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The Bear Club's new owners Neil and Giles
Music

Bear Club new bosses ‘not about to change anything in a hurry’

December 24, 2022 Music and arts desk 17

The new owners of The Bear Club have promised not to change anything in a hurry when the popular jazz and blues music venue reopens its doors in February.  The internationally renowned nightspot had been […]

Justin Doherty behind the bar at The Bear Club
Music

New owners found to keep Bear Club ‘on the rails’

December 9, 2022 Music and arts desk 1

The Bear Club will get a new lease of life after new owners were announced.  The internationally renowned jazz and blues music venue was due to close after the former owner Justin Doherty admitted the […]

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

SOURDOUGH strike at political and social unrest with riotous debut EP

September 30, 2022 Ronny Trousers 73

“Kudos to them for no longer hiding their disdain for ordinary people,” sneers SOURDOUGH frontman Jacob Kyte as both a barb at Downing Street dystopia and a catalyst for why the debut EP from the […]

Regressive Left
Music

Regressive Left back cost of living ‘lifeline’ as Luton to hold Enough is Enough rally

September 17, 2022 Newsdesk 12

Luton dance-punk outfit Regressive Left have helped organise a rally in town to fight the cost of living crisis with the frontman Simon Tyrie calling the Enough is Enough campaign a “lifeline” for struggling Lutonians.  […]

SOURDOUGH played last year's Castlefest and return again for the opening night of this year's festival, curated by Vandalism Begins at Home
Music

Here’s why Castlefest is the hottest ticket in town as Luton music weekend returns

September 13, 2022 Ronny Trousers 24

A return to pre-Covid hope and optimism is re-emerging in the local music scene, insists the chief of Castlefst organisers Luton Live/s ahead of this month’s three-day festival. An explosive weekend of music to see […]

The Bear Club
Music

The Bear Club to close as ‘financial sword of Damocles swings overhead’

September 2, 2022 Music and arts desk 19

An internationally renowned Luton jazz and blues music nightspot is set to close, with the owner saying the “financial sword of Damocles swings overhead”. In 2019 The Bear Club was voted one of the top […]

Seán Grant and The Wolfgang at Castlefest 2021
Music

Seán Grant and the Wolfgang return to ‘special’ Luton after new album release

July 12, 2022 Ronny Trousers Comments Off on Seán Grant and the Wolfgang return to ‘special’ Luton after new album release

The Castle will host Seán Grant and the Wolfgang this Saturday for a special album launch show after the release of the new record, ‘333’. Released on Friday, on Luton label Vandalism Begins at Home […]

Regressive Left (L-R): Georgia Hardy, Simon Tyrie, Will Crosby
Music

Regressive Left pen record deal and unveil new single ahead of debut EP

May 12, 2022 Music and arts desk Comments Off on Regressive Left pen record deal and unveil new single ahead of debut EP

Regressive Left are back with ‘Bad Faith’ the first single from their forthcoming debut EP, their first new material of the year and their first since signing a record deal with Bad Vibrations. The DFA-flavoured […]

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 […]

Danny Young throws some shapes during Dois Padres' opening set at the Leave The Capital tour show in Bedford Esquires
Music

Dois Padres return with new single to help you to dance away the dark days down at the crossroads

March 12, 2022 Ronny Trousers 7

‘How You Gonna’ is the triumphant return of hard-hitting moonshine marauders Dois Padres as they revel in a new era of rattle ‘n’ roll with the first searing cut from their forthcoming album, ‘Comin’ In […]

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