Sometimes it’s just great to go see some local punk in a local venue, hang out with your mates from the local scene, tell the same jokes and not travel all the way to Manchester, right?
Live Reviews
Friday night Punk at Cheshire Cheese
Manchester Punk Festival 2022 – Day 3
Manchester Punk Festival 2022 – Day 2
It’s time for the second day at MPF! (Check out Day 1 if you haven’t seen it here).
We jumped on the train full of non-punks, apparently not heading to the best thing happening in Manchester all weekend. Suckers. I chatted to loads of them and not Tim who was not in a chatting mood.
Manchester Punk Festival 2022 – Day 1All the punk rock has returned to its rightful home!
This year I have FINALLY had the honour of helping out at Manchester Punk Festival! Stupid COVID has delayed that joy too many times, but it’s finally a reality
I took the train over with two of my favourite people in the world: Jen and Tim.
The Undercover Hippy live at the New Cross Inn...with Ferocious Lopez and Smiley & The Underclass
A lucky happenstance found me in sunny London town this week, so I took the opportunity to visit the New Cross Inn for the first time.
For those of you who don’t know, the New Cross Inn is the spiritual home of much of the UK ska scene, with basically every band ever having played there nineteen times, it hosts the incredible Level Up Fest and, of course, its operated by the lovely Paul Smith and is the oft-home of the Be Sharp Promotions gang.
Kicked in the Tiki-GardenA real live gig? Northwich has the goods I've been missing for so long...
Side Mission Records 1st Birthday ShowPizza, Punk and a Pop Up Record Store? What's not to love?!
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of attending the 1 year birthday of Side Mission Records. They celebrated in style at Liverpool’s premier veggie pizza/rock venue The Outpost. Pizza, punk and a pop up record store? That’s how life should be.
Tim Loud at The TaphouseFolky-punky-noisy fun on a Friday night.
For this gig, Tim kindly decided to be flyer buddies with us here at WSP (proof on the right), so I wanted to write a few words about the show.
It’s just a quick one though, because, you know, life… Overall, it was a very enjoyable night – with some surprisingly great pizza from the Old Abbey Taphouse too, so check that out if you are ever in the area.
The Skints with Bedouin SoundclashToo much dancing, too much fun, the entirely correct amount of bass...
For the second of my weekend double-gig-athon (read the review of the first one here), I was back in Manchester once more, this time with tingling anticipation bubbling up inside me. After some appropriately spicy chips, myself and Josh found ourselves under the railway arches of Gorilla, ready for an evening of offbeat fun. Bedouin Soundclash
Gloryhammer Live (plus Beast in Black + Windrose)Ridiculous future-goblin-pantomime-metal is brilliant
This might be a short one – brilliantly, I got to go to two gigs this weekend! – but Saturday night I was invited by my mate Josh to see the band Gloryhammer…
Now, I’d never heard of them before he asked, but over the last couple of months I’ve listened to their brilliant-if-odd mix of symphonic theatrical space metal with a rise sense of anticipation. With songs like “Questlords Of Inverness, Ride To The Galactic Fortress!“, and raging, hypermelodic guitar solos, you know you’re in for a treat. I was fairly sure I’d end up with neckache from too much head-banging, after many years without going to a proper Metal show.