Joywave/Quarters Of Change – Utrecht, De Helling – 14 November 2024

Tonight’s show over at De Helling in Utrecht is a prime example of Jase W’s mantra of never missing a support act for any show he ever goes to. He first came across Joywave as supports to PVRIS in Manchester’s Gorilla back in 2019 and ended up absolutely rinsing their back catalogue for months afterwards. Support your support acts folks, you never know when one may end up a firm favourite and with any luck, you’ll see them stomping around on their own headlining shows further down the line…

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7.5 Tonnes Of Beard/The Boat Sank/New Mud – Belfast, Voodoo – 14 November 2024

Gigs by tonight’s headliners are rarer than some of the rarest things you can imagine: you’re more likely to get the Pope and the Dalai Lama simultaneously knocking on your door than find this heavyweight combo’s name on an “upcoming shows” list at your local venue, and it would probably take the combined skills of Indiana Jones, Lara Croft and Howard Carter to uncover the last time such an event occurred (it was 15 months ago on this very stage, to save them the exploration!). So, needless to say, their rare forays into the live domain are pretty much “must be there” occasions, and therefore work rotas were re-arranged to enable an almost equally rare venture by myself into the dark back streets of Belfast and up the stairs to my favourite venue for this, their only show this year…

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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Eric Bass

Monk will be the first to admit that he’s not a fan of Shinedown but he’s an honest man and has to say that this debut solo offering from the band’s appropriately named bassist hits harder than a runaway freight train loaded with a thousand tonnes of concrete smashing into something similar coming in the opposite direction, at least in terms of the deeply personal impact which it delivers:

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The Rattlebacks ‘Sidewinder’ (Self-Released)

This Brighton based quintet have made a bit of noise since forming in 2021 including a recent supporting slot with Tailgunner, and not one but two inclusions (in consecutive months) on our very own Singles Club playlist, culminating with them earning one of our highly coveted #DailyPick slots just this past weekend… So, will their debut album wind its way into our hearts? There’s only one way to find out, isn’t there?

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Public Service Broadcasting/EERA – Amsterdam, Melkweg – 10 November 2024

Post-rock is one of those genres that on the surface level has a smattering of bands seemingly doing similar stuff right? But then you start to dig deeper and really delve into this world and you find that many bands have fantastically unique elements and Public Service Broadcasting really caught our man Jase W’s attention with their ‘Race To Space’ album: he even managed to catch the anniversary show of it in Wakefield Science Museum no less. So after many years, he got the chance to see them again up the road from where he now lives at Melkweg.

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The Story So Far/Angel Du$t – Amsterdam, Melkweg, Amsterdam – 8 November 2024

It’s Friday, it’s cold as fuck, but in Melkweg tonight, it’s time to spontaneously grow a fringe and get stuck into some pop punky emo shit so let’s have it. The Story So Far are here on a quick stomp around the ÜK and Europe and fortunately one stop is Amsterdam. Jase W probably should start paying rent here. Along for the ride is melodic hardcore outfit Angel Du$t so it’s a one-two punch of good shit to have a bounce around to this evening and our man has got some great company to really amp up the hype for the evening too.

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The Über Rock Singles Club – Noisy November (Part One)

It’s hard to believe that we are rushing ever faster towards the end of another ‘banging year for ‘banging music, but here we are diving deep into the penultimate month with another selection of the hottest tunes to have found their way onto our deathdecks and into our aural memory banks over the past while… and it has to be said that this is probably one of the heaviest playlists we have cranked up to maximum volume in quite some time, so let’s dive straight into the tunes…

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