
Nymphs and Thugs
‘It’s poetry for people who don’t like poetry.’ Such is Matt Abbott’s underpinning statement of intent. Sure enough, ‘poem’, for many, is a four…
‘It’s poetry for people who don’t like poetry.’ Such is Matt Abbott’s underpinning statement of intent. Sure enough, ‘poem’, for many, is a four…
Ask any of Barnsley’s many post-gig, indie club DJs and every one of them will tell you that their job isn’t a particularly difficult…
We musician types try our very damnedest to appear that we have no ego, polishing stagecraft and internet biographies in a vain attempt to…
Be The Revolution (I’ll use ‘BTR’ from hereon in; slightly pretentious, but it’ll save me some typing), as the name may suggest to you,…
Situated at the halfway mark of Barnsley’s Victorian arcade (a haven for local independent shops of all shapes and flavours), Debut Records is the…
The documentary crew present during my interview with Jason Williamson (the lyrical half of Sleaford Mods) is testament to the band’s burgeoning reputation and…
Stick a pin in any page of most ‘new music’ magazines and, chances are, you’ll have pierced the seemingly superhuman cheekbones of some truly…
Barnsley’s Garforth and Myers are made up chiefly of (unsurprisingly) Rory Garforth and Adam Myers, two of the town’s most respected and experienced exponents…