Two chief rockers from Sweden go on tour together : Since the founding of the Hellacopters in the mid 90s Andreas Tyrone Dregen Nicke Andersson and play an important role in the national and international rock scene. Dregen was in the Backyard Babies, co-founded the mentioned Hellacopters , played in the supergroup Super $ hit666,…

As Emily Wells prepares to embark on a full UK and European tour, which starts next week, the Brooklyn musician reveals a striking cover of Haddaway’s dancefloor classic What Is Love. Yes, I’m a 90s bitch and a sucker for 90s dance. Even if you’re not a fan of the 90s, you’re gonna love this.…

Satellite Stories are a Finnish four piece who sound like a marriage of Two Door Cinema Club and Shout Out Louds. Revealing their new single Campfire earlier this year they headed straight to No.1 on the Hype Machine most blogged about artist chart. The previously released single is a fine example what Satellite Stories are all about. It…

In recent years, the so-called indie music scene has spawned a bunch of bands that prefix their names with O as in O Children, O Emperor, or O’Death – probably because the un-prefixed names had already been taken. Let’s call it the age of the O bands. And then there’s Nanna Øland Fabricius, a former…

Unfortunately the show has been cancelled. “We are Palm Reader. We play loud. We play heavy. We play hard. We play fast. This band began with nothing else in mind.” Palm Reader say about themselves and that’s pretty much all you need to know about the hardcore quintet from Woking. Palm Reader have got the rock…

The road to rock ‘n’ roll glory is littered with the smouldering remnants of bands that blazed brightly for a few brief moments and then fizzled out in a cloud of thwarted ambitions. But every now and then a band emerges that walk, talk and rock like true saviours of our beloved music’s spirit and…

The Sounds have been around for more than 10 years now. Despite their many hits and crazy live performance, they never became a stadium act but stuck to the clubs. This year sees the release of their 5th album and their return to the stages of Europe. My first encounter with the band was a…

On Monday evening, the 16th Sept, we’re very lucky to have two great acts playing for us: The Head and the Heart, from Seattle, are a group of 5 who play powerful and bright indie pop with a folky influence. They’ve got their second album coming out in October, Let’s Be Still, and we’re hoping for…

Paper Arms are my new favourite punk rock act. The band from down under recently dotted the line with German label Uncle M and supported Boysetsfire on their recent European tour in June. Their second album The Smoke Will Clear was released in May through Unlce M. Paper Arms’ sound easily compares to Polar Bear Club…

Crooked Hands are an up and coming folk pop band from Newcastle now on their first ever European tour. Initially a solo project by frontman Chris Brown, Crooked Hands fully formed and took life as a 5-piece during the early months of 2012. The band have self-released two singles this year, Under and The Stream. Centred…