Date: October 14th, 2009 Venue: Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent Support: Grammatics Website: www.bocparty.com MySpace: www.myspace.com/blocparty Rating: Since the release of their third full-length ‘Intimacy’, Bloc Party have been touching more on the softer side of electro Read More
Date: October 7th, 2009 Venue: The Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent Support: Karnivool, Dead By April Website: www.skindred.com MySpace: www.myspace.com/skindred Rating: Reggae metallers Skindred have not really been anywhere near ‘huge’ on the alternative music scene, though they’ve Read More
Date: June 12th, 2009 Venue: Donington Park Stages: Main Stage, Second Stage Website: www.downloadfestival.co.uk MySpace: www.myspace.com/downloadfestival Rating: Download Festival comes along for yet another year, and the opening arena day welcomes a host of mainly Read More
Date: June 4th, 2009 Venue: The Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent Support: Heart Of The Sun, The Ritzz Website: None available MySpace: www.myspace.com/baddies Rating: It’s always nice coming across bands that haven’t really made it yet, but look Read More
Date: May 20th, 2009 Venue: Club Academy, Manchester Support: The Urgency, Hollywood Undead, Silverstein Website: www.theblackout.co.uk MySpace: www.myspace.com/theblackout Rating: On the horizon sits the release of Welsh’s post-hardcore pack The Blackout‘s second full-length release, entitled Read More
Date: April 16th, 2009 Venue: Academy 1, Manchester Support: Dear Superstar, Filter Website: www.paparoach.com MySpace: www.myspace.com/paparoach Rating: Ever since their huge change of sound and style from their third album ‘Getting Away With Murder’ and Read More
Date: March 10th, 2009 Venue: Academy 2, Manchester Support: Gwen Stacy, Poison The Well Website: www.36crazyfists.com MySpace: www.myspace.com/36crazyfists Rating: Approaching almost a year since the release of their latest album ‘The Tide And Its Takers’, Read More
Date: January 24th, 2009 Venue: The Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent Support: A Textbook Tragedy, Misery Signals Website: None available MySpace: www.myspace.com/architectsuk Rating: Metal has many different subgenres, crossovers, genre blends, etc. which has grown over the years, Read More
Date: December 29th, 2008 Venue: The Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent Support: SaidMike, Attack! Attack! Website: www.theblackout.co.uk MySpace: www.myspace.com/theblackout Rating: This date is a special one for The Blackout‘s calendar for one, arguably two reasons; one being that Read More
Date: December 9th, 2008 Venue: The Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent Support: Mountains Became Machines, Blackhole Website: None available MySpace: www.myspace.com/johnnytruant Rating: 2008 has seen many great alternative rock and metal bands split up, including Reuben, Midasuno, and Read More
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