THE FRONT ROW

Category: Music

  • LIVE: FEET @ CLWB IFOR BACH

    English weather definitely traipsed its way across the bridge on Sunday evening just in time for the commute to watch FEET at Clwb Ifor Bach. Sopping wet and squeezing into an intimate venue doesn’t sound like a smart decision or a fun time but this couldn’t have been more untrue…

  • LIVE: Arcade Fire – Utilita Arena, Birmingham

    This was an experience unlike any other. The decision of whether to attend presented a moral quandary. The journey to the gig was filled with a constant refreshing of social media to see if a support act would fill the gap vacated by Feist, whilst also wincingly checking to see…

  • Review: ‘How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me?’ – The Amazons

    Reading rock outfit The Amazons return this year with their 3rd record ‘How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me?’. The four piece burst onto the scene with their emphatic and boisterous guitar rock which helped quickly amass a loyal fanbase; leading them to becoming a festival staple worldwide.…

  • Courteeners announce landmark headline return to Heaton Park to celebrate 15th Anniversary of St Jude

    Ready to define yet another unforgettable summer, Courteeners have announced details of a landmark headline show at Manchester’s famed Heaton Park – returning on Friday 9th June 2023 to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of their seminal debut album ‘St Jude’ in the city where it all began. A trailblazing force…

  • H2N Welcomes Conan Cavanagh to the Team

    More growth this week at H2NHQ as we welcome Conan Cavanagh to the team! Based in Cardiff, we have finally got some Welsh presence at H2N and we’re really excited to have Conan on board. With Charlotte joining this month and Conan joining the team, we’ve now got more reach…

  • H2N Welcomes Charlotte Brennan to the Team

    The H2N team is always looking to expand and we’re delighted to introduce our newest recruit, Charlotte Brennan, covering H2N across London, Oxford and Southampton. We thought we’d introduce in typical H2N fashion by getting her lowdown on the music scene in 2022 so far! Hello, my name is Charlotte.…

  • Live Review: The Cheap Thrills, The Kairos – Hangar 34, Liverpool, 6/8/2022.

    I hate missing the support acts so apologies to TRAITS and Lee Ford. A combination of poorly organised TV football fixtures, a bad injury to Ben Godfrey, and some shocking time wasting tactics from Chelsea F.C. meant that despite ‘flying down County’ I still could only get into Liverpool’s Hangar…

  • Festival Review: Kendal Calling 2022.

    Here’s a Kendal Calling tip for you. If you really want to see any of the bands on Friday, get there on Thursday. I got to the outskirts of Lowther Deer Park at 12:30 pm, and eventually parked my car some 5 and-a-half hours later. I’m sure some lasting friendships…

  • Tramlines Festival Review: Episode Three – Return of The Tramlines.

    The first scene in Episode Three of the Star Wars trilogy takes place in an arid, desert environment. Tramlines takes place in Sheffield so that was never going to happen, and day three opens to a steady, south Yorkshire drizzle. For the sake of completeness I felt compelled to take-in…

  • The Osmonds: A New Musical review – Two and a half hours of non-stop “Osmondmania”

    Director: Shaun KerrisonWritten by: Shaun Kerrison & Julian Bigg The Osmonds. If you’d asked me on Monday to name as many Osmonds songs as I could, I’d have struggled to get much further than Donny Osmond’s “Puppy Love”. As someone born in the ’90s, it’s unsurprising to hear that “Osmondmania”…

  • Ultimate A-Z of Truck Festival 2022

    Truck Festival returned for its 25th Anniversary in July and what a weekend it was! The weather was perfect, the line-up even more so and it could not have been a better way to come back and smash their big birthday year. There’s simply too much to write about from…

  • Tramlines Festival Review: Episode Two – Tramlines Strikes Back.

    I’m going to start with a minor rant. If you’ve been following carefully then you’ll know that our Tramlines reviews have a bit of a Star Wars theme to them; for no other reason than they both come as trilogies. The villain in Star Wars was Darth Vader. For me,…

  • Tramlines Festival Review: Part One – A New Hope.

    A long time ago in a city far, far away (well it seems like that when you’re stuck in a contraflow system on the Woodhead Pass) there was a festival called Tramlines. A mighty plague swept through the South Yorkshire System and the Tramliners disappeared. Then in 2022 came a…

  • Release: Truck Festival Triumphant in 25 Year Anniversary

    After years of anticipation, Truck Festival made a triumphant return over the weekend – bringing together the artists soundtracking indie/alternative music fans on a daily basis to a celebratory festival experience that’ll stand as a beacon of the summer.  Living up to its reputation as boasting one of the best festival…

  • Carnival atmosphere returns to Leeds with Mardi Gras Festival 2022

    This weekend sees the return of Mardi Gras Festival to Leeds’ Roundhay Park. With live music, house music, markets and international street food, Mardi Gras promises to be one of the stellar dates in this years’ summer in Leeds. Following the huge success of the first Mardi Gras Festival, it’s…

  • FESTIVAL REVIEW: Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival – Cast, The Boo Radleys, The Heavy North. 18/6/2022.

    Wearing a John Lennon ‘Working Class Hero‘ T-Shirt he strode up to the microphone and greeted the crowd with, ‘HELLO MIDDLEWICH! Fuck me, I never thought I’d hear myself say that!’. You and me both John Power. Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival was celebrating it’s thirtieth anniversary. I bet it’s…

  • FESTIVAL PREVIEW – TRAMLINES, 2022.

    When my eldest daughter recently got her first proper job and uprooted herself to Sheffield, on t’other side of the Pennines, my initial sadness was quickly tempered by the thought that, ‘At least I’ll have somewhere to stay for Tramlines!’. Some of you will already be planning your weekend, dusting…

  • LIVE REVIEW: Michael Head and The Red Elastic Band – Phase One, Liverpool, 27/5/2022.

    It was billed as an ‘intimate acoustic set’ to promote the launch of Michael Head and The Red Elastic Band’s latest album – Dear Scott. It conjured up in my mind an image of Michael Head stood centre stage, all alone, spotlight shining down, being watched by a hushed, select,…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: Hands – Wallis Bird.

    Sometimes music submissions drop into your Emails and set you off down an internet search rabbit-hole to learn more about the artist. This is what happened to me immediately after receiving a copy of Hands. I found myself trawling through Spotify tunes, You Tube clips of German music shows and…

  • Neck of the Woods 2022 Cheat Sheet

    Festival Season is almost here and at Halfway 2 Nowhere that means getting the tent cleaned, digging out the wellies and building endless Spotify playlists getting us ready for the fields over the summer months. Our festival season this year kicks off in Norwich (a mere 196 miles from my…