Strummerville: Radio Clash & No Ordinary Joe!
I met Joe Strummer three times in my life, each time he gave me meaning and light, never wanting anything in return…
The first time was in a place called Shotton in North Wales, most famous for two things: its Steelworks and the Deeside Leisure Centre. It was at the [...]

As we enter the last days of 2010 it’s time once more to grab the ‘Hitlist’ and look ahead to some of the bands that will be rocking our world in 2011… We have a Radio special to celebrate everything brand new in 2011, We will featureall the bands here and much, much more, Including [...]

Rockstar Taste Of Chaos Tour: Manchester: 12-12-2010:
It’s not often that you get a tour with FOUR great rock bands - I’ve been to shows where you didn’t even get one (lol). So when the Rockstar Energy ‘Taste Of Chaos’ tour was announced featuring headliners Disturbed and three ’support’ acts Papa Roach, Buckcherry, and Halestorm…

After six [...]

Manchester Academy 1, 14 December 2010
A few months back I listened to an album for the first time and then put on repeat before adding to my pile of potential ‘best-of-year’ albums. The band was The Pretty Reckless, the album was LIGHT ME UP, and the style was rock of the heavy but melodic type. [...]

The Essential American Classic! November 2010 and the the world can hear, after 32 years of waiting, the FULL story behind an album that changed American Music forever! It’s an album that re-wrote the singer / songwriter catagory; an album that was to bring forth an American legend. An album that was to see its chief of staff become [...]

Wrexham Central Station, 2 December 2010I was really looking forward to this gig after hearing Thom’s pretty wonderful blues-rock album MERCHANTS AND THIEVES. For me, the album placed Sandi Thom in the top echelon of female blues artists (anywhere) and indicated strongly where her musical loyalties lay. It was also the first time I would be [...]

Now listen up people… Bullet For My Valentine are not a Rock band, they are a Metal band with a capital ‘M’ They are sons of Metallica, Grandsons of Maiden and Priest…
THEY also are the FIRST metal band from the UK to headline Arenas this century! So with that in mind, let’s go. Manchester during tea [...]

Interviewed by Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone magazine, 8 December 1970
INTRODUCTION
In this material and turbulent age, where much of the music that surrounds us is over-hyped, over-played, over-sold and mediocre, I find myself wandering back to my younger days when I awaited impatiently for the next Beatles album. Then I ask myself the question: which [...]

CAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE: TOP MUSICIANS FALL SILENT
And so it came to pass that over 60 musicians crammed into the live room at Dean Street Studios in Soho, and for four minutes and 33 seconds stood in total silence. Actually, it was nine minutes and six seconds, because the group recorded two different versions of [...]

On its 20th anniversary, The Farm re-releases All Together Now for the Operation Shoebox charity
This December 1st, on the 20th anniversary of The Farm’s hit single ‘All Together Now’, the Liverpudlian legends have kindly agreed to re-release the single and donate proceeds from the downloads to a very special charity, Operation Shoebox UK (www.operationshoebox.co.uk).
For the [...]