Advent 2022: The Dollyrots – Christmas Time With You / The Chipmunk Song

Every. Single. Year. Since we've been doing these seasonal song-a-day things, The Dollyrots have featured each time. Well, if they will insist on releasing bouncy, jolly, catchy numbers (for "name your price") all time then this is going to happen. For the first time we have an original track rather than a cover, and as … Continue reading Advent 2022: The Dollyrots – Christmas Time With You / The Chipmunk Song

The Dollyrots electrify one of their own songs for Halloween!

Short and snappy, this one! Our favourite pop punk family have released a noisier version of one of their own songs. Originally on Love Songs, Werewolves, & Zombies as an acoustic number, the terrifying twosome have given "Rather Be A Zombie" the Dr Frankenstein treatment. You can download the track as an mp3 via this … Continue reading The Dollyrots electrify one of their own songs for Halloween!

Gig Review: Bowling For Soup / Lit / The Dollyrots – O2 Academy, Glasgow (13th April 2022)

I think this is the first time I've ever started drafting a review to a gig, at home, while the gig I was at is still running its course. I have my reasons! Well, one nine-year-old one... Like the Sabaton / Alestorm show at Glasgow Barrowlands back in 2016, this was a family first. My … Continue reading Gig Review: Bowling For Soup / Lit / The Dollyrots – O2 Academy, Glasgow (13th April 2022)

Advent 2021: The Dollyrots – One More Sleep (original by Leona Lewis)

Hey, a Christmas rundown wouldn't be complete without the annual entry from The Dollyrots! Don't forget they'll be back on our shores in 2022 with Bowling For Soup, too. In the meantime, I'll let them tell you about their seasonal release... Most really great Christmas songs are guilty pleasures, and “No More Sleep” is a … Continue reading Advent 2021: The Dollyrots – One More Sleep (original by Leona Lewis)

Classic Covers: The Dollyrots – “Easy (Like Sunday Morning)” (original by The Commodores)

Ah, The Dollyrots. Always a band to pass through like a fresh breeze and blow away the cobwebs! Their latest single comes courtesy of a compilation released by Cleopatra Records and is a reworking of the 1970s classic by The Commodores. Whereas the original was about as laid back as a song could get, this … Continue reading Classic Covers: The Dollyrots – “Easy (Like Sunday Morning)” (original by The Commodores)

Bowling For Soup postpone seaside tour to 2022

Due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, Bowling For Soup have sadly taken the necessary decision to reschedule their Surf The UK tour. Originally scheduled to take place in May this year, Jaret, Gary, Rob and Chris will instead be returning to the UK to play seaside towns across the country in April 2022. Bowling … Continue reading Bowling For Soup postpone seaside tour to 2022