My first band was formed when I was around 15 years old at a house party. Anyone within our circle of friends who played an instrument was encouraged to bring it along to “jam.” What an awful word and awful way to describe something that is sometimes not awful. The guy whose house it was […]
Whether it’s finding the strength to play a gig to no-one on a Sunday night whilst coming down hard off legal highs that you bought from the internet; or arguing with a promoter who is saying he’s been in a car accident so can’t pay you as much as agreed for playing a bandstand in […]
On a good day playing a show anywhere across mainland Europe means you are met warmly by staff at the venue, fed well, given plenty of beer to drink, people show up, enjoy the show, they chat afterwards, buy merch, everyone generally feels validated at their choices in life. Then you are given somewhere decent […]
Touring. The dream. What a laugh. What a lark. Morrissey slammed the fast rise of Arctic Monkeys back in 2010 by saying “it’s all a bit unnatural…they haven’t been driving up and down the M1 for fifteen years.” Cool, nice one Moz, you really showed ’em but have you done more than one gig in a […]
Jeff Rosenstock has confirmed a full band European tour for March/April 2016 with support on every date coming from Great Cynics. After dissolving Bomb The Music Industry! in 2014, DIY melody maker Jeff has barely stopped, releasing secondsolo album We Cool? to widespread acclaim last year along with another collab album with Chris Farren (track […]
Although no one really asked for another article from someone in a band telling you “how to be in a band” and “truths” and “how it really is” and “this is what it takes if you can handle it,” I figured with my head full of knowledge from our own little corner of making music, I had […]