Falling in the middle of a Bank Holiday weekend, there were certainly a lot of events going on to capture peoples attention; Ed Sheeran playing just up the road at the Etihad Stadium, Manchesters great football rivals Liverpool playing in a Champions League final where the local populace were packing out sports bar to cheer […]
In another of our Soundcheck interview shows, I get to chat with Sister Shotgun. This show is different to all of our previous Soundcheck interview shows, as it’s recorded live at a venue before the band goes onstage. Ironically, there is also a soundcheck going on at the same time downstairs from us! So this […]
Welsh, blues rock quartet, Everyday Heroes, released a new single and video – STORM – on Friday 25th May 2018. The song is taken from their acclaimed EP, Other Side of Nowhere, and will be available through all major download outlets and streaming services. Everyday Heroes are a hard rocking blues-biased 4-piece coming out of […]
Manchester’s dirty southern blues rock maverick’s Gorilla Riot, released a new single and video – Down The Road on Fri 25th May 2018. The song is taken from their recently released EP – American Honey – and is available from all leading digital and streaming services. It will also be accompanied by a video produced by […]
Following on from the success of their debut EP, Some Things Matter, Cambridgeshire-based rock band Hollowstar released their new single All I Gotta Say on Friday 25th May. Hollowstar take inspiration from Blackstone Cherry, Thunder and Slash; influences that are evident in the music they create. Their new single All I Gotta Say embodies the bands well-established sound, building from a foundation of […]
In another of our Soundcheck interview shows, I get to chat with Mr.Lordi ahead of the release of the bands 9th album ‘Sexorcism’. Please like the Lordi Facebook page, bookmark their website, and follow on Twitter: @LordiOfficial Thank you for listening and if you enjoy any of the songs played in these shows, please support the artists by […]
Britains No. 1 blues rock band King King won three UK Blues Awards at Worthing Pavilion on Saturday 19th May. The band received the awards for Blues Band of the Year, Blues Album of the Year (Exile & Grace) and Blues Songwriter of the Year (Alan Nimmo). King King are currently on tour in the […]
Despite Nintendo’s triumphant return with “Odyssey” and indie developers Gears for Breakfast working wonders with “A Hat in Time”, 3D platformers have remained a pretty dormant genre. Microsoft threw their hat into the ring in 2017 with “Super Lucky’s Tale”, while former Rareware legends up and left to create “Yooka-Laylee”, both titles met with a […]
Orchestral music today is more likely to be experienced online and more young people engage with it through computer games than in a concert hall. To celebrate the role that computer games play in introducing a new generation of people to orchestral music, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, PlayStation® and Classic FM have joined forces to […]
The Apocalypse Blues Revue are back with their new album, The Shape Of Blues To Come, out on July 20th 2018 via Provogue/Mascot Label Group. Following 2016s self-titled debut, Godsmack’s Shannon Larkin (Drums) and Tony Rombola (Guitar) return with some more bone-shaking blues with Brian Carpenter (Bass) and the shamanistic frontman Ray “Rafer John” Cerbone. Shannon Larkin discovered […]
