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It might be night time at Gullivers but we are there to witness At The Sun make their Manchester debut…
Reading… a long way for a one-day festival but the crazies who run Crazy Cowboy put on a thriller of a third event with quality music all the way…
It’s one of those days in Liverpool as we go searching for the 12th man at silly mid on. Fortunately we found Roy Harper at the Philharmonic…
Myke Gray and Kim Jennett deliver outstanding Blackpool rock...
We bare witness to an evening of scuzzed up, fuzzed up, punky blues, and rockabilly with a sneer as Thee Windom Earles, Bones Shake and Snakerattlers try to destroy The Peer Hat….. again!!!
We take the interstellar highway (the M61 really) up to Preston to watch Blanket play their album in full under the celestial glow of a huge moon installation in the Harris Museum….
That kilt wearing, Scottish blues-rock guitarist is back in Manchester…. and he isn’t taking any shit!
The Deaf Institute hosted a night of blues rock on steroids with both Jack J Hutchinson and The Kris Barras Band raising the roof…
From grungy tones to sweet melodies and then to high intensity alt-rock, on Sunday night the Eagle Inn in Salford had it all…
Do DeeVer have what it takes when they call their debut album ‘You Need This’? Anne takes a listen to find out…
Some of the best of the underground rock and metal scene is put on view at Rebellion at the launch of the Manchester leg of the Metal 2 The Masses competition…
Lonely The Brave return to the stage with a new singer, are they still going to be able to cut it?
Ex-Scorpion and legendary viruoso guitar player Uli Jon Roth visits Manchester on his 50th Anniversary tour, we bob along to find out what all the fuss is about and come away suitably impressed!
In a world where acts are living of nostalgia, The Vintage Caravan set themselves apart with their Icelandic heavy blues rock…
Local hardcore band Dead Retinas have released their latest EP, Divine, and we like it…
Shattered Skies return with Muted Neon, a djenty, proggy, bouncy banger!
All That Remains ninth album comes under the spotlight, and is all the more poignant following the death of guitarist Oli Herbert…
It’s a Ritual at Club Academy as the Dan Reed Network perform to their Rainbow Children, and it is so good!
The Red Hot Chilli Pipers bring Bagrock and haggis to Sale Waterside!
Back across the Pennines to catch a night of blues in Leeds - South African blues legend Dan Patlansky and local southern blues merchants Gorilla Riot…
Dazzling dance music and skull-rattling djent combine in perfect harmony…
New York prog rock act introduce themselves to Manchester and celebrate 10 years since their debut release…
The Michael Schenker Fest rolls into town once more complete with four vocalists - we headed to the Academy to check it out!
We travel to Newcastle to experience a night of prog and math-rock in a room not much larger than your living room, it was messy…
We take a rare visit to Jimmy’s to catch a cracking set from Hey Bulldog….
London melodic hard rockers City Of Thieves have unleashed their debut album ‘Beast Reality’, we find out how beastly it really is…
Having dropped an utterly stunning new album in All That Divides, Black Peaks headline a tantilising evening that includes Gold Key and Bossk…