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From Friday 28 December 2012

The Ataris detail Spring 2013 European touring plans

After that outburst from frontman Kris Roe and a Groezrock festival announcement, The Ataris have confirmed details of their European touring plans for 2013. No UK dates have been announced yet, and it’s not clear if they’ll be added to this run. Check out some material from the band’s forthcoming album

Throwing Stuff cover Big Yellow Taxi

Manchester based Throwing Stuff have recorded a cover of Joni Mitchell’s classic ‘Big Yellow Taxi’. Only two of them had actually ever heard the song before they did the cover, and believe us when we say it really is an original take on the track. Listen to it below:

Stone Sour @ The O2 Academy Brixton

Stone Sour @ The O2 Academy Brixton

Papa Roach @ O2 Academy Brixton

Papa Roach @ O2 Academy Brixton

Thursday 27 December 2012

Christmas Period News Round Up

So, we’ve been enjoying a few days downtime over the Christmas (we hope you have too!) but now we’re back! There’s been some great deals/freebies we’ve spotted that you can still get hold of, and we’ve collected our favourites below. We’ll add more to this list until 12pm today

Tuesday 25 December 2012

Free Christmas Compilation from Lockjaw Records & PT!

As a special Christmas treat this year, we’ve got together with the fine folks over at Lockjaw Records to bring you a tasty festive download. It features the likes of Darko, Trails and Drones, and you can get it as a stream or a free download right now using the

Monday 24 December 2012

The Maddigans Announce UK Tour

Canadian pop rock group The Maddigans have announced their upcoming UK tour.  The dates are: JANUARY 24 Manchester Dry Bar 25 Glasgow Ivory Blacks 27 Gateshead The Three Tuns 29 Mansfield The Intake 31 Harlow The Square FEBRUARY 2 Sheerness The Ivy https://www.facebook.com/themaddigans?fref=ts

Sunday 23 December 2012

LIVE: Canterbury at Tunbridge Wells Forum [14/12/12]

As Canterbury proclaim that tonight is formed of two British bands supporting another British band, and that tonight is set to prove that British rock music is not dead (arguably we are unsure who might have suggested this in the first place), they manage to put a lot of

Saturday 22 December 2012

Sam Russo re-releases his Christmas song for Charity

Sam Russo has re-recorded his Xmas song ‘Merry Christmas, Baby I’m Sorry’ as a full band version. Moving North have put it up as a download where all proceeds go towards The Salvation Army Christmas Appeal. The download has a base price of £1 but you can pay

Friday 21 December 2012

Rob Lynch streams PWYW EP online, posts acoustic video

Singer songwriter Rob Lynch has released a new EP called ‘No Blood’ online as a pay what you want download. It features three tracks, and is accompanied by an acoustic performance of a new track called ‘Stamford’. Check out both below. Rob last released a self-titled EP last year.