The penultimate show of a busy, busy year for bonny Scots Yashin sees them pull into Newcastle Academy in the pissing rain. With a killer bill, and a lot of new songs in store, the bad weather’s surely not going to put off what is a near sold-out crowd tonight.Live Review: Yashin – O2 Academy 2, Newcastle, November 21st 2009
November 27, 2009The penultimate show of a busy, busy year for bonny Scots Yashin sees them pull into Newcastle Academy in the pissing rain. With a killer bill, and a lot of new songs in store, the bad weather’s surely not going to put off what is a near sold-out crowd tonight.
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Photos: Elliot Minor – Northumbria University, Newcastle – November 21st 2009
November 25, 2009
We caught Elliot Minor’s recent show in Newcastle towards the end of their UK tour in support of their new album Solaris, to check out the photos click the link below. Keep checking back as we’ll also be posting an interview with the band soon!
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Live Review: Bring Me The Horizon – O2 Academy, Newcastle, November 20th 2009
November 24, 2009
Sheffield metallers Bring Me The Horizon are nearing the end of a sold out tour, and their biggest to date; in reality, it was always going to be a hit with the kids who can’t get enough of their pin-up image, and they bring two bands along for the ride that provide more of the same, August Burns Red and A Day To Remember – powerful, popular, predictable?
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Live Review: Emmure – O2 Academy 2, Newcastle, November 17th 2009
November 23, 2009
Emmure and Caliban join forces for a UK jaunt known as the Hard Knock Life Tour. Both a brutal, gritty perception of the heavier end of musical awareness, the name lives up to the bands. Break out the boxing gloves…
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Interview: Portugal. The Man
November 22, 2009
I would call John Gourley a fine young man. Unbeknownst to me before my chat with this fine young man, I had later found out that he had wandered into the homes of drug dealers and grew up like Satan. Without the tail. He also happens to be the singer for Portugal. The Man, who knew?
Nellie: So hi, can you say your name and what you do in the band?
John: Hi, I’m John, and I play guitar and sing.
Nellie: You seem to like our shores, as you were here only in July, is touring one of the most attracting aspects of being in a band?
John: No, not at all actually, not one bit. It’s purely music and purely about playing. Not performing, playing. Cut out performing.
Nellie: Do you favour it, though?
John: You know, to be fair, I know we’re in England right now, but there’s something to love about everywhere. England is amazing to me because that’s where basically our whole civilization is from. It’s strange to be in an English-speaking place that’s so different at the same time. Language-wise, it’s the same, accent – well we’ve all got our accents – we’re the ones with the accent now. London’s an amazing city; it reminds me a lot of New York on a smaller scale. More localized shops, I guess we need more localized shops in New York. The world is so much smaller when you start moving around lots. We were just in New York yesterday, it’s ridiculous.
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Live Review: Manchester Orchestra – Heaven, London, November 17th 2009
November 20, 2009
Reminiscing upon their quaint yet enthralling performance at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts with their good chum, Kevin Devine through Favorite Gentleman relations, I had seen many faces return for another viewing of what these Atlantan characters could do.
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Photos: Emmure – O2 Academy 2, Newcastle, November 17th 2009
November 20, 2009
Check out our photos of Emmure’s recent trip to Newcastle, with support from Caliban and After The Burial. Keep an eye out for a review of the show and an interview with Emmure frontman Frankie Palmeri.
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Photos: Lily Allen – O2 Academy, Sheffield, November 16th 2009
November 18, 2009
Check out our photos of the first night of Lily Allen’s Brilly-Allent Tour in Sheffield, with support from Example. For a review of the show, click HERE.
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Live Review: Lily Allen – O2 Academy, Sheffield, November 16th 2009
November 18, 2009
British pop sensation Lily Allen kicks off the UK leg of her self-named Brilly-Allent Tour tonight in Sheffield and the sold out O2 Academy is a perfect venue for the start of what is sure to be one hell of a tour, with support from London-based rapper Example.
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Interview: Sonic Boom Six
November 15, 2009
Not only is today the last date of Sonic Boom Six’s Boom or Bust Tour with The Skints, but emotions are also running high as this evening sees long-time member Ben Childs play his final ever show with the band. So, Faye caught up with the Boom during this memorable night in Newcastle, as they discuss their future without Ben, their recent well-earned success opening the Main Stage of Leeds and Reading Festival, the UK’s current ska-punk scene, their label Rebel Alliance Recordings, and lots more!
Faye: Can you say your names and what you do?
Laila: I’m Laila, I sing in Sonic Boom Six.
Barney: I’m Barney and I play the bass and shout and jump into the crowd.
Faye: Tonight’s a special night, as I understand it’s Ben’s last gig, how are you feeling?
Laila: Very sad and a bit nervous, we’re not splitting up, we go on tour a week from now, every thing’s sort of going to keep ticking a long. So, yeah, nervous and sad, really. The next gig we play, Ben isn’t going to be next to us on stage, we’re going to have someone new.
Barney: But at the same time, there’s an excitement because a change is as good as the rest and I think whatever the future brings, it’s cool because we’ve gone as far as we can with the same sort of style and sound in a lot of ways, so it’ll be good to add a new dimension into the whole thing and maybe that will pick everything up a little bit, and make things interesting for us again. On one hand, there’s sadness and on the other hand, it could be cool and interesting. Ben’s not going anywhere, Ben’s still going to be there, but we’re just going to be adding something new into the band.
Laila: Ben’s still going to be very part of the next album, all of the samples stuff and everything Ben does, I’m sure there’ll be a few Baby Boom gigs coming along, like acoustic Sonic Boom Six, and Ben’s going to be involved in it. So, yeah, he’s still going to be very much part of Sonic Boom Six, just not live because he can’t be married and do it, because, unfortunately, touring means certain sacrifices and if you’re not prepared to do that then you can’t really tour.
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