27 February 2006: Capo Jr. - The Loft - Cambridge

The Loft is an upstairs bar in The Graduate, Cambridge. The stage is at the far end of the room as you walk in with the bar on the far right wall...more

23 February 2006: Levellers - The Opera House - Buxton

Buxton strikes me as a fairly pretty place, but this is my second visit and it is snowing again. During the gig, I note that Mark agrees with my thoughts on...more

Fall Out Boy - University Refectory - Leeds

As the spawn of fans spilled out of Leeds Uni at 10.15pm, catching even the street sellers off guard, a passing student muttered "don't these kids knowmore

Mxpx vs The Starting Line - Academy - Manchester

Co headliners, The Starting Line, were mere toddlers when Mxpx first burst on to the punk rock scene. 15 years later and the old timers still play with themore

Tokyo Dragons - The Victoria Inn - Derby

The Victoria Inn is a nice smallish pub near the train station in Derby, with a 150 capacity back room for live music. The sort of venue that needs to be...more

Super Nashwan - The Windmill - London

The first gig of 2006 saw me down at the Windmill for hot newcomers "Super Nashwan" largely tipped to become household names this year. For those…more

New Model Army - Rock City - Nottingham

Fifteen or so years ago NMA were one of my favourite bands. Their music touched parts of me that other bands just couldn’t reach and it probably also…more

Cradle Of Filth + Cathedral + Octavia Sperati - Rock City - Nottingham

I've never seen Rock City so crowded for a gig at 7:30. Meeting up at the Tap at 7:00 for pre-gig sustenance I was told that the queue to get into the…more

Levellers - Rock City - Nottingham

I haven’t seen the Levellers for almost 5 months and I must say that the withdrawal symptoms have been setting in quite badly recently and I’d been…more

The New School Of Rock Tour - Rock City - Nottingham

After planning our meeting point at the Tap and Tumbler for 8:00 our plans were thrown into initial disarray by finding out that the first band were to appear at…more