It doesn’t feel like it’s been a whopping nine months since I spoke to Andrew Knightley, the namesake of AK and the Red Kites, yet, according to our website, that’s exactly how long it’s been. Then, their EP had only just been released but now, it’s firmly in the rearview but tonight is only their … Continue reading Gig Review: AK and the Red Kites / Eddie and the Wolves / Skint Lilly – The Giffard Arms, Wolverhampton (25th April 2025)
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Tonight was to be a night of "heavy" featuring two Bloodstock alumni and three bands who each ply their own version of metal. Openers Burner played the SOPHIE stage at Bloodstock last year and prowled the smaller stage at The Catty as if they were back in Derbyshire. No holds barred, everything turned up to … Continue reading Gig Review: Employed To Serve / Celestial Sanctuary / Burner – Cathouse, Glasgow (22nd April 2025)
Sometimes you just need to let loose and have a little fun. Music can be a serious business, but thankfully there are some people around who are here to help you have a giggle while you rock out. Tonight's show featured two of them. Openers Raised By Owls are no strangers to these pages, and … Continue reading Gig Review: Gama Bomb / Raised By Owls – Audio, Glasgow (21st April 2025)
Billy Idol really is the gift that keeps on giving. After taking a journey through a bad period of addiction, about which he is very open, post-recovery he continues to pump out great music and can still rock an arena. His recent EPs have been as good as anything he ever released and what impresses … Continue reading Album Review: Billy Idol – Dream Into It
You Vandal are a new band to me, and frankly I’m gutted I didn’t discover them sooner! If you enjoy bands like Jimmy Eat World or Alkaline Trio, but perhaps crave a more modern take on the pop punk/punk rock genres, you’ll love these guys. The Florida-based band’s 4th full-length LP, this is where people … Continue reading Album Review: You Vandal – this is where people come to die
UK death metal legends Cancer return with their highly anticipated follow-up to 2018’s Shadow Gripped—the brutal and uncompromising Inverted World. Brooding, groove-laden opener "Enter the Gates" is a refreshing, no-nonsense creation that welcomes the band into the listener's psyche with a wave of blast beats and swirling riffs, with follow-up, bassline-dominant "Until They Died" providing … Continue reading Album Review: Cancer – Inverted World