Review: Blink-182 – California
Twenty-one years since the release of their debut album, ‘Cheshire Cat’, a lot has happened in the Blink-182 camp within recent years. With 2011’s...
Live: The Melvins, The Koko, London
Never being a band to disappoint live, The Melvins were set with a headline performance that sadly never happened with the collapse of Temples...
Review: A Devil’s Din – Skylight
A Devil’s Din confess to being influenced by late sixties psychedelic music and early seventies prog. A band ripe for those currently imbibing on...
Festival Roundup: Download 2016
How often do you get the chance to see the likes of Rammstein, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden play on the same weekend? Where...
DVD Review: Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock – On A Mission: Live In Madrid
German guitar maestro Michael Schenker sat beside me in January 2016 with a handwritten set of New Year’s resolutions that went something along the...
Live: Camden Rocks Festival 2016
Camden Rocks must be the most affordable and spontaneous choice among us Londoners who enjoy live music. It's quite obvious that this festival has...
Live: Desertfest 2016
Come the end of April, Camden town descends into a sea of long hair, beards and beer guzzling monsters. Catering for the Stoner/Doom/Sludge/Psychedelic rock...
Review: Ray Wilson – Song For A Friend
Ray Wilson? Many of us know the pedigree less so the music: ‘Inside’ was a great post-grunge hit single come cool Levi’s jeans advert...
Live: King King / Dan Patlansky,Town Hall, Birmingham
Review by Paul Birch, photos by Martin Tierney. Saturday 21st May 2016.
Nonchalantly strolling on stage, his three piece band ready, Dan Patlansky takes a...
Review: Mindscar – What’s beyond the light?
‘I Am The Bad Man’ starts with thunderous lures. Mindscar kick up some dirt throttling the ears with their metalcore madness and vocally ripping out some...