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Myles Smith
Music

‘You’re making my dreams come true,’ Myles Smith tells fans amid success of hit single

July 9, 2024 Music and arts desk Comments Off on ‘You’re making my dreams come true,’ Myles Smith tells fans amid success of hit single

Myles Smith has told fans ‘you’re making my dreams come true’ after his latest single ‘Stargazing’ rose to number 4 in the UK Top 10 charts. The track had previously entered the Top 10 and […]

Castlefest 2021
Music

Castlefest comes home for 7-day music marathon to ‘give something back to town’

September 18, 2021 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Castlefest comes home for 7-day music marathon to ‘give something back to town’

“You can always start again” that’s the mantra for Luton music festival Castlefest which makes a big return to the town after the 18-month national coronavirus shutdown of live gigs, returning to it’s “spiritual home” […]

JW Paris playing with Gemma Clarke. Photo still from YouTube/JW Paris' 'Stuck in a Video'
Music

Ex-Babyshambles drummer joins JW Paris as band tease debut album

March 29, 2021 James Cunliffe 2

JW Paris have unveiled former Babyshambles drummer Gemma Clarke as their new recruit.  The Luton rockers have been holed up a Buffalo Studios in east London, writing new songs for what could be their debut […]

Regressive Left
Music

Regressive Left return with new single ‘Take The Hit’

March 16, 2021 Music and arts desk Comments Off on Regressive Left return with new single ‘Take The Hit’

Regressive Left have returned with the insistent art-pop smarts of ‘Take The Hit’, a second single that will feel as equally at home on the dance-floor as it will performed from the stage. Propulsive loops […]

Dois Padres Danny Young (guitar) and George Cowan (drummer)
Music

Fuzz-rockers Dois Padres dissect new album ‘Swamp Jams’ track by track

March 5, 2021 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Fuzz-rockers Dois Padres dissect new album ‘Swamp Jams’ track by track

“Musically and lyrically, I think it’s the most complete thing we’ve done,” says Danny Young, as the guitar-slinging frontman assesses Dois Padres’ new glam-fuzz delinquent ditty album, ‘Swamp Jams’, in an exclusive track-by-track rundown for […]

JW Paris
Music

New single ‘That’s Why’ by JW Paris premiered on Transmission Indie radio show

May 28, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off on New single ‘That’s Why’ by JW Paris premiered on Transmission Indie radio show

Luton rockers JW Paris premiered new single ‘That’s Why’ on hometown Diverse FM radio show Transmission Indie on Monday night (May 25). The track that oozes fuzzy, thrashy riffs and raw attitude, will be released […]

SOURDOUGH: (L-R) Charlie Burnett, Jacob Kyte and Connor Bishop at Gun Factory studios where they recorded Expected
Music

SOURDOUGH on the rise after single launch on new Luton record label

April 3, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off on SOURDOUGH on the rise after single launch on new Luton record label

A new Luton indie and alternative music record label has launched with the release of the new single by one of the hottest bands in town. Expected is the new track from SOURDOUGH, three riotous […]

JW Paris
Culture

Music review: Favourite Thing / Royalty by JW Paris

February 7, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Music review: Favourite Thing / Royalty by JW Paris

Part banger, part living embodiment of a Steve Jobs philosophy, Favourite Thing sees JW Paris recognise that ‘people don’t know what they want until you show it to them’. “We are your favourite thing and you […]

DJ Matt Crawley
Luton Town news

Luton indie music radio show in match day music link-up with Hatters

August 1, 2019 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Luton indie music radio show in match day music link-up with Hatters

Luton’s only indie and alternative radio show has linked up with Luton Town Football Club to showcase the very best of new new and emerging music. Stadium announcer Matt Crawley, and one half of Transmission […]

Vandalism Begins At Home all-dayer announce Luna Rosa as the headliners
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Castle gears up for music mag’s indie rock all-dayer

July 24, 2019 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Castle gears up for music mag’s indie rock all-dayer

The Castle Tavern is set to host a day-long live music festival on Saturday July 27 featuring eight of the best up-and-coming indie and rock bands from Bedfordshire and the surrounding area. It is the […]

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