Reviews

Terra doesn’t want to become Sweden’s favorite rock band, but unfortunately, they’re already well on their way. The fact that Terra still picked out such a small venue as Nefertiti for their release party tells us two things. Either all big venues were booked or it’s a deliberate choice. I want to believe in the latter. Ok, here’s the situation. …

After a long, grey winter, the sun has come out and graced the pavements of Manchester – finally! The start of summer in the city greets you with open arms. An air of eagerness and excitement that you can almost taste. This air filtered in from outside into the walls of the 02 Ritz as fans waited in anticipation for …

I walk into Manchester Metropolitan University’s largest music venue – the Academy – greeted by fans, young and old, dressed in lycra, leather and long, flowing hair, held back by bandanas. To the sound of Winger opening the night, one fan makes ‘devil horns’ at me. I slip through the crowd towards one of the bars to get a better …

I’ve never been starstruck and never ever had one of those bands where I collect every single piece of music they release (you know that die-hard fan that looks at his/her record collection while whispering ‘my precious’), but Front Line Assembly is the closest I get to being starstruck (and yes, I have everything they ever released on vinyl, a …

As soon as SONS burst onto our radar they were pulling out all the showmen stops with amazing high-energy rock ‘n’ roll shows. I first ran into SONS when they released their debut album Family Dinner in 2019 and one of their best songs to date, ‘Ricochet’, ended up on my Release Radar playlist on Spotify. It took me one …

It’s hard to describe what you’ve been through after seventy minutes of BLOND and songs about irrelevant things in life (or maybe songs about spinach is relevant?) combined with loads of bantering on stage. But one thing’s for sure: it’s not often you leave a show and have learned a few new dance moves or whispering lyrics about spinach on …