You want 20 bands over 3 days at Station 18 Festival which takes place at Hangar 18 Music Venue in Swansea, South Wales? £35 for the entire weekend? At £1.75 per band, that is an absolute bargain. Throw in a well-stocked bar in an air-conditioned venue, and the only thing …
Read More »Review: Rockin The Bowl – Sunday
After a slight delay in proceedings, psychobilly “Rock N’ Roll trashcan troubadours” The Dukes of Bordello get the party started at the most un-rock n’ roll time on a Sunday morning. Like The City Kids on Friday, The Dukes are better suited to a dark, sweaty club rather than a …
Read More »Review: Mason Hill – The Garage, Glasgow
After a warm-up gig up the road in Aberdeen, it was time for Top 20 selling artists Mason Hill to show their hometown crowd just how much they have grown as a band over the last few years. A feat made all the more noteworthy considering that 18 months or …
Read More »Review: Nozfest 2021 – Southampton
Imagine you love music but never really see the bands you like playing together on the same bill. Or in your local town. What do you do? Well, a lot seem to moan on tour announcements, expecting bands to play their local village hall in between Wembley and headlining Download. …
Read More »Review: Skid Row/The Quireboys – Cardiff
Somehow, in all the time I have been shooting and reviewing gigs, I have managed to miss The Tramshed in Cardiff as a venue. That was put right when I travelled up from the SW to see a cracking four band bill stretching from the young and new, to the …
Read More »Hollowstar: New Video – ‘Good Man Gone’
Following the release of their self-titled debut album, unveiled to rapturous support from fans and critics alike back in May of 2019, Cambridgeshire-based rock quartet Hollowstar have seen their stock skyrocket, culminating in a headline UK tour and the announcement of their first excursion onto European soil, touring alongside Skid …
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