Steve Hillage Band, The Utopia Strong – The O2 Ritz, Manchester: Live Review
A classic nostalgia trip as we head back to the Seventies with Steve Hillage. The Utopia Strong support.
A classic nostalgia trip as we head back to the Seventies with Steve Hillage. The Utopia Strong support.
Extraordinary, intimate and intriguing. Just a few words that describe the new album from indie-folkers Lambs & Wolves.
Void of Light return with an exhilarating musical statement, that creatively weaves together several genres of metal.
Haken and Between The Buried And Me headline a mighty bout of devastating Prog Metal in Manchester. The note counters rock into overdrive.
Future dub from ancient Scotland is what it says on the tin, and it is duly delivered. Tom Spirals and Euan McLaughlin take the journey a little further.
We head to Wembley Arena to take in three of the finest heavy metal bands on the planet with Lamb Of God, Kreator and Sylosis all adding to a quite brilliant bill.
Stunning showcase confirms this Irish band are way more than just dronetastic as they expand and extend their mastery of upending the tradition.
Scrap any sense of spot the genre, Hayes is back with more of his fiddle sans frontières. Indisputably Irish, and probably trad, little else is.
Ireland’s master genre-blender, David Kitt, returns to front-line action with his ninth album, Idiot Check.
A robust revisiting of the Gaelic, a revitalised and retro revamp into folk rock from Joy Dunlop.
Following up their entertaining album Sign And Wonders, The Burner Band release Age Of The Liar , again displaying their unique brand of bluegrass music.
Megson – Debs and Stu Hanna – combine poignant storytelling with off-kilter observations on What Are We Trying To Say?
Exploring Birdsong release Dancing In The Face Of Danger. Another wonderfully crafted collection of pieces of music from this gifted trio.
We have a chat with Martijn Westerholt of Delain to follow up the release of the band’s excellent new album, Dark Waters.
Self Esteem continue the I Tour This All The Time jaunt. We were at the second of three dates in Manchester.