Having recently reviewed their stupendously brilliant album, it was only fair we threw Smoking Martha our Band of the Day questions… Simple things first – where are you guys from? Brisbane, Australia. How did you meet? Through friends of friends. How long have you been playing as a band? Current [...]

“I know a girl with perfect teeth, I bet she won’t be smiling at me, I know how Jeffrey Dahmer feels…lonely, lonely”, lyrics and a sound was my introduction to the then trio, Therapy? who were instrumental in my progression into the world of dark menacing lyrical rock. The 1994 [...]

Due to the roaring success of the first Badger Fest hosted last year at Manchester’s Star and Garter we see the event return for its anticipated sequel, this year hosted at the Rebellion Bar. It isn’t hard to see that over the past few years we have seen a rise [...]

Gemma Rogers is a musician I’ve had the pleasure of hearing on numerous occasions with her previous band Gemma and The Milmen. A unique wordsmith has joined forces with Alfie Jackson, to become, Two, I almost broke into a Spice Girls song there. Two are throwing a single release party [...]

Tonight was the second of the only two UK shows in Skeletonwitch and Mantar’s 23-date co-headline European tour. I saw both bands for the first time in Norway this summer at Tons of Rock festival and was very pleased indeed when this tour was announced, as I really enjoyed watching [...]

When Bill Shatner was busy karate chopping ugly aliens on the neck and snogging prettier aliens on the lips, who would ever have foreseen the day when he buddied up with Henry freakin’ Rollins and did a version of “Jingle Bells”? Well, it happened. And it’s a punk version. Which [...]