• Of broken cups and distant memories

    Established in 1879, gone in 2011… When I arrived from Mexico 3 years ago, one of my first excursions to the city centre of Sheffield included a stop at a little quaint place called Pollards.

  • Rawfusion 2011

    The idea sounded good. A free festival reuniting quite a collection of up and coming bands in Rotherham and offer a day of entertainment. The Dickens Live venue is a stone’s throw from the bus interchange, always a good thing to know when you don’t own a car and might need to zap back to…

  • Blinded by the lights

    The Last Harbour – Lights EP The skinny: A song that could’ve been a single, in very good company. The review proper: The moody band, The Last Harbour, releases ‘Lights’ with some great b-sides (and an alternate take) less than a year after  Volo hit the shelves.

  • Would you like fries with that?

    The Violet May @ Frog and Parrot, 26 of February (stream – ‘TV (demo version’)   After almost three months of well-deserved holidays (and some serious bouts of recording), The Violet May play a quick gig at the Frog & Parrot, that cozy pub in Division Street.

  • Paving Stones – Sarah Class

    Sarah Class Sarah Class is a classically-trained musician and composer who has decided to crossover and dip her toes in the seas of Pop music.

  • In memoriam – Mark Tulin

      I hate to admit that I knew barely nothing about him until a few years ago.

  • Preview : Nat Johnson and the Figureheads

    Nat Johnson and the Figureheads will be releasing a new 3 song EP called What the heart pours in on March 7th (Damaged Good Records).

  • Haymageddon!

    Pete David & The Payroll Union’s Hoedown @Broomhall Community Centre. with support from The Biddy Fiddlers, Low Duo and Dan Haywood’s New Hawks. It was a cold, damp Saturday. The snow that flurried in the morning was now a wet mess in the streets and the cold British winter was on its last throes.

  • Wake up to… Maybeshewill

    Check out these fellas new video for ‘Critical distance’, their brand new single dropping in March 7th (on Function Records). Links Website. Myspace. Last.fm. Facebook. Twitter.