By the time The Skints took the stage on Saturday night, Birmingham’s Institute was absolutely packed full and almost overflowing. The far too small Library room quickly became a sweatbox – even before the band had started playing, with the bars becoming overcrowded and annoyingly understaffed. Eventually The Skints took to the stage and were […]
On Thursday 9th April, Tuff Love, Dragons That Make Love To Pandas, ItoldyouIwouldeatyou and Belladonnas played at the Boileroom in Guildford. This great line up comprised of three local bands from Guildford and one on tour from Glasgow. Three-piece all female band Belladonnas began the night, dressed in their pyjamas, with their thrash grunge sound and a […]
On Monday 16th March, sandwiched between Mother’s day and Saint Patrick’s Day, Echochamp held a show at Bleach, a relatively new venue in Brighton, promising more free bi-monthly shows. I arrived in the midst of the first set of Sulky Boy. The instrumental was pretty solid indie-grunge, nothing entirely new (at one point someone in […]
Nottingham’s Clear Your Throat festival came back around pretty quickly. Seven months after the first, The Chameleon in the city centre was once again host to the eclectic all-dayer. This time it was the day before Mother’s Day, so being situated (literally) above a card shop had never been handier. Kicking off proceedings were Nottingham’s […]
Earlier this week Seeing Your Scene took the train ride to Bridgend’s most-esteemed venue, Hobo’s, in Wales to catch the first night of Gnarwolves’ tour (and their first show of the year) with main support from Boxkite and tonight’s openers, Concave. Welsh four-piece Concave are bringing the ‘emo revival’ to Wales. Featuring members of the hardcore […]
The first ever Punktastic Festival ripped the heart of Cardiff a new one and left the knees of the city trembling throughout the night. Taking place on Sunday evening, the two floors of Cardiff’s Clwb Ifor Bach were heaving with young and excited fans. Although the three acts on the ground floor – Constructer, Falling […]
Everyone descended into a small venue above a card shop in Nottingham city centre, on a quiet Sunday afternoon for Clear Your Throat. The Chameleon, an arts café and venue, seemed like the perfect venue as the sun lit up the colourful art and graffiti while first band, Mixtape Saints, were setting up. They opened with an […]