The dB’s: Taking Liberties At The Hope & Anchor 1981
In the early 1980s after the punk revolution had being taken over by New Wave, New Romantics and in America by the Second British Invasion. In a slight reversal of this along came a small number of bands from the New York City who wanted to do something more grittier,...
Buck & Evans: The Debut Album & A Gig In My Lounge
As can sometimes fortuitously happen in the case of your favourite artists, I discovered the band Buck & Evans completely by accident. They were playing the inaugural Ramblin’ Man Fair festival in 2015, buried in an unassuming mid-afternoon slot on the curiously...
Feature: Hannah White, Turning the Tide for Grassroots Venues
The last decade has been a tough time for music as the way we consume it changes and generating revenue becomes increasingly challenging. One consequence of this change has been less funding being made available for promoting new talent, both from record companies and...
Feature: Taking A Family To Glastonbury Festival
While Glastonbury Festival 2016 might not have had the torrential downpours and rivers of mud the festival makes the headlines for, the festival site was certainly waterlogged leaving the festival one of the muddiest in memory. Everywhere was damp and there were very...
Feature: Big Banksy Reveal?
Pioneering musician, artist and actor Goldie is guilty of a serious slip of the tongue. His gaff occurred on Tuesday during a podcast interview with Scroobius Pip, on his Distraction Pieces. Goldie expressed his frustration with the art collectors for buying and...
Feature: A Year On The Road Touring With UK Foo Fighters
Some people look at the passing or upcoming year through the change of seasons, birthdays and paydays. And there are some who are looking at it through the windows of trains, buses, vans and the change a city might bring, going about its daily business. There are...
Feature: Pulled Apart By Horses – Pulling Into Focus With The Haze
The rock album of summer 2017 is here. You may as well be the one playing The Haze because you are going to hear these tracks everywhere and if you're very lucky you'll catch it played live. The Haze is forth studio album from this hard rocking Leeds four piece....
Feature: Marianas Trench, Out Of The Abyss
The punk/emo rock band from Vancouver - Marianas Trench is hitting road. “EUROPE! Guess who’s coming back this May? It’s us. Returning to your glorious continent on “The Final Countdown” tour, we’re back at full strength and ready to finish what we started, and then...
Feature: Oddity Road, Profile Of An Emerging Band
Earlier this month, we caught up with the four young lads from Oddity Road, while on tour with The Sherlocks. Following their sell-out shows in Sheffield, there has been a certain buzz about this band. We wanted to find out more about what makes these up-and-comers...
Feature: Israel Nash, On the Lower East Side, There Was A Bar.
When I met Israel Nash he had just finished building his own recording studio on his ranch near Austin, Texas with his great friend and musical confidante Eric Swanson. After a meeting of minds discussing his new album Israel Nash's Silver Season we took a stroll...
Playlist Of The Year 2016
Meshuggah, Lemon Twigs, Joan As Policewoman, Testament, Black Foxxes, David Bowie, Pixes, Thee Oh Sees, Bob Mould, Leonard Cohen, Anderson Stolt, Alicia Keys, Weezer, Solange and Blossoms. These are just a few of the artists who appear in our Albums Of The Year 2016....
Albums Of The Year 2016
At Rockshot Magazine we don't review albums but we do listen to them and this is our list of Albums Of The Year 2016 chosen by our great team of photographers and writers. The albums are not in number order but the titles at the beginning appeared most in everyones...
Bat Out Of Hell, The Musical & Meat Loaf.
In the 1970's Jim Steinman wrote a musical that was presented in workshop in Washington D.C. Jim had always intended these songs to be theatrical and a larger than life opus. When he met Meat Loaf the opportunity to realise the "rock and roll dream".. came true. Many...
Feature: Joseph @ Radio City Music Hall, New York.
New York based photographer Ebru Yildiz spent time with the band Joseph whose new album, I'm Alone, No Your Not is out now on ATO Records. What follows is Ebru's photo story and a tour diary by Natalie Closner, who along with her sisters Meegan and Allie are the...
Moby: These Systems Are Failing & Circle V.
Moby & The Void Pacific Choir, These Systems Are Failing At Circle V Festival. Electronic music genius Moby has just released a new album entitled These Systems Are Failing as the debut album with his band The Void Pacific Choir. Shirley Ann Williams long time...
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