A local gig for our resident gigaholic, in the fairly recently opened Music Room section of the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, with Wille & The Bandits being supported by Troy Redfern and his power trio of slide blues. An impressive venue awaited the big lad, and a bumper crowd, with the evening of blues ahead…
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It’s a freezing cold February night in Nottingham, Maria Glover can’t feel her toes and her nose has gone numb, but, thankfully the doors open right on time and she’s excited to be warmed up by both Collateral and Jared James Nichols again – and on the same bill. Result.
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Something a lot more along the DIY path was in store for our travelling gigaholic the other night as some punk chaos awaited him across in Manchester. The short hop across made, it was off to Night People, a place around the corner from one of the big lad’s favourite Mancunian haunts and somewhere that has proven a nice venue on his previous visits for gigs.
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Staking its reputation as one of the essential dates in the annual rock ‘n’ roll calendar, the 2020 Vive Le Rock Awards have confirmed some Über cool additions to an already stellar bill for this year’s shebang, which takes place on 1 April.
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Since their formation in 2009, French black metal outfit Hecate have been steadily earning themselves a widespread fanbase through touring and record releases. Their journeys have taken them as far afield as South America and Japan both supporting larger acts and headlining their own shows. ‘Ode au désert suspendu’ represents the fifth studio release for the band and sees them harnessing further their aggressive yet melodic approach to black metal in the form of eight tracks.
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