Still arguably best known to much of the general public for his 1979 chart-destroying smash hit single Cars, British singer Gary Numan has in fact been a continuingly brilliant creative force within the worlds of rock and electronic music ever since that moment thrust him into the public consciousness. Now touring in support of his…
Having fronted Texas pop-punk heroes Bowling For Soup for almost two and a half-decades now, it came as a welcome surprise to many when frontman/guitarist Jaret Reddick announced his first ever solo acoustic tour, ‘Heartache & Hilarity’. We caught up with Jaret himself on the penultimate night of the tour at Gorilla in Manchester to find out more about how it…
As frontman for Texan pop-punk titans Bowling For Soup for almost twenty-five years now, it’s probably not too far of a stretch to say that Jaret Reddick might well be one of his genre’s most consistently excellent songwriters. Now touring solo for the first time ever, he’s assembled a career-spanning one man show entitled Heartache…
In terms of the British rock music scene as a whole right in 2017, it’s difficult to come up with a band who perhaps have the importance that Enter Shikari seem to right now. As politics seem to divide more and more people as time ticks on, the St Albans band have returned with The…
When you think of places to go and watch hard-hitting punk rock bands do their thing, perhaps Liverpool on a Sunday night might not be at the top of that list. On this particular occasion though, you’d be wrong to assume as much, as Massachusetts-based horror punk outfit Energy are in town, and they’ve brought…
The revival of more classic rock tones within our scene in recent years has yielded a great number of interesting and successful acts. Aussie rockers Airbourne have brought a fresh twist to the kinds of riffing AC/DC made their name in, whilst acts like Rival Sons resurrect some of the more Led Zeppelin-esque bluesy stylings…
In terms of British music careers, it’s difficult to think of a performer from the last few decades with quite as much crossover appeal as Adam Ant. Whether it be as leader of Adam and the Ants in the late 70s and early 80s, or as a solo artist in his own right, the man…
Pop-punk has always been relatively huge as a genre, and now seems to be on the rise once more as the world undergoes massive change and people look for escapism in music. One band dedicated to cranking out relentlessly cheerful tunes are The Dollyrots, who are on the cusp of unleashing their latest studio album Whiplash Splash…
If you were to ask someone to pick out a band from the early 00’s pop-punk scene that never really reached their full potential, some would choose Sum 41. After releasing perhaps one of the genre’s strongest debut albums in the form of ‘All Killer No Filler’, the Ontario natives went on to forge a career…
“Not In This Lifetime” – that’s the phrase used by Axl Rose in 2012 to describe the chances of a reunion of the classic line-up of Guns N’Roses. Flash-forward 4 years and whilst we might not have a full-house, what we do have is the reunion many had thought impossible – Rose reunited onstage with…
There are few artists in the world more synonymous with the spirit of rock n’ roll than Bruce Springsteen. Now over forty years into his career, the man known to many as simply ‘The Boss’ has returned to the UK to celebrate last year’s 35th anniversary re-release of his classic double-album The River. Somewhat in…
When The Darkness initially disbanded in 2006, many believed that we’d seen the last of the I Believe In A Thing Called Love hitmakers. Fortunately, that turned out not to be the case, and the Lowestoft rockers are now two albums into their comeback with Last Of Our Kind, their follow-up to 2012’s Hot Cakes….
