An interview I did with Turin Brakes (aka Super Furniture) for the Nottingham Post in the lead up to the Splendour Festival this Saturday
 |
It has been 15 years since Turin Brakes released their breakthrough album, The Optimist LP. They are back with a new album and are preparing for a return to Nottingham for the annual Splendour…
|
|
A preview piece I did for the Nottingham Post in the lead up to the Sweetnotes Festival happening this weekend, The Hoosiers are headlining the main stage. Feel free to read the preview and enjoy
 |
Sweetnotes Festival will be coming to Nottingham’s Rescue Rooms and Red Rooms on Saturday July 16. The one-day festival starts at 2pm and goes on till 10pm. 8 hours of non-stop music with 13 acts…
|
|
A small preview piece that I did in the run up to this years’ MacMillan Fest in September. Read and enjoy
 |
More than £20,000 has been raised for good causes since Macmillan Fest first started seven years ago and this year organisers are hoping to add another five grand to the total. The one day…
|
|
Crowds gathered at the basement of Rock City for the launch of Patriot Rebel’s new LP launch and there was plenty to enjoy as four other bands helped celebrate the launch.
Parasight kicked off the night some top quality rock which was worthy of rock greatest themselves, it was that good and drew a large crowd. You could practically sense the adrenaline rush after a few minutes, and Desensitised, first female duo of the night and these were two girls who defiantly had something to shout about kept everything going. With plenty of material about beer, rubbish boyfriends and weekday antics along with lots of laughs these two are a definitely ones to watch in the future were the local music concerned. Keeping with female leads You Want Fox were the first all-female trio whose oozed adrenaline and bass
Eva Plays Dead kept everything going and took things straight into the crowd and their female lead even serenaded one lucky punter in the process, and the bassist kept the stage antics going with a riff on a speaker. By the end of the night Patriot Rebel owned the stage and ended night the only way it was meant to be: with full-on rock, and adrenaline fuelled mayhem. This was a night full of fresh original material, and these are five guys who have relentlessly proved there worth in the local music scene.
A review I did for the Nottingham Post covering the recent MacMillan Fest. My first professional piece for a local paper which I’m proud of. I look forward to doing more for them in the near future.
http://www.nottinghampost.com/MacMillan-Fest-2015-Review-pictures/story-27750564-detail/story.html
The Maze played host to the official Meat Fest 15 and there was a days’ worth of music and meat to go around, and all under one roof. A lot of fresh new talent and definitely worth the entry ticket alone.
Numerous artists from both Nottingham and surrounding areas performed in every corner of the venue, and with much BBQ and new music on offer, there wasn’t too much to complain about. Playing upstairs were Harrison Rimmer and Issac Bloomfield who gave an intimate gig to small crowds of people, some of whom were lucky enough to grab a space of the sofa amidst a slightly smoky room. Brotherly duo of two names We Are Kin/The Davies Brothers and Adam Zareba put on performances in the acoustic corner put on amazing sets. Zarebra managed to pull off a trick with the infamous ‘Friends’ theme tune and made an entire room clap. The two amazing female solo artists Laura Allison and Lauren April gave off flawless performances.
Remaining downstairs Same Streets, Creatin’ Havoc, Billy Reynolds and Green Hill Zone kept the atmosphere going and everyone rocking with both rock and bass, the smell of sweat, adrenaline was in the air and there was buckets of energy going around. It was official headliners of the night Our Saving Day who helped finish the night and showed people how to rock the Nottingham way.
An Empire Will Fall
Famous for Nothing
Our Saving Day
The Great White
We Are Tyrants
New upcoming band An Empire Will Fall released their album and showcased some impressive material at The Maze, with support from four other bands, and it was definitely a good night out. There was a lot of amazing, fresh new artists on tonight has each of them had their own fresh, full-on energetic sound. It was a great night to see new guitarists, drummer and singers live in front of venue, and after listening to all five bands play Nottingham once again proves it’s a hotspot for the freshest music. An amazing atmosphere of excitement was felt by all as Great White, We are Tyrants, Famous for Nothing got into party spirit and Empire got in on the moshing action with the crowd and you definitely smell both the sweat and adrenaline. One of the highlights, apart from seeing a whole room of people get excited for five new bands was the lead singer of Left with Regret passing the mic round and getting into one-to-one sing-a-longs with the crowd. Definitely a great night for new the undiscovered bands of Nottingham.
Further photos from the night
Bleed From Within
Anavae
Adelphia
A City Alike
The Great White
Human Teeth
Famous for Nothing
Enormity Falls
Cabin Boy Jumped Ship
The Inside is Live
Kaizen
These Skies
As December Falls
Yesterday Nottingham played host to the annual Macmillan music festival that took place in many venues, and from what I saw it was enormous. Started up in 2010 Macmillan Fest is a music event that helps raise money for the Macmillan charity and has been going strong ever since. The Rescue Rooms, Rock City, Stealth, Spanky Van Dykes and the Red Rooms played host to 37 bands, both up-coming and mainstream such as Adelphia and Bleed From Within. I pretty much spent most of the day going back and forth from venue to venue seeing the many live bands in action which included a couple whom I’d seen before from previous gigs; a couple of these were Teenage Cancer Casket and Rik Gilbert formerly of Goodnight Astronaut, now Adelphia.
Other bands I managed to see during the day were Human Teeth, Anave, The Great White and The Inside is Live at Stealth, all of whom were fantastic. I caught a glimpse of acoustics performers As December Falls and Kaizen and I got to see further acts including Cabin Boy Jumped Ship and Famous for Nothing that have got to be amongst some of the most energetic bands I’ve seen live. Heading over to Spanky Van Dykes venue I saw performances by These Skies and Enormity Falls who were electrifying and bumped into three of the guys from Teenage Cancer Casket along the way. As my time at the event came to an end I went out of my way to see Scottish Rockers Bleed From Within before I left and it was definitely worth it as they were amazing and got the crowd completely hyped. And believe me I could smell not just the sweat but could also sense the adrenalin in the room and feel large amounts of bass.
No Consequence
D.S.M.E
Friend for a Foe
Taken by the Tide
On my first foray into Bunkers Hill in Nottingham, which I have never been to before so I was keen to see what it was all about. And I was impressed. And it’s been a while since I last went to a metal gig. Taken by the Tide proved to be as energetic as their performance with some full-on screamo vocals and earned themselves a positive reaction from the crowd. Friend for a Foe packed masses of enthusiasm on the stage. Plenty of screamo-vocal action and did equally as much moshing, if not more and the crowd seemed to like these guys. Drewsif Stalin’s Musical Endeavours, consisting of three men and a lady, they started off with an instrumental song. Front woman, Nikki, took to the stage and wasted no time in making her presence felt and captivated everyone with her hauntingly melodic voice. This woman’s definitely got that rude-gal attitude, and plenty of it. If I was to say anything about Endeavour it is that they pack a lot of circus-like energy and was overall impressive. No Consequence finished off the night with full-on metal madness. The crowd well and truly loved this one all the way through. A completely hyperactive set throughout complete with loads of moshing and moon walking, these guys were crowd pleasers.
Further pictures from the night:
Adam's Journal 