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 […]
Hey! Us and Collective Midlands and Coffee Beat are lucky enough to be putting on Johnny Foreigner at JT Soar on the 3rd of March with Papayer and The Blue Period. This is the smallest show you’ll be able to catch them at so make sure you come down! Facebook event HERE and tickets HERE. This will […]
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 […]
In the first of our series on 2015 we spoke to Barry of Oxygen Thief about his year! How was 2015? Excellent thanks! Kicked off opening for Frank Turner at Independent Venue Week, did a couple of full band tours, a solo acoustic one, and did some writing. Roll on 2016. What was your favourite moment […]
Since last week’s Fishlock Fridays on Pay to Play gigs we have had many friends in contact to tell us our thoughts and experiences, some so passionate on the subject we felt we should publish what they had to say. First is one of the people behind TNSrecords and member of Revenge of the Psychotronic […]
In recent years, Nottingham has become somewhat of a scene hub for the Midlands. Great venues including Chameleon Café and JT Soar along with the active scene attracts international acts as well as a plethora UK bands to the city. Out of the all the bands formed in this supportive atmosphere, none are as well liked […]
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 […]