Mike Adams

January 20, 2023

New Band Spotlight

The Juice

Mike Adams

January 20, 2023

New Band Spotlight

The Juice are a five-piece hailing from Manchester. They’re made up of Joe (vocals), Jack (guitar), Louis (lead guitar), Ross (bass), and Leachy (drums).

Mike Adams

January 19, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Colour TV

Mike Adams

January 19, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Colour TV are a four-piece who met at college in Cornwall. Sam Durneen (vocals/words), Jack Yeo (guitars), James Elliott (bass guitar), and Sean Goldsmith (drums) elected for rock ‘n’ roll rather than a-levels, a decision already backed BY Steve Lamacq himself.

Mike Adams

January 19, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Sunbeam

Mike Adams

January 19, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Whitby four-piece Sunbeam are made up of Jimmy (lead vocals), Nicky Baxter (rhythm guitar), Sean Stuart (lead guitar), and Nick Craven (bass).

Mike Adams

January 18, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Paper Scenes

Mike Adams

January 18, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Paper Scenes are a four-piece that hails from across the UK. Frontman and rhythm guitarist Bav is from Sleaford in Lincolnshire. Lead guitarist, Julian is from Rotherham, drummer Oscar is from Burton Latimer in Northamptonshire, and bassist Cal is from Ashbourne in Derbyshire.

Mike Adams

January 15, 2023

New Band Spotlight

The Mercians

Mike Adams

January 15, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Midlands five-piece The Mercians capped off a fine 2022 by supporting former Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan at his homecoming show in Leicester.

Mike Adams

January 15, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Fake Turins

Mike Adams

January 15, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Having wowed audiences at Kick Out The Jams and more recently Rockaway Beach they look set to carry the flag of post-punk in 2023.

Mike Adams

January 11, 2023

New Band Spotlight

NTNL Rail

Mike Adams

January 11, 2023

New Band Spotlight

NTNL Rail are a five-piece indie outfit that formed at Sheffield Hallam University with four of the band originally from Leicester. They are made up of Lucas Craxford Kearley (lead vocals), Will Banks (lead guitar & backing vocals), Luke Bradford (rhythm guitar), Alex Kirby (bass guitar), and Elliot Kelly (drums).

Mike Adams

January 10, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Blackbirds

Mike Adams

January 10, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Blackbirds are a four-piece from Glasgow consisting of Callum McAllister (Drums), Andy Campbell, (vocal & acoustic guitar), Adam Breslin (bass), and Aaron Currie (guitar).

Mike Adams

January 9, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Red Telephone

Mike Adams

January 9, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Red Telephone are a five-piece band from Cardiff that formed back in 2018. The band are made up of Declan (vocals/keys), Tobias (guitar), Kieran (guitar/keys), Dom (bass), Billy (drums) and has already garnered airplay from esteemed DJs such as Steve Lamacq, Amy Lame, Huw Stephens, Gideon Coe & Janice Long and also toured with Tallies.

Mike Adams

January 8, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Ecko

Mike Adams

January 8, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Scottish four-piece Ecko are made up of Jamie Warden (lead vocal & rhythm guitar) Matthew Welsh (lead guitar), Liam O’Connor (bass), and Jamie Thomson “JT” (drums).

Mike Adams

January 6, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Noah and The Loners

Mike Adams

January 6, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Noah and The Loners are a London four-piece made up of Noah Lonergan (lead vocals & guitar), Amber Welsh (bass & vox), Joseph Boyle (lead guitar& vox), and Noah Riley (drums/vox)

Mike Adams

January 5, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Hollows

Mike Adams

January 5, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Hollows are a four-piece band from Manchester. Sean Davies (vocals), Liam Lewis (guitars), Dan Dyson (drums), and Jack Barnes (bass) met in the city and to date, have supported Space and Peter Hook & The Light.

Mike Adams

January 3, 2023

New Band Spotlight

The Silver Lines

Mike Adams

January 3, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Birmingham outfit The Silver Lines have been together for a few years now but, after touring with Ist Ist last year, they look set to break out in 2023. They consist of Dan Ravenscroft (vocals), Joe Ravenscroft (guitars), Kindo (drums), and Joe Cartwright (bass).

Mike Adams

January 1, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Hazy Sundays

Mike Adams

January 1, 2023

New Band Spotlight

Hazy Sundays are a four-piece hailing from Glasgow. They recently played a triumphant home city gig at king Tuts and are now building up to a headline slot at Away Radio’s gig at Audio on February 3rd (click the image below for tickets).

Mike Adams

December 9, 2022

New Band Spotlight

Overpass

Mike Adams

December 9, 2022

New Band Spotlight

Overpass are a four-piece hailing from Birmingham. They consist of Max Newbold (vocals/guitar), Elliot Rawlings (guitar), India Armstrong (bass), and Joe Gallagher (drums).

Mike Adams

August 1, 2022

New Band Spotlight

Bottle Rockets

Mike Adams

August 1, 2022

New Band Spotlight

The recently formed Bottle Rockets hail from Glasgow. Original members John Tamburrini (vocals/guitars) and Sam Rae (drums) had been playing together for a while but, in 2021, they began to release music once Andrew Cummings (bass) and Kenzi Murray (vocals) joined the band.

Mike Adams

July 30, 2022

New Band Spotlight

James' Room

Mike Adams

July 30, 2022

New Band Spotlight

Sam Jones (Rhythm Guitar and Main Vocals), Jacob Beswetherick (Lead Guitar), Will Coomes (Synths and Backing Vocals), Louis Juckes (Bass Guitar), Jake Weaver (Drums and Backing Vocals) met at Bath University and decided to change the world through rock ‘n’ roll.

Mike Adams

July 22, 2022

New Band Spotlight

The Veese

Mike Adams

July 22, 2022

New Band Spotlight

The Veese are a four-piece hailing from Bradford, West Yorkshire. They are made up of Oli (Lead Vocals & Rhythm Guitar), Harrison (Drums & Percussion & Backing Vocals), George (Lead Guitar), and Dylan (Bass Guitar).

Mike Adams

June 29, 2022

New Band Spotlight

Fitzroy Holt

Mike Adams

June 29, 2022

New Band Spotlight

Wolverhampton’s Fitzroy Holt is only two songs deep into his career but is already signed to This Feeling Records, played the Isle of Wight Festival, and is set to play Truck Festival.

Mike Adams

June 27, 2022

New Band Spotlight

Parliamo

Mike Adams

June 27, 2022

New Band Spotlight

Hailing from Perth in Scotland, Parliamo are a six-piece indie outfit.

Having released three EPs in 2021 and the instant classic ‘Sweet’ in 2018, it’s about time we featured them in our new band spotlight section. Here’s our take on our favourite tracks so far: