Matt Pearce & The Mutiny- ‘The Soul Food Store’
Imagine Joe Cocker, Santana, Prince, Stevie Wonder and The Beatles having an impromptu late-night jam. The result might sound like the music on ‘The Soul Food Store’ – the emphatic and super self-confident second album from Matt Pearce & The Mutiny.
MARILLION – “AN HOUR BEFORE IT’S DARK”
MARCH ALBUM OF THE MONTH “No one knows how much time they’ve got left.” One of many lines from this album about time, the ticking clock. The climate crisis is a race against time. The horrors of Covid brought us all face-to-face with our own mortality. And for a band that can’t go on touring […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: MIKEY ON MEAT LOAF AND THE AS SIRENS FALL HEADLINE RUN
A two-in-one here with Mikey, the charismatic front man of Alumni GMS ‘Band of the Year’ (2020) and ‘Single of the Year’ winners (2019) – As Sirens Fall. For the first interview, Mikey talks about the band’s February headline run and the second interview features Mikey’s tribute to Meat Loaf, aired at the end of […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: BLACK LAKES – ALBUM COUNTDOWN
An extended 60-minute audio interview with Scott Bradshaw and Dafydd Fuller, talking about the band’s debut album ‘For All We’ve Left Behind,’ which is released on 22 February. Reviewed as our 5/5 January ‘Album of the Month,’ during this interview we discuss the standout tracks, the marriage of music and image, the album launch gig, […]
FEATURE SPECIAL: BANDS AND FANS PAY TRIBUTE TO SCARLET REBELS
A 60-minute special aired ahead of the release of ‘See Through Blue.’ Here fans, festivals and peer group bands pay tribute the Scarlet Rebels. A few tunes from Rebels and also V0id. Tributes include: White Raven Down, Amongst Liars, The Dust Coda, Wildfire Festival, LoveRocks Festival, Copperworm, DeadBlondeStars, Jack J Hutchinson, Autumn Killers, Electric Black […]
CLOVERHILL – ‘JUST NORTH OF HELL’
FEBRUARY ALBUM OF THE MONTH The strength of the new rock scene today is its scale. A few bands get the cut-through but never overlook the underdogs. Cloverhill is a band that has grown with us through the length of a two-year Covid era – and absolutely on merit. At a time when some bands […]
BLACK LAKES – ‘FOR ALL WE’VE LEFT BEHIND’
JANUARY ALBUM OF THE MONTH Immersive, intelligent and dramatic – Black Lakes unleash a masterful universe of sound that well and truly gets 2022 underway in the most emphatic fashion. For any rocker more comfortable with a slice of Chris Rea or some Twisting by the Pool action, the move to the darkside can be […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: LATE NIGHT LEGACY AT WILDFIRE ’21
One of 30 or so feature interviews recorded at Wildfire Festival weekend in July 2021. This was the first aired, from the band that opened the festival. Slightly unhinged and spontaneous, this fun interview done immediately after the band’s set captures the sheer excitement everyone felt to be back at live music again after 18 […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: FREDDIE 30TH TRIBUTE
In the week that marked the 30th anniversary of Freddie Mercury’s passing, new generation of rock musicians spoke fondly about the enduring majesty and legacy of Freddie Mercury and Queen’s music. A selection of the speech interviews and anecdotes here including: Toby Jepson, John Corabi, Nathan James, Kip Winger, The Autumn Killers, King Voodoo, White […]
FEATURE: AMONGST LIARS: BAND OF THE YEAR, THE WINNERS INTERVIEW
On Friday 19 November 2021, Amongst Liars were crowned our seventh Band of the Year and, for the first time, the title went to the South East. A band that has grown support with us every Friday through the strength of lockdown singles and active engagement with music fans through the Friday show. This interview […]