Author: Elinor Day


  • HIM at Southampton Guildhall (28/10/2013)

    HIM are a band famous for writing the sort of darkly gothic love songs favoured by the heartbroken and dark of soul all over the globe. It’s the sort of music which people can become incredibly passionate about, and accordingly, HIM possess famously devoted fans. So famously devoted, in fact, that HIM actually won the […]

  • Madina Lake at Portsmouth, The Wedgewood Rooms 22/10/13

    Madina Lake made their emotional farewell at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms

  • Preview: HIM at Southampton Guildhall (28/10/2013)

    Catch HIM perform at Southampton Guildhall on 28th October!

  • ‘Everyone got drunk and had a big zombie party!’: An Interview with Fearless Vampire Killers

    Elinor Day chats to Fearless Vampire Killers ahead of their new single release ‘All Hallows Evil’.

  • Fearless Vampire Killers – ‘All Hallows Evil’

    2013 has been a big year for gothic rockers Fearless Vampire Killers, what with headlining the Red Bull stage at Download festival, opening for the 2013 Kerrang tour and recording their second album in America with William Control. Somehow, in the midst of all that, they’ve found time to record spooky new single ‘All Hallows […]

  • Review: Butserfest 2013

    Elinor Day explains why Butserfest and their alcohol free policy proves that festivals don’t always have to result in a hangover

  • Arthur Walwin – Someone Who Knows

    Essex based singer-songwriter Arthur Walwin’s has steadily been gaining a loyal following over the past year with the support of radio DJs including Fearne Cotton and Nick Grimshaw, and ‘Someone Who Knows’, the first single from his forthcoming debut album is a polished and radio-ready pop-rock number that should widen his fanbase even more. Walwin […]

  • ‘The rest of the band call me Momma Carter’: An interview with Issues

    Recently I caught up with Issues vocalists Tyler Carter and Michael Bohn before the sold out first show of their UK tour at The Talking Heads. Despite having flown through the night and next to no sleep, they were very chatty and told me all about having buried the hatchet with Woe, Is Me, their […]

  • ‘Coldplay would be an awesome band to tour with!’: An interview with Arcane Roots

    Elinor Day chats to Arcane Roots about festival appearances and their constant Biffy Clyro comparisons.

  • ‘I love pop music, especially Katy Perry!’: An Interview with Harry Radford and Lloyd Alexander

    Elinor Day caught up with Harry Radford (of Yashin) and his guitarist Lloyd Alexander before their recent show at the Joiners.

  • Issues at The Talking Heads, Southampton (10/09/2013)

    Elinor Day reviews Issues latest gig at The Talking Heads

  • Harry Radford at The Joiners, Southampton (08/09/2013)

    Harry Radford, clean vocalist of scottish post-hardcore band Yashin recently released a solo EP entitled Pressure Makes Diamonds, exploring a far less heavy sound than that of Yashin. It’s this EP which Harry and his band are currently touring the UK with and tonight his solo tour rolls into a Joiners which is not quite […]

  • Miss Vincent – Creepy

    Guilford based punk rock band Miss Vincent were formed in 2012, but in that relatively short time have managed to build up a respectable local following, and are now on a mission to bring their dark punk stylings to a greater audience. The band claim to be influenced by such greasy LA punk rockers as […]

  • Borderline:FIRE – This Trojan State

    Borderline: FIRE are a five-piece band from Reading who began their musical careers as an average indie-pop act, but struggled to find their niche in that particular scene. After a year of experimentation coupled with plenty of trial and error, they’ve emerged from the studio with their debut EP, This Trojan State, and they’re certainly […]