Here at GigRadar we're all about promoting new bands and new music, and encouraging people to support 'grassroots' music. We've interviewed so many bands over the last 18 months or so bemoaning how hard it is to make a living in music, and we're always looking for ways to help them. So it was music... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: Screech Bats
This week we're tackling an issue that shouldn't be a problem in modern music and society, but unfortunately still is. When we're looking to define bands gender should not come into it. I mean, you wouldn't dream of describing Foo Fighters, Black Sabbath and Guns'n'Roses or even Ash or The White Stripes as 'all-male bands'... Continue Reading →
EP Review: Calling Apollo – The Great Depression: Act II
If you're on the lookout for a band to inspire the next generation of Welsh rock then Calling Apollo could well be it. The post-hardcore act have been busy crafting the latest evolution of their engaging aggressive yet melodic sound since we first introduced you to them just over a year ago. And the result of the... Continue Reading →
Warton Music Festival adds The Pigeon Detectives as headliners
We're feeling very nostalgic today with the news that mid-2000s legends The Pigeon Detectives will headline this year's Warton Music Festival. The Leeds rockers shot to fame with their 2007 album Wait For Me, which sold over half a million records with classic tunes like Take Her Back and I Found Out, and a decade... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Red House
We're delighted to bring you our first Northern Irish band discovery, in the form of exciting new indie rockers Red House , who only released their debut single in November. The Belfast quartet of Caolan 'Cazza' Donaghy (guitar and lead vocals), Adam McCallan (guitar), Darragh Tibbs (drums) and Odhran Cassidy (bass) formed just over a year ago and quickly... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Finding Kate
A few weeks ago I was blown away by the vocal powers of Greco-Australian singer Kate Pavli when her band supported Italian rockers Halflives in Camden. Performing as Finding Kate, I'd previously enjoyed her brand of dark, emotional rock, but seeing the powerful delivery of her vocals live was the icing on the cake. Kate... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Backroads
Bristol's Backroads have honed a lyrically charged hard-hitting metalcore sound that packs an intriguing punch with a newly found more melodic contrast. The quintet began with college course pals Eddie Craven (vocals), Alex Miles and Jack Ford (drums), who were soon joined by bassist Artur Mizerski Jr. after he complimented Eddie on his Counterparts hat, then... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: Cove
We've talked a lot about the army of new bands emerging from the UK metal scene, but one of the most exciting we've discovered yet is Kent metalcore quintet Cove. They've honed a special combination of truly terrifyingly heavy riffs and vocals with moments of melody and delicious harmonies. Initially formed as a project between... Continue Reading →
GigRadar takes to the airwaves on the Short Chris Rock Show
This week it was our pleasure to be invited into the audio realm of the Internet for the very first time. We appeared on our buddy Short Chris' emerging metal podcast, The Short Chris Rock Show, to talk a bit about GigRadar, share our excitement about the emerging UK metal scene, and have a look... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Dove House
The phrase "It's a bit heavier than most of our previous stuff" is linguistic music to our ears here at GigRadar Towers. Which leads us perfectly onto Brighton indie rockers Dove House. The quartet of Jack Peacock (vocals and guitar), Kieran Philbin (guitar), Ish Hussein (bass and vocals), Steve Ray (drums) met at university and, like... Continue Reading →