Chaos County Line by Skating Polly – Review
Posted by John W. King | 16 Jun 2023 | News & Previews
EXCLUSIVE Interview with Siobhan de Maré (Mono, Violet Indiana, Swoone...
Posted by John W. King | 17 Feb 2023 | News & Previews
So… We brought my favourite band to Liverpool… Skating Pol...
Posted by John W. King | 1 Apr 2022 | Gigs
Skating Polly: Ugly Pop – Feature Length Documentary – Rev...
Posted by John W. King | 15 Jun 2021 | News & Previews
Skating Polly + She Makes War – Gullivers – Review
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LatestChris Hawkins Presents: Awesome Friends: Loose Articles, Talk Show, Seb Lowe
by John W. King | 28 May 2023
Friday 26th May 2023 @ Manchester Academy 3 Just last Tuesday when I went to see Meryl Streek, I...
































































Reb Fountain + Blair Jollands @ Water Rats, London
by John W. King | 22 Nov 2022
Reb Fountain + Blair Jollands @ Water Rats, 328 Gray’s Inn Road, Kings Cross, London Tuesday...




































































Beach Bunny @ O2 Ritz, Manchester 12th November 2022
by John W. King | 13 Nov 2022
I bought my ticket for Beach Bunny at YES! Basement back in Feb 2020. Despite it’s small...


































































Núria Graham + Dan Mangan @ Low Four Studio, Manchester
by John W. King | 12 Nov 2022
Like most people I’ve been feeling very flat recently, just getting back into the routine of...


























































































Beija Flo + Ostrich + Divorce @ Future Yard
by John W. King | 25 Apr 2022
A superb night of Poetry, Comedy and Live Music


































Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum + Beija Flo @ 24 Kitchen St – Photo Review
by John W. King | 10 Dec 2021
I must say it was refreshing to turn up for an underground band’s gig at 24 Kitchen Street...
















































Dry Cleaning + Pozi: Shipping Forecast – Photo Review
by John W. King | 24 Feb 2020
Dry Cleaning + Pozi The Shipping Forecast 15 Slater St, Liverpool L1 4BW Friday 21st February 2020...
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Forwards Festival 2022 – Photo Review
by John W. King | 8 Sep 2022
Forwards Festival – Clifton Downs, Bristol Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th September 2022 When...
















































































Positive Vibration – Festival of Reggae 2021: Review
by John W. King | 14 Sep 2021
This was my first time at Positive Vibration – Festival of Reggae, having wanted to go since...


































































































Bernard Place Block Party, Brighton – Photo Review
by John W. King | 3 Aug 2021
What could be better than an afternoon in the sunshine watching the cream of Brighton's musical talent?


































































































































Electric Dreams Weekender (80s Synth) 2019 – Photo Review
by John W. King | 18 Dec 2019
John and Warren popped down to Bognor to check out Butlins Electric Dreams (80s Synth) Weekender and liked what they saw and heard.


























































































































The Great British Alternative Music Festival – Butlins, Skegness – 2019 Photo Review
by John W. King | 18 Oct 2019
The Great British Alternative Music Festival Butlins Skegness Resort, Ingoldmells, Skegness PE25...


























































The Downs Bristol 2019 – Review
by John W. King | 5 Sep 2019
The Downs Bristol Stoke Road, Clifton, Bristol BS6 5RR The Downs is a 1 day festival held on the...










































































































































































































Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering – 2019 – Photo Review
by John W. King | 20 Jun 2019
Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering Catton Hall & Park, Walton-on-Trent Derbyshire Thursday 23rd...
News & Previews
LatestBBC 6 Music to Launch New Music Show with Deb Grant and Tom Ravenscroft
by John W. King | 4 Apr 2023
New Music Fix Daily promises hand-picked new releases from all genres and from around the globe presented by DJ Deb Grant and Tom Ravenscroft 4 nights a week.
Introducing: SPAFF – On tour with Skating Polly
by John W. King | 20 Jan 2023
Skating Polly hand-picked Spaff for their UK tour, we wanted to find out more about them.
Band on the Rise: Beach Bunny
by John W. King | 15 Oct 2022
Way back in January 2020 when I was checking out bands with upcoming gigs, the band that stood out...
Introducing: Kills Across the River
by John W. King | 7 Sep 2022
New four-piece Tacoma band Kills Across the River makes folk-leaning alt-rock that feels as vast as the open sky and as subtle as a secret.
2022 – Preview
by John W. King | 31 Dec 2021
If 2020 taught us anything it’s not to look forward to anything too much. 2021 we...
2021 End of Year List
by John W. King | 21 Dec 2021
End of year round ups used to be fairly predictable affairs. Sounds/Melody Maker/NME would have...
EXCLUSIVE: Dlina Volny Q&A
by John W. King | 21 Dec 2021
Artists signed to Johnny Jewel’s Italians Do It Better label have a tendency to show up in...
Dlina Volny release new album Dazed
by John W. King | 10 Nov 2021 | News & Previews
If you like 80s Synth bands such as Human League, OMD and Yazoo then you should stop reading this...
Introducing: Glüme
by John W. King | 9 Apr 2021 | News & Previews
Glüme is that rare thing in music today – an artist who stands out from the crowd and do something different, all you have to do is be open-minded enough to give her a listen.
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Kraków Loves Adana
by John W. King | 11 Dec 2020 | News & Previews
If you’re a fan of say The Cure, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode etc then you definitely need to check out Kraków Loves Adana.
2020 End of Year Roundup
by John W. King | 30 Nov 2020 | News & Previews
2020 is a year most of us would rather forget. I suspect the BBC won’t be making a “I...

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