Have you been to the reopened Brixton Academy yet? The approach is a bit different, isn't it? What feels like miles of pedestrian guardrail guides you around the block containing the entire venue, so your correspondent certainly got their steps in tonight. You’re also...
Brighton-based rock duo Royal Blood have announced a ten-year anniversary release of of their debut self-titled LP and a run of UK shows to bask in the glory of that decade celebration. [gallery type='flickr' view='photo' photo_id='53286002009'...
The Hammersmith Apollo (or Eventim Apollo, as it's now known) is packed. In fact, ‘packed’ barely begins to describe the wall of fans pressed shoulder to shoulder to catch a glimpse of Brightonian duo Royal Blood, who have crammed themselves in a good forty minutes...
Royal Blood celebrate their latest album Back To The Water Below hitting the top of the UK charts with a sold-out tour. Tonight we're at the Manchester Apollo to see the Worthing duo blow the roof off this historic venue. [gallery type='flickr' view='photo'...
Brightonian rock duo Royal Blood have been in the press for all the wrong reasons recently, their scathing treatment of a lacklustre audience response to their brand of bass-driven rock at the recent BBC Big Weekend last month had them defending their scolding of...
Royal Blood have announced the 8th September release of their fourth album Back To The Water Below and have revealed a new headline tour set for October, including shows at Manchester's O2 Apollo and London's Eventim Apollo. https://flic.kr/p/2nzkJ19 From the very...
Following At The Drive-In takes balls, especially when the Texas quintet finish their 45-minute assault with a rendition of One Armed Scissor that’s the sonic equivalent of a napalm attack. But Brighton-based Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher certainly aren’t lacking in...
Hot on the heels of the announcement that their eagerly anticipated second album How Did We Get So Dark? will be released on June 16th and the unveiling of lead single Lights Out, Royal Blood build on that momentum with the confirmation of a series of intimate shows...
Last night, the O2 Institute Birmingham was the epicentre of punk rock excellence as Chicago's Alkaline Trio delivered a performance that can only be described as legendary. With a setlist that perfectly blended new tracks with timeless classics, the band proved once...
Unless you’re a fan of Game Of Thrones, or else otherwise just ‘of a certain age’, it’s unlikely you’d have heard of Wilko Johnson until 2013 - when it was disclosed he was suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer. This news, or more specifically his reaction to it...