Euan Blackman hits 2026 running today with the release of his latest EP ‘wildcard'.

Much as I tend to repeat myself that one of the motivating factors in my reviewing, compiling & promoting local music has been the significant ...

Hot on the heels of Grail Guard winning the "last ‘Hot Music Live' review of 2025"  race, Drunk Bat Rescue Team have swooped in & seized "first ...

We're still (just) in 2025  and my reviewing duties are not yet over. I managed to tell you about a brace of new YNES singles after I thought  ...

I really walked into it with my review of yesterday. When you applaud someone like YNES for her capacity to surprise, you can't complain if she ...

Well I had assumed (a dangerous trick) that Sunday's gig (the 2025 Izzie Derry Christmas Show at the Priory Visitor Centre with added Banoffee) ...

Christmas time probably deserves extra special live musical experiences and as the last gig of 2025 in my diary after a year of, as I review it in ...

As noted last time, dogmarket's release schedule remains at a high level of activity and indeed we now have a new single  "Give Up the Ghost" to ...

The release campaign of dogmarket is picking up momentum as they've just stepped up to a dual simultaneous single release with "Interlude 1" and ...

I'm not too sure if mere words (at least any I can find) could possibly due justice to last evening's ‘Hot Music Live Presents' fundraiser at & ...

All Septic and the Tanks fans will be aware that they recorded some tracks at The Moonbase in November 2024 before Robin departed for Down Under ...

 Checking the records, I see that The Folly Brothers put their debut album ‘Bridge 101' out  in 2016: considering (lockdown excepted) they've ...