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Coldplay frontman Chris Martin (right) and guitarist Jonny Buckland
Music

Coldplay to headline Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Luton as full line-up complete

March 20, 2024 Ronny Trousers Comments Off on Coldplay to headline Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Luton as full line-up complete

Coldplay have been announced as the final headliner for BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2024 to kick-start a summer that concludes with the global superstars playing the world-renowed Glastonbury Festival for a record-breaking fifth time. […]

JW Paris
Music

JW Paris come ‘Alive’ with new single

November 23, 2023 Ronny Trousers Comments Off on JW Paris come ‘Alive’ with new single

Britpop-Grungers JW Paris tear apart the framework of modern societal expectations and the pressure to conform with their latest single ‘Alive’. Fronted by Lutonian guitar slingers Aaron Forde and Danny Collins and backed up by the tub-thumping […]

JW Paris.
Music

JW Paris unleash darker and heavier sound on new single ‘You’ve Got Me’

October 13, 2023 Music and arts desk Comments Off on JW Paris unleash darker and heavier sound on new single ‘You’ve Got Me’

Britpop-inspired rockers JW Paris have released new single ‘You’ve Got Me’, exposing toxic personal relationships, the grip of algorithms and unraveling the seductive hold of social media. The track has existed in the JW Paris archives […]

JW Paris.
Music

JW Paris’ unveil video for new single ‘Leave It Alone’

July 1, 2023 Ronny Trousers Comments Off on JW Paris’ unveil video for new single ‘Leave It Alone’

JW Paris have dropped a new video to their most personal song yet, the new single ‘Leave It Alone’. The ’90s grunge and Britpop-inspired three-piece featuring Luton duo Danny Collins and Aaron Forde and former Babyshambles drummer Gemma […]

Nishant Joshi (right) on stage with KILL, THE ICON!
Music

KILL, THE ICON! hit out at subtle racists with new single ‘Heavy Heart’

April 22, 2023 Music and arts desk Comments Off on KILL, THE ICON! hit out at subtle racists with new single ‘Heavy Heart’

KILL, THE ICON! have ‘released ‘Heavy Heart’, the racist-slating second single from their upcoming debut EP ‘Your Anger Is Rational’, due for release on June 2 via Blaggers Records.  The band is the synth-punk passion project from […]

JW Paris (L-R): Aaron Forde, Gemma Clarke and Danny Collins
Music

JW Paris unleash ‘futuristic-analogue-nostalgia fuelled’ new single

March 25, 2022 Ronny Trousers Comments Off on JW Paris unleash ‘futuristic-analogue-nostalgia fuelled’ new single

JW Paris have released “futuristic-analogue-nostalgia fuelled track” ‘Electric Candle Light’ from their forthcoming debut album as they aim to write their name large across 2022.  The 90s grunge and Britpop-inspired three-piece, featuring Lutonians Danny Collins […]

Luton band JW Paris are one of the artists on the Project: Leave the Capital 12-inch vinyl and UK tour
Music

‘It’s never been more vital to support grassroots music,’ say vinyl collective on verge of UK tour

February 5, 2022 Ronny Trousers 4

“It’s the most important Independent Venue Week that there has ever been,” says James Cunliffe, one of the co-conspirators of a grassroots music initiative conceived in lockdown to help support music venues and independent artists, […]

Ali MacQueen
Music

Ali MacQueen returns with new single ‘One of These Days’

November 12, 2021 Music and arts desk Comments Off on Ali MacQueen returns with new single ‘One of These Days’

Ali MacQueen returns with his second single, ‘One of These Days’ – a “song about change in all forms,” says the songsmith.  The softly psychedelic alt-rock rouser, was inspired by Tim Hardin’s ‘Don’t Make Promises’, […]

JW Paris
Music

Video: JW Paris unleash new video for latest single ‘Sober’

May 26, 2021 Music and arts desk Comments Off on Video: JW Paris unleash new video for latest single ‘Sober’

JW Paris have just dropped their brand-new video for recently released new single ‘Sober’. Luton duo Aaron Forde (bass/vocals) and Daniel Collins (guitar/vocals) announced a new third member of the band, with former Babyshambles members […]

JW Paris with their new drummer Gemma Clarke (centre)
Music

A mongrel cross-breed of Nirvana and Blur – JW Paris unveil snarling new single ‘Sober’

April 23, 2021 James Cunliffe 1

JW Paris are back with a new single ‘Sober’, a racket of powerful grunge-addled riffs and searing proto-Brit Pop stylistics which sticks two fierce fingers up to the posers, preachers and pretenders; the leeches of […]

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