They say that you should never meet your heroes. Well, all I have to say to those people is: you need to choose better heroes. In my experience, this has always been bad advice (well, with one exception). One of the joys of interviewing a band on behalf of a fanzine or other publication is … Continue reading Interview: Heitham Al-Sayed of Lodestar

The upstairs space in the Hope & Ruin forms quite a compact and bijou but open-plan venue, which is ideal for an intimate gig like this. However, while they have a useful website, don’t trust the list of opening hours that it s; the bar staff certainly weren’t going to hang around a minute longer … Continue reading Gig Review (and bonus album review): Lodestar / Mindframe – The Hope & Ruin, Brighton (21st April 2024)