Cabbage: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Brudenell Social Club, in Leeds, was packed out for the loud-mouthed political angst of Cabbage. The gig was part of a tour to promote…
PILOSA
Sheffield band PILOSA have been attracting plenty of interest since the release of their debut album “Such Animals”, and stealing the show at last…
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…
Aztec Doll
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…
NME Awards Tour: O2 Academy, Leeds
Bruja
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
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,…
Sleeping With Sirens vs Pierce The Veil : Academy, Manchester
Sleaford Mods
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…
The Hurriers
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…
Garforth and Myers
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…
Del Scott Miller
No feature on a Barnsley based artist would be complete without a reference to Saxon or the Arctic Monkeys’ connection to Barnsley College, would…