So, you want to play some festivals this year? Cool. Well I presume you’ve spent the last 9 months working towards doing just that, right? Building bridges, making friends, yes? After last year’s long and wordy piece of advice (here) about applying for festivals, here is one that honestly describes how Long Division goes about Read the full article…
Let’s face it, when you think of Hip Hop groups the first place you think of probably isn’t going to be North Yorkshire. N.W.A. might not have sounded quite as convincing if they were coming ‘straight outta Skipton’ and well, the Wu Tang Clan might not have had the same edge if they emerged from Read the full article…
There is this piece of golfing terminology; it’s not technical. I think it stems from Peter Alliss’ down to earth approach to commentary. But there is a shot he would call a ‘Good Bad One’. This is where the player has totally shanked the shot, and instead of flying majestically through the air, it bounces Read the full article…
The building work for Unity Hall, now the gig venue of the much larger and newly christened Unity Works, is progressing well, and Unity Works is holding a public meeting on March 10th. It will take place in the downstairs function room of Henry Boons, Westgate, and will see various members of the Unity team Read the full article…
Thanks to Burn Down the Disco and Opium No. 10, live music in Barnsley finally has a new, fancy home. And what better way to celebrate than with one of Barnsley’s loudest regulars on the scene, Polyopia. And Weatherbird; who are, and I quote, “the best unsigned band in Britain.” As always, plenty were there Read the full article…
I think I first started talking about having a ‘proper’ website with former Rhubarb Bomb designer Adam Hayward in the middle of 2010 sometime. And now, here we are, with the beginnings of something that we can develop over time a mere three and half years later. Big thanks to our designer Matt Sidebottom for Read the full article…
I saw an article earlier this week celebrating the importance of ‘toilet venues’ for up and coming bands; it’s where they learn the ropes in their home town, and it is where they go to play in other towns. Some years ago, there was a place on King Street in Wakefield called Players and it, Read the full article…
Effortless, captivating and utterly enthralling. Exit Calm have surpassed all expectations of a local gig with a transcendental luminosity that they bring to every live show. Unsurprisingly, tickets for Barnsley’s Rock & Blues Venue sold out within a matter of hours. And as a surge of loyal fans filled up the, albeit, underwhelming room, there Read the full article…