First published by Midlands Rocks,http://www.midlandsrocks.co.uk/reviews/live-rock-reviews/gig-reviews/saxonwolfsbanefuryukrockcitynottingham10-04-2011 April 2011 Union Jacks drape the stage (shudder) adorned with the legend, FuryUK. Did you see what they did there? Yeah, very droll, lads. Oh, my aching sides… Add to that, a joyful, entirely unrepentant embracing of any metal cliché you might care to mention, and the Manchester-based trio virtually [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Upload 2011 : The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham 02-04-2011
Posted: 14th April 2011 by Harry in MUSICTags: Al Draper, Hayley Ahern, Isolysis, Long Dead Signal, Nina Smith, Teen-age Cancer Trust, The Cake Collective, The Rescue Rooms, Toxic Federation, Upload
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First published by Midlands Rocks, www.midlandsrocks.co.uk April 2011 Photographs reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography www.suepaterson.co.uk Nottingham’s Upload Festival returned to the Rescue Rooms for its sophomore year. The brainchild of local promoter, Al Draper, Upload raises much-needed funds for the teenage cancer trust. With a range of acts designed “…to showcase not [...]
Bah Bah Whitesheep
Posted: 14th April 2011 by Harry in BLOG, CULTURE, POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRSTags: Bah Bah Whitesheep, Lies, Muslims, Racists, The Daily Mail
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There are many things that piss me off. In fact, every day the list gets longer. This should come as no surprise. After all, there’s a lot to get angry about. Iraq, Afghanistan, Melanie Philips, Council Tax, the smoking ban, teenage thugs, The Be*tles, text ‘language’, 4X4 drivers and idiots that see your pair of [...]
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!
Posted: 13th April 2011 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Chicken, Dinner, Facebook, Poker, Winner
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So there I was. In a no-name bar, in a no-name town when a no-name blonde sits down at the stool next to mine. “You looking for company, Hun?” I stared wearily at her reflection in the pitted mirror behind the bar and sighed. She wore too many drinks, too many men and too many [...]
Captain Horizon : Radiostasis E.P.
Posted: 12th April 2011 by Harry in MUSICTags: Alt.Rock, Captain Horizon, Midlands Rocks, Radiostasis
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First published by Midlands Rocks, www.midlandsrocks.co.uk March 2011 Diversity, innovation and individuality are qualities music lovers should embrace and celebrate. Even more so in the homogenised era of the the X Factor and a music industry that now, more than ever, looks for low-risk, safe options. Inevitably, the outcome being generic, next-big-thing clones manufactured with [...]