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Edge writer Joe Turner enthuses about his experience at this year’s Takedown Festival, once again hosted by University of Southampton’s Students’ Union.
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Just as Radio One decided to celebrate everything rock, the world was given its first glimpse at the possible future of the genre. Essex three-piece March On Rome released the video for their single ‘Hopeless Paradise’ last week, and although Zane Lowe and co. didn’t give it a spin this time around, it is only a […]
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I remember going to see The Blackout when they toured their second album The Best In Town back in 2009. A bunch of rowdy Welsh blokes, (one with peroxide blonde hair), screaming, shouting and rocking a huge cover of Willow Smith’s ‘Whip Your Hair’, we loved it. The Blackout’s duel vocalist combination provided angry screams […]
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Ask a singer-songwriter what the best way of grabbing a slice of the music industry are and they will probably tell you two things: firstly post absolutely everything online, thus gaining a cult following. Second, get your music out there by covering as many miles as possible. Folk artist Luke Ritchie has done both of these, […]
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Is it quite possible that we have already found the epitome of rock records in 2012? A bold statement possibly with plenty of tasty albums due in the summer, but Bones really should not go under the radar. In fact, even the doubters should listen up and take note of a band really going places. […]
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Mike Duce and his gang of rowdy North Londoners have the world at their feet it seems, as 2012 begins to take shape. With frequent radio plays, a near sell-out tour and a potentially career-defining album recording on the horizon, this year could spell big things for the surprisingly shy Duce. The first date of […]
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“We have given up jobs, torn relationships apart and been made homeless, but we have always seen these things as the minor setbacks that we would have to face in order to achieve our goals… However, it is time for us to call an end to Francesqa; it’s the hardest decision we have ever had […]
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Southampton local lads SomaHigh seem to have sensed the worrying decline in successful guitar bands around at the moment, and have cleverly infused their south coast rock with a touch of electronica to prove those who assumed “rock is dead” to be very much mistaken. With their debut album Secrets That Didn’t Happen, SomaHigh have […]