What began nine years ago with a homemade YouTube video of three young sisters from Monterrey, Mexico covering Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’, has now grown wings at such a rate that the three sisters Dany (guitar/vocals), Pau (drums/vocals), and Ale (bass/vocals) Villarreal Vélez are now one of the hottest properties in …
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The Foundry, TorquaySaturday 6th April 2024Review and photos – Rob WilkinsHome town shows always raise the emotion and energy from a standard gig and the Kris Barras Band has played a blinder or two at the underused Foundry venue in Torquay. Add in an album release and it being the …
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Thekla, BristolFriday 29th March 2024Review and photos – Rob Wilkins/CeltographyUsually, when I rock up at a gig and join the queue, I feel amongst my peers. People with “Monsters of Rock” battle jackets, grey hair, a certain circumference, and a determination to find a nice spot close to the bar …
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Wembley Arena. It’s one of the biggest and most beloved venues in the whole country. It’s a venue that bands far and wide have most likely proclaimed that “our dream is to play there” sometime in their career. And for the bands that are lucky enough to step foot on …
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Pop quiz, hot shot. You are standing at the urinal in the tiniest of toilets at a venue, taking care of business, and the headliner’s frontman comes in, stands at the next urinal over, and answers the call of nature. What do you do, hot shot? You know who it …
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Nothing MoreSiMSiameseSWX Bristol17th Feb 2024Some years ago my partner and I were sheltering in one of the tents at Download, escaping one of the many torrential downpours. We had no idea who was next on stage, but sometimes the unknown turns out to be a revelation, and we were blown …
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2024 sees Bowling For Soup celebrating their 30th anniversary as a band, and not only are the celebrations set to last all year long, but they find the much-loved band from Texas performing the largest headlining shows of their career. And then there is the small matter of an appearance …
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December 2nd, 2022, Joanne Shaw Taylor performs at The Queens Hall in Edinburgh. February 18th, 2024, Joanne Shaw Taylor performs at the Queen Margaret Union in Glasgow. Rather fitting that both times Joanne Shaw Taylor has recently ventured North of the wall, she has performed in venues with such regal …
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Dirty Honey/Baby Said Tramshed, Cardiff 13/02/2024 I lost count of the number of people imploring me to go and see Dirty Honey on their UK tour, so I bit the bullet and made my way up the motorway to Cardiff and the Tramshed to do just that. While I could …
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Given the combined decades of experience from Cambridge’s perennial road warriors The Treatment and Boston, Mass five-piece Rubikon, it’s fair to say that chances are neither act will have experienced a tour quite like this one. Performing as part of a triple bill that features Buckcherry in the headliner position, …
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