When the artist, the venue, the crowd and the location align, it creates an extraordinary experience. Manchester’s jazz punks Maruja...
Train strikes were not going to keep me away from one of my favourite multi-venue festivals: Manchester Psych Fest. On...
Sometimes a gig transcends music. And so it was at 1 in 12 in Bradford on Friday night. My first...
Fontaines D.C. returned to Glasgow last week, to the O2 Academy. With its capacity of 2,500 reached the Irish band...
The popular narrative about mid-nineties guitar music often confines Ash to the second-tier, the position of ‘also-rans’, ignoring the band’s...
With the eyes of The Big Yin staring down into the basement venue of The Old Toll Bar, some could...
The rise of the instores to promote new releases is literally a win win win. Great for sales for the...
For some unexplainable reason, some artists have success in countries other than their own, and American singer-songwriter Lissie falls squarely...
There’s no denying that Cassyette is a beloved rising star in the alternative scene, and is an artist who has...
Indietracks is something special. In just over a decade the grounds of the quaint Midland Railway Museum, nestled on the...
Glasgow’s Vlure end 2023 on the crest of a wave with the self-release of second EP Heaven Sent and a...
On one of the hottest days of the year so far independent grassroots music venue Sneaky Pete’s in Edinburgh had...
On the night of the first semi-final of the football World Cup, thankfully there was no cause for concern for...
Having heard and seen endless praise thrown in their direction, I found myself in Narberth’s famous Queen’s Hall, which over...
Stella Donnelly is one of the most entertaining people I’ve seen on a stage. At a time when – and...