True artisans take their time over defining their distinct craft and the gradual emergence of Cut GlassKings as a simmering, British rock and roll success story is testament to that. The release of the debut Album, out on Fri 27thSeptember 2019 on Skeleton Key, marks a significant chapter for the Midlands two-piece. Striking over two million streams on the underground release of single Shadow of Your Love and a recent support tour with mentoring ‘big brothers’, The Coral, smashing their way through seven UK-wide dates. Allied to three years of touring, hitching rides and honing their sound – has seen them slowly find their audience just below the radar and now finally come of age. Their brilliant debut album shows…
Author: Martin Moseley
Damo Jones’ debut thriller, A Singularity, is set in the near future as the ramifications of climate change take hold. The novel’s two protagonists, Selene and Mark, embark on a fraught odyssey to make a stand against what they see as the planet’s decline and the lack of urgency to combat it. The young lovers also experiment with Dreamers, innovative drugs which give users incredible adventures whilst sleeping. Gradually the real world and their dreams merge dangerously together and are lost in a place they struggle to fully understand, faced with an atrocity they may have committed as environmental terrorists.…
More exhilarating than horrific. A fantastic spectacle of explicit theatre! There were protesters pre show and there was a cosmopolitan crowd of theatre goers to say the least. You only witness such a thing when something is going to be inevitably controversial and that aspect did not disappoint! She says with a gasp and a strategic pause… I thoroughly enjoyed this performance of The Rocky Horror Show. I find Richard O’Briens’ take on it a fresh revamp of an old time controversial classic. It felt up to date and retro all at the same time. The themes were the same…
On Sunday 13th October, Uptown Funk Events will be holding a Charity Halloween Ball at Alma De Cuba, Liverpool. A night of spectacular entertainment, with 100% of the proceeds going to Contact the Elderly, who support the more isolated and vulnerable members of our community. The Entertainment The evening’s entertainment is provided by MD Productions, Rachel Chambers, Rosalie Galvin, DJ Mark Armstrong, Livvy K, and David Burgess. The event will include Alma’s, now infamous, Voodoo Show and petal drop, with more great acts, still to be announced. Good Causes All proceeds from the evening will allow us to treat large…
It’s all in the title- What a belter of a festival! Reminisce at Sherdley Park, St Helens was back with a bang and it did not disappoint. Upon arrival the idyllic scenery of the park itself was enough to get excited, mixing with festival go’ers on route to the centre of the baseline that could be heard in the distance gave a sense of knowing it was gonna be an epic day. Entering the park which boasted of 6 Arena tents, fairground rides, numerous eating establishments, glitter booths and much more gave you an instant festival vibe, no long queues…
Seb Fontaine is a UK International DJ, whilst he isn’t spinning on the decks he is a homely family man who I had the pleasure of chatting to recently from everything music to random quick fire questions. So sit back, relax and enjoy the read! Seb, it’s so nice to talk to you, I have to ask first about your unusual name.. Ha! Ok so my father is french and my actual full name is Jean Sebastian Fontaine. When I was in high school people would make fun of my name and say I had a girls name so I…
Boomtown or Bust If I had 3 words to describe Boomtown it would be Music, theatre and Magic. This was my second Boomtown, and me and my mate Sam, where wondering if Boomtown could get any better than last year. This year was Chapter 11: A radical city. And it truly is. Boomtown welcomes hundreds of creatives from across the Universe to celebrate UK music and theatre culture. They aspire to be a world of unity, creativity and freedom in their make believe city. The 66’000 capacity festival, is a sight to behold. Boomtown is a place of new discoveries,…
Reminisce is gearing up for another belter of a festival , Classic 90’a acts such as The Venga Boys, D:Ream, 2Funky2, N-Trance and many more will perform . It’s about to blow the roof off and you don’t want to miss it and we spoke to one of the legendary headliners. Ultra Nate became famous worldwide for her smash hit “Free”, In this exclusive interview she tell us a bit more about her life as a performer, writer and about her up and coming projects including the sell out festival reminisce which comes to us on 7th September at Sherdley Park in St…
Cotton Clouds Festival 2019Saddleworth Cricket Club, Well-I-Hole Rd, Greenfield, Oldham OL5 9BN Cotton Clouds is now 3 years old. Set deep in the countryside east of Oldham, 11 miles north east of Manchester yet historically part of the West Riding Of Yorkshire, surrounded by rolling hills and small rural towns Saddleworth Cricket club is where you’ll find this annual festival that aims to cater for all. The atrocious weather that’s been battering the country for much of the last couple of weeks doesn’t let up and I drive to Saddleworth through torrential rain and along roads that seem like minutes …
To mark the start of their headline UK tour, London band Average Sex have announced their new single ‘Erotomania’. Average Sex’s Laetitia explains: “’Erotomania’ is a form of paranoid delusion in which a person believes that another person is in love with them, despite contrary evidence. The theme was strongly inspired by Garbage’s song #1 Crush. It is an LGBTQ+ song about the pains of love.” Listen to ‘Erotomania’ HERE The single is part of a new three-track EP ‘Erotomania’ set for release on 5 September once again on Tim Burgess’ O Genesis Recordings who have supported the band from…