Slam Dunk Festival is by far the greatest day in a UK pop-punk fans year. It’s a one to keep on the calender, it’s a one to remember and look forward to – it’s a one to discuss where the nearest Nando’s is. With a lineup that beasts any previous years, we’ve got the cream of the UK crop, the 2008 Easycore Tour, reunions, acoustic one-offs, signings, DJ Sets, and of course, Millionaires all rolled into one. What more could you want for 25 quid?
Live Review: Slam Dunk Festival 2010 – Leeds University, May 30th 2010
June 12, 2010
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Interview: Young Guns
February 12, 2010
Stopping off as part of the Kerrang! Tour, Young Guns arrive in Newcastle today, and George manages to whisk vocalist Gustav Wood off to a very confined space for a chat. Steady girls… they talk dial-a-supports, their as-yet-untitled new album due out later this year, and a whole heap of bits and bobs! Let’s get it rolling…
George: Can you say your name, and what you do in the band?
Gus: My name is Gustav Wood, it’s easier, everyone calls me Gus, because most English people are like what the fuck kind of name’s Gustav, and I’m the singer in Young Guns.
George: How’s the tour been so far?
Gus: It has been amazing. I mean, it’s such a great tour for us to be on, there are all the kind of silly business reasons y’know, like you get a lot of exposure in the press, and obviously they’re big shows, so all those kinda things are great, but the real thing is the chance to get out and play to so many new people every night, y’know? People who we perhaps haven’t played to before, that’s my favourite part of it, definitely, and all the bands are lovely and everyone’s having a great time, so this is definitely the best tour we’ve ever been on, for sure.
George: Which band have you gotten on with most?
Gus: That’s a tough one, ’cause in all honesty, everyone gets along really well. We already knew The Blackout, so it was good fun catching up with them and having a laugh, so that’s been really good fun hanging with them, but we’ve also ended up getting quite close with the My Passion lot. ‘Cause we’re sharing dressing rooms quite a lot, and obviously we’re rotating first and second every day, we spend quite a lot of time with them, and we end up being pretty close to them, and they are like the sweetest bunch of boys, they’re really really lovely, and and they’re actually on a really similar wavelength to us, in terms of their opinions about things, so we get on really well with them, and the All Time Low boys are actually really fucking safe, which you perhaps wouldn’t necessarily expect from a successful band from the States, but they were really down to earth, and they’re really decent guys. We’ve all gone out drinking a couple of nights and it’s been really good fun, so I wouldn’t like to pick, ’cause they’re all really awesome guys.
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Photos: Kerrang! Relentless Energy Tour – O2 Academy, Newcastle, February 3rd 2010
February 8, 2010
Check out our photos of this year’s Kerrang! Relentless Energy Tour as it returned to Newcastle, featuring All Time Low, The Blackout, Young Guns and My Passion. For a review of the show, click HERE. Interviews with My Passion and Youngs Guns coming soon!
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Live Review: Kerrang! Relentless Energy Tour – O2 Academy, Newcastle, February 3rd 2010
February 7, 2010
The sold out Kerrang! Relentless Energy Tour is back in Newcastle for yet another year, and this time round we’re treat to the diverse bill of All Time Low, The Blackout, Young Guns and My Passion, with kids queuing from as early as 7am for this one…
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Live Review: Fightstar – Newcastle University, October 26th 2009
October 30, 2009
Fightstar’s second tour of Be Human has seen them step-up venue sizes, moving into bigger venues that, with any fairness in the world, they should be selling out. Tonight, they stop in Newcastle, with Prego, Kerrang! Tour hopefuls Young Guns, and while Deaf Havana take a break, St. Albans rockers Saving Aimee join in the fun.
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Photos: Fightstar – Newcastle University, October 26th 2009
October 28, 2009
Check out our photos of Fightstar‘s recent show at Newcastle University, with support from Young Guns and Saving Aimee.
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Live Review: Slam Dunk Festival, Leeds Uni, May 24th 2009 (Faye)
May 28, 2009
After spending hours in the sweltering heat, harassing bands and folk in the queue for on-the-spot interviews, as well as handing out D.I.Y. changetherecord.net ‘business cards’ in the form of notepad paper written in biro, accumulating some attractive sun burn and getting fat off essential pre-gig food (Morrison’s mini-doughnuts) along the way, 3pm finally arrived and doors opened. Holy run-on sentence.
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Live Review: Slam Dunk Festival, Leeds Uni, May 24th 2009 (George)
May 28, 2009
People have literally camped overnight for this one, Slam Dunk is bigger than ever, expanding to 6 stages and a DJ set bar now, and this one is packed out with lots of different colours, (and bands mingling in and out, Sean Smith of the Blackout’s hair sticks out like a sore thumb) and the excitement is ecstatic as people rush to their chosen stages for the day.
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Review: Young Guns – Mirrors (EP)
May 11, 2009
Off the back of new single In The Night, High Wycombe rock quintet Young Guns bring us their début EP, Mirrors. While only four tracks long, it may lack in listening longevity, but it certainly makes up for it in just how excellent each track really is.
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