Monk’s latest hot off the presses selection comes from an artist who virtually single-handedly is striving to redefine the term “crossover”, standing as he does at the junction of alt-rock, post-emo pop punk, grunge, nu-metal, rap and garage punk, all combined with an innate sense of how to produce a brilliantly crafted power pop anthem. And, believe us, we at ÜRHQ are feeling #MuchBetter for making his acquaintance…
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Another chance to see the mighty Hawks live ws the prize for the big lad by the name of Astrocreep on another trip over to Manchester on a wet evening. While he’s now seen them on 17 occasions, the most Ihe’s watched any band live, they have a way of forever capturing both your imagination and holding your attention that makes them a repeated must see. A single support band are on the card in the form of Solstice, which should mean lots of guitar wankery of the finest calibre. Less than 20 songs between two bands and almost three hours of set time – yep, definitely a progressive gig!
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Alright to preface this, Jase W was absolutely knackered. He had covered quite a bit of distance this weekend but he’s a glutton for punishment and he wasn’t going to miss Myrkur doing a show in the next town over so here he was, ready to get his face blasted. Somehow he had missed Myrkur several times over the past few years, with a few appearances either in Manchester or ArcTanGent, but not this time! She’s playing Tivoli Vredenburg’s high up stage of Pandora but interestingly has absolutely flat out sold this venue out so the balcony is open – so our man doesn’t mind if he does! Anyway, it’s Myrkur with Jonathan Hultén in support and the stage appears to be extremely verdant, with various flora dotted around the stage.
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Monk’s latest choice of noisy goodness comes from London angular alt-punks Girls In Synthesis, who are practising the art of ‘Deceit’ with this latest choice cut from their imminently-released third album, ‘Sublimination’, due out at the beginning of next month.
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Sometimes Jase W genuinely asks himself ifhe’s mental but since moving to the continent he has found himself seeing just how far trains can get him for a weekend show. So, this past weekend he crossed the Dutch border to Antwerp for some proper angry metal, courtesy Spite, who caught his attention on the Thy Art Is Murder tour last year, along with Bodysnatcher, Boundaries and Mouth For War. This was going to be one of those shows where our man wouldl need to keep one eye on the crowd for errant legs and pints – but he’s seen how the Dutch go apeshit at shows, so now it’s time to see how the Belgians do it too!
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