A Quick Chat With…. Johannes Eckerström of Avatar With touring still unable to go ahead Swedish metal outfit Avatar presented new album ‘Hunter Gatherer’ with an elaborate live stream event ‘Avatar Ages – the age of Dreams.’ As 2021...
With their new album The Hope charting in high positions folk punks Ferocious Dog have clearly found a way to a wider audience. Their music is known to be frenetic in a live setting but also has real substance and often moving lyrics. Out on tour in late...
It speaks volumes for Hex Poseur that they’ve made such a fantastic impression on so many people so quickly. Just a handful of gigs into their career and the ripples they are causing in the music scene are tsunami like. A vehicle for the writing and performing...
As scavenger hunts go searching decades old computer drives for music is a daunting task, but that's the story at the heart of Matt O'Connor's tale, one that brings together Andy Panik of The Abusers fame (the band that once boasted a young Johnny...
A familiar face on the punk circuit Fiona Friel is something of an icon, inspiring the next generation and breaking down barriers and misconceptions through her music. The Dragster and Conflict vocalist is admired for her fierce performance style which...
When music is in your blood you find a way to make it happen. Lockdown, no problem, let’s go online and do some covers to show people a new side of me. That is exactly what Chloe Ozwell singer for metal maestros Sister Shotgun did. It turned out to be a smart...
When you think of the advances made by women in recent times within the music industry you have to also remember the pioneers that were the role models for the next generation. The Runaways, Wendy O Williams and The Slits were all trail blazers showing...
Hailing from that bastion of musical heritage Peterborough Scumbus (Rob, Elliot, Taff and Tim) are part of a new wave of fresh full on punk rock acts that are much needed if the scene is to survive. It hasn’t been an easy journey but now things are starting...
You often find acts are friends away from the stage and touring. Not many though are best friends first and foremost. Not like Charlotte, Claire and Libby from Desensitised are. You can tell they more than have each other’s backs and that they absolutely...
Death Trails epitomise all that is good about emerging acts. Their sound is fresh and hard hitting but doesn’t adhere to those old genre constraints. They play for fun and look like they genuinely love being on stage. Importantly they write and perform...
