With members of Babyshambles & Everything Everything counted as fans, the release of Hot Vamp Club’s debut E.P. I Dream of Fires could be quite pivotal for this young group of musicians. Recorded by Mick Whitnall (Babyshambles) and mastered by Pete Maher (Coldplay/ Razorlight), the band will be releasing the disc on 22nd April at ...

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 ...

This gig seemed like it took forever to happen. Twice the date was put back (thanks to Aaron for being flexible), yet as it happened the gig still took place a week or two prior to The Luminaires new EP actually being ready for public consumption. The songs were apparently recorded with plenty of time ...

You don’t see it very often, if at all, but earlier this week Morrissey finally agreed with his former Smiths cohort Johnny Marr on something. Not only did they agree, they agreed on something that involved the music of The Smiths, which undeniably is some of the most important and influential music to come out ...

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 ...