Live Review: Twin Atlantic – Durham Live Lounge – January 21st 2011

January 27, 2011

Durham Live Lounge is really starting to pick off it’s feet now; in the past half a year or so since it’s opening, the venue has played host to the likes of Gallows and the Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, as well as Anathema and Welsh heroes Funeral For A Friend still to come. Tonight, plays host to Glasgow’s Twin Atlantic on a pretty intimate outing around the UK in preperation for their highly-anticipated debut full-length yet to be released; the attendance is a bit thin, let’s put the band’s mettle to the test…

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Review: Twin Atlantic – Vivarium

September 11, 2009

Twin AtlanticThe highly anticipated debut record from Scottish rockers Twin Atlantic, Vivarium, has every right to claim to live up to the expectations everyone has set for it. Although, oddly turned from what was originally a full album into a mini-album, eight tracks is plenty for the quartet to show the world exactly what they can do.

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Feature: The State Of The North East ‘Scene’

June 6, 2009

Looking at the crop of new British talent in what is, essentially, rock bands, across the land, there’s some real gems hidden away in there; where were You Me At Six all but three years ago? Playing to a handful of people in local bars night after night in their native Surrey.

The same goes for the Welsh vallies, which have spawned the likes of Attack! Attack!, Kids In Glass Houses, Save Your Breath, and such, in recent years. Every area in the UK seems to have a real promise coming from them, in the form of one band or another. Brighton these days, is somewhat of a haven for rock, punk and metal bands, with acts like The Ghost Of A Thousand, Johnny Truant, and The Crave among others to come from the seaside town.

But getting really local, there is one place that in my honest opinion, really lacks in new talent in rock, pop punk, metal, punk, you guessed it, the North East.

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