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Peter Hook & The Light - Manchester Academy 04.06.2026
Peter Hook & The Light Buzzcocks Peter Hook & The Light Buzzcocks Photos - Brent Jones


Blue October - Albert Hall, Manchester 05.06.2026
I suppose I should start by saying that Blue October truly mean the world to me. Like many if not all of the fans that the band have accumilated over the years, I owe them a lot. They have been there with me through some of the hardest moments of my life but also some of the happiest. They have very much become a soundtrack for my life. You see Blue October to so many is so much more than a band, think instead of a family. A family united as one through the beautiful sounds


Still Remains - 'Spirit Breaker' EP Review
Tracklist: The Wound and the Weapon (ft. Guy Kozowyk of The Red Chord) Spirit Breaker Erase You Eclipse Waste of Breath Hot on the heels of last year’s 20th anniversary tour for debut album, “Of Love & Lunacy” Michigan’s Still Remains return with their first. new release in 12 years. This time around, Still Remains have decided to go down the EP route and it’s a really smart choice on their part. If you’re a Still Remains fan you know what you’re likely to get and the first


Interview with David Balfe of Late Transmissions
Firstly, I’m going to confess this is a not a verbatim transcription of the interview I was lucky enough to have with David Balfe. We talked for an hour and if I wrote down everything we talked about it would probably take me days to get it into some semblance of a proper interview and it would be so long my editor probably wouldn’t publish it. However, I’ve tried to distil it down, so it gets published, but I don’t think I’ve spent a more enjoyable hour, ever, talking to som


Voivod - 'Symphonique' Album Review
Tracklist: 1. Experiment 2. Holographic Thinking 3. The Unknown Knows 4. The End of Dormancy 5. Into My Hypercube 6. Forgotten In Space 7. Cosmic Drama 8. Pre-Ignition 9. Nuclear War 10. Fall 11. Tribal Convictions 12. Astronomy Domine Canadian Sci-Fi Prog metal old guard Voivod offer up a first in their career in 'Symphonique'; a love album with an orchestra. Recorded on June 4th 2025 with the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, the album released on June 5th via Century Music


The Wildhearts - Beat Generator Live, Dundee 29.05.2026
The opportunity to see my favourite band in my wife's home city is a one that's too good to pass. Especially when you factor in the fact that the mother-in-law has your two sons for the night makes it an absolute no brainer, so the hotel gets booked and we arrange a handover on neutral ground and head off with some friends ready for the night. We wander up to the venue after a few drinks and some great Turkish food. My pre-gig giddiness caused by a half bottle of Peroni, a c


Dead Pony - La Belle Angele, Edinburgh 27.05.2026
Dead Pony came, they saw, they kicked our asses and then, just when we thought we couldn’t take any more, they kicked them some more and not one person complained because this was as good a gig as I’ve seen all year. If you haven’t seen Dead Pony yet you’re missing one of the most visceral, energetic, exciting and entertaining live acts that the UK has produced in a very long time! The Glasgow bands brand of rock and metal is a full on aural experience with some brilliant cro


Felix Green – 'Forgot To Love You' Single Review
Felix Green is a new artist, but his first single got radio play on at least 50 regional radio stations. This is the second single from his forthcoming debut EP. It’s a song about loss and how to cope with it while acknowledging how difficult that is to do. Felix’s vocals are almost soulful but with a hint of a rock rasp in there. The whole thing feels like it’s a highly emotional ride. What works really well is it sounds like both a song about romantic loss and the loss of s


Elder - 'Through Zero' Album Review
Tracklist: 1. Sigil To Ruin 2. Capture Release 3. Through Zero 4. Strata 5. Sight Unseen 6. Blighted Age Massachusetts Heavy-Psych quartet Elder are back with their seventh studio album 'Through Zero', recorded in Germany, releasing May 29th via Stickman Records. 'Sigil To Ruin' kicks things off with a short atmospheric intro before layering things up with a more hectic bassline and spacey guitars, introducing an airy riff that compliments that powerful bass sound perfectly,
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