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Dean Schweitzer is living what is probably the dream for many people - combining his love of travelling the world with his love for making music with his ever-evolving personal project Tidalwave. Inspired to get into music at the age of 14 when he first heard Nirvana, Dean decided he "wanted to become Kurt Cobain... Continue Reading →
Back in November we brought you the raw punk rock sound of Kent's Weekend Recovery as our New Band of the Week and promised you their debut album would be out in February. And, true to our word, it is, and we've had a sneaky preview listen to the quartet's first full-length effort. The band... Continue Reading →
Last night we were treated to a feast of exciting new British rock from Glasgow's Divide, ably supported by All Ears Avow, Kill The Idea and One Last Thrill at 229 The Venue in Central London. Wiltshire / London-based quartet One Last Thrill got the night off to an aptly thrilling start with their big hard... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
We say band but, well, Grumble Bee is not a band. It's a man, called Jack, who writes as a solo artist that looks and sounds like a big rock band, and it's pretty damn awesome. Having been in bands before Jack Bennett, who hails from Walsden in West Yorkshire, went down the path of... Continue Reading →
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 →
An evening of impressive female vocalists was topped off by the emergence of an exciting new rock band as Elswhere and Finding Kate provided support for Italian rockers Halflives at The Black Heart in Camden on Tuesday (9 January). The evening began in great fashion as Enfield, north London, quartet Elswhere took to the stage to... Continue Reading →
Forget the Hounds of the Baskervilles, today we bring you the wonderful fuzzy rock sounds of The Baskervilles. But what's in a name? A lot if you ask the Ipswich four-piece's frontman James Betts. As the band name suggests, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous character is an inspiration that sums up the band's ethos.... Continue Reading →
What do you have planned for Christmas Eve? If, like me, you're planning a quiet, relaxing day then our favourite Belorussian rockers Weesp have a little festive treat in store for you. The band will release their first music since 2015 with their first single from a long-awaited new album Black Sails. Illumination is the... Continue Reading →
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