Ahead of this year’s sold out Reading and Leeds Festival at Richfield Avenue and Branham Park, 27-29th August, we want to make sure it’s one to remember, so when it comes to the must-see bands, we’ve got you covered! Rock Sins photographer Stu Garneys shares the top 8 rock and alternative bands he’s looking forward…
Bristol-based rock group Little Thief are hugely tipped as ones to watch. With their brand new release FREAK it’s easy to see why and with their upcoming debut album Under The Patio due for release in September, this leading single gives a great look at what else is to come. Long-time collaborators, Charlie Fitzgerald and…
Ahead of a sell out show at Gloucester Guildhall Rock Sins was lucky enough to catch up with the legend that is Jamie Lenman. After three attempts at rescheduling dates through various restrictions and lockdowns, to finally attend the show was incredible. From holding tickets from October 2020 to sitting down in a room full…
Young Pretorians have one simple goal, to enjoy everything you do and leave the drama for someone else to worry about. With their debut EP, State Actors, set for release on the 23rd July 2021, from the second you hit play the message shines through their music. Exploring real people and living real lives, there’s…
A couple of days before the Download Pilot, I wrote a feature about the importance of the Download Festival family to so many of us. The response to the piece was far beyond anything I ever hoped for or expected; It was great to talk to loads of people who read it about their Download…
There were tears, cheers and plenty of beers flowing at what will be known as Download Festival’s historic pilot event, which took place 18th-20th June, with a reduced capacity of 10,000 fans and just two stages. When the Download Pilot was announced we couldn’t quite believe it; live music was making a return with a…
Ahead of the Download Pilot Festival this weekend, Jamie Giberti takes a look at just what it is that makes Download hold such a special place in so many people’s hearts. I first went to the Download Festival in 2004 as a very naive, 19 year old kid. Having been told the wonders of Donington…
For those 10,000 or so lucky fans (plus a couple of hundred artists and band members, crew members and staff), the countdown is firmly on to the Download Pilot Festival. Featuring some of the best up and coming heavy and alternative music talent the UK has to offer, plus a few Download Festival veterans like…
Had the world been in a normal place for the last 14 months, legendary award-winning composer Jeff Wayne would have spent much of last month on the road, touring the UK with the latest version of his renowned Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds stage show, based on the 1978 album…
As frontman of both arena-rock heavyweights Alter Bridge and the rather lengthily-named Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators, it should come as no surprise to anybody by now that Myles Kennedy more than knows his way around penning a hugely memorable chorus or two. What came perhaps as more of a surprise was when…
Speaking to MOD SUN (aka Derek Smith) is like speaking to actual sunshine. He oozes positivity and energy, and his excitement for where he is in his life right now and his passion for music is so infectious. After reminiscing about the old times, (where we didn’t just go to live shows, but we queued…
2020 saw Scottish duo VUKOVI release their second album and they kick-started 2021 with the release of new single, Kill It. The band, which was previously a four-piece is now made up by Janine Shilstone and Hamish Reilly. Kill It is not only their first release of the year, but also the first to be…
