When De Rosa departed Scotland’s musical womb, I was one of many whose hearts were laden with extra pounds of great sadness. De Rosa were a radically intriguing band that produced some highly influential and established albums.
The good news is that frontman Martin John Henry has decided to become a phoenix and is about to [...]

In the current economic climate it has become more and more difficult for bands to subsidise releases and record companies just simply don’t have the money to take on rosters of artists and produce releases anymore. More and more bands are self-releasing their material or independent people are starting their own DIY labels.As someone that has [...]

The last gig in Glasgow that I can remember blowing my rosy cheeks off my face was Bar Bloc. Arca Felix, Bronto Skylift and Hey Vampires. It was July 2009 and my Podcart comrades and I were so staggered that all three of us wrote a review. Tonight’s show replicated that same feeling of pride, [...]

After a brief three year gap in my reviewing activities I opted to mark my return to the inky page by sauntering down to Nice n Sleazy for what I assumed would be an evening of light folk and pop music. Being one for surprises, I was happy to walk away with something slightly unexpected.
First [...]

When Damnation Festival comes to Leeds, it’s the one day of the year that the local fashionista and the floppy-fringed musos, are swamped by the lank-haired metal-head masses. Not in an aggro, “we’re truer than you” kinda way, but in noisy celebration that such an exciting extreme event continues to hit a city whose popular [...]

This is the tenth new bands compilation from the renowned Belfast label Smalltown America, who have garnered a reputation for sniffing out the best up-and-coming underground talent and giving them exposure beyond their local scenes. This year the Public Service Broadcast will be released on vinyl for the first time in an edition of 500, [...]

For those of you that don’t know Martin John Henry then close your eyes and listen. So you start to realise you have heard this gifted man before. You start to rack your brains if you haven’t realised already and it hits you. Yeah the former De Rosa front man is back.
His debut solo efforts [...]

Oh the thirst! We have been desperately waiting to be quenched by the MILK team since our last bathing with them. It was my first experience of their creamy goodness and by fuck it was like sitting in a paddling pool of joy with Leila Moss and Joshua Homme.
Tonight is the next episode in the [...]