The best live band around now, no doubt of that, False Heads are an insanely riotous raucous three piece heading up a revolution in what DIY post punk guitar rock really is. Luke’s snarly spitting vocals are harsh and raw, and his riffs are insane, particularly the solo riffs in Retina and Slew. The thrashing aggression from Jake’s bass guitar…
Read MoreIntroducing a heavy explosion of riffs and raw rock’n’roll grit: exclusive interview with BIGG
Raw riffs and uncompromising impassioned rock hits you round the face full force with BIGG, a scrawly indie rock post punk band from Reading. The band use deep bass lines and catchy elegantly written riffs with dark screwed up gritty vocals. The gravel and DIY harshness of the band’s music gives them this undeniable edge,…
Read More“I tried to interview The Scruff and all they wanted to do was push drugs on me” – their words not mine. Exclusive Interview with The Scruff
Introducing The Scruff, a band I literally fell in love with over the weekend. So I saw them ages back, supporting The Bohicas at The Horn in 2015, and again playing This Feeling at Nambucca a few months back. The lads are definitely the funniest band I know, and this interview genuinely is my favourite…
Read MoreIntroducing Dirty Orange: exclusive interview & This Feeling gig preview
The scene right now is unbelievably good, I think anyone based in London at least would agree with me. One band I’ve recently become really excited by is Dirty Orange, a blinding post grunge punk band from London. I bloody love these guys, everything from their image to their tight sound is meticulous and there’s…
Read MoreThe Violet Shakes Interview
Introducing The Violet Shakes, a new re-branded version of St Albans three piece Pages. The Violet Shakes are made up of Matt on vocals and lead guitar, Danny on bass and drummer James, and the band have been playing together for around two years now. The band used to play under the name Pages, and…
Read MoreExclusive interview with London based solo artist Oliver Shaw
Whilst my blog tends to focus on bands, I was keen to do a feature on London’s Oliver Shaw, an incredibly talented musician who is building a reputation up for himself as one of the city’s best acoustic musicians. The ex-bassist for the Garage Flowers, Ollie has played a variety of solo acoustic gigs and…
Read MoreLeading a new era of riotous anarchy and politicised punk: Interview with Strange Bones
A couple days back I published an interview with BlackWaters, a band who I fucking adore live. The first time I saw them was back at The Horn in January for Independent Venue Week, but it wasn’t just their set which made that gig a standout highlight for me; it was the fact that they…
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