American cousins finally made it back over here after all the trials and tribulations of these past few years. They held us close to their hearts, we belonged to them,...
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Six Dinner Sid
January 22, 2025 No Responses

Six Dinner Sid

Well, I caught four of the six bands, – unlike the character in the book I named this piece after – close enough on this Saturday night, where I found myself in deepest, darkest Digbeth, the famous Arts quarter in...
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Castles In The Air
December 22, 2024 No Responses

Castles In The Air

Flesh Creep ‘You gotta hold onto your dreams, because once in a while they come true’ The words of Birmingham legend Ozzy Osbourne rang true on the night of 19th December as we descended on the renowned establishment The Castle...
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Reign On Me
December 19, 2024 No Responses

Reign On Me

Toranaga UK ‘Roar of the greasepaint, smell of the crowd’ When I were a tiddler, I came across the name Acid Reign in my old Kerrang and Metal Hammer magazines. I used to see interviews with Thrash/ Death metal bands...
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The Thrasher Games
December 19, 2024 No Responses

The Thrasher Games

Thrashead So, the evenings runners and riders were looking pretty sharp and in shape as the fans descended on The Rainbow for what would be an historic occasion. Before I start just an honorary mention for local legends Blue Nation...
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A Festive Spectacle: for KING + COUNTRY’s Spellbinding UK Debut at Indigo at The O2, London
December 12, 2024 No Responses

A Festive Spectacle: for KING + COUNTRY’s Spellbinding UK Debut at Indigo at The O2, London

It’s mid-december, exactly 12 days until Christmas Eve – and I couldn’t be more in the festive spirit. This is all thanks to for KING + COUNTRY, who made a spellbinding UK live debut at the Indigo at O2 in...
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