The boutique record label Blowtorch Records, based in Galway, Ireland, put on its first showcase festival in the city's Róisín Dubh on 1 May 2025. Cheekily ...

Powerplant’s band leader Theo Zhykharyev advises us as the London-based project release their latest single, ‘Crashing Cars.’  The song “signals the return to ...

Not every band could pull off an ambitious show like 'Live at the Acropolis', but James are never shy of a challenge - and it’s part of the reason for their long-lasting success.

It's the most wonderful time of the year. We're off to Wrexham, some bands we shall check them, and have lots of beer. It's the most wonderful time of the year.

Big Stir are rightly very proud of their prolific artist Chris Church, and are often quick to point out that he "never makes the same album twice." They're ...

Bach, Andy Gangadeen and actress Maxine Peake collaborated as the YN DY LAIS - IN YOUR VOICE project, premiered at Focus Wales. The band and ...

I used to love Erasure. I was there at the start, I remember buying their unfairly ignored debut Wonderland on cassette back in God knows when, and they hold a weirdly special place in my heart, as ...

Back in 2017, Fat White Family spin-off The Moonlandingz released their debut long player. It was a glorious hark back to the halcyon days of both goth and glam, at the same time brushing shoulders ...

Growing up doesn’t stop the past from tapping us on the shoulder—throw on the right song and, suddenly, you’re staring through a fogged-up mirror at half-lit fragments of everything you thought you’d ...

Los Angeles band Steel Wool recently released their self-titled debut EP (cassette and digital) via independent LA label Bug Body. The group, consisting of Sean Lissner (guitar/singing), Jaden Amjadi ...