The General Public have been bubbling under for nearly a year now, with a few changes in personnel, gigging occasionally, seemingly finding their musical feet and solidifying their sound. In the last few weeks the band have made two announcements; firstly a plum slot at this weekend’s Grooves On The Green, and secondly the release ...

My prior knowledge of Dan Rumsey before hearing ‘Don’t Drown Yourself’ was his role in Dorset Speed as well as one or two impressive solo acoustic performances. With ‘The Bitter End’ Dan has created a third musical identity, and whilst this is the only song to pass our ears, it is a perfectly formed nugget ...

I first saw The Metropolise play maybe four years ago during my days at The Gander. I remember them being worryingly hyper and ridiculously keen, ready to play literally minutes after the previous band had stepped off stage. Their music certainly showed promise but mirrored their personalities, being overly urgent and lacking control. Over the ...

When I heard Mutant Vinyl had a new track ready for public consumption I was excited. Excited as fresh Vinyl has never let me down before, but more than anything simply not knowing what was going to leave my speakers when play was pressed kinda sums up much of the band’s appeal. Edwin ‘MV’ Pope ...

Zac Harris is a perfect example of why we run this website. We first saw Zac playing about five years ago, not yet even sweet sixteen and showing the most ridiculous potential imaginable. Thrashing his acoustic to within an inch of its life, radiating and raging perfectly uncontrolled energy his solo performances were, even at ...