My university days and beyond have mostly been filled with pop-punk and ska music. Proper feel good, summery tunes. So when I heard that the Vans Warped Tour was heading to London with a handful of my favourite bands on board I started counting down the days! The Warped Tour triumphantly ...
Memories
Live Review: Maximo Park, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
Once upon a time I used to a bit of street teaming and merch selling for bands. It started with little known indie touring bands that would pass through Liverpool. All I had to do was hand out some badges or stickers or, occasionally something a bit more interesting like branded chocolates or ...
Friday Favourites
Yay! It's finally Friday again. This week seems to stretched out forever and the weekend feels like an incredibly long time ago but it's here again now. Despite taking it's time this week has been a good one. The things that were particularly ace were: # I went back to the homeland of ...
New Video: Maximo Park – The Undercurrents
I have to admit, Maximo Park had fallen off my radar recently and I had filed them away in the recesses of my mind under "soundtrack to my youth", not that I'm not young now but you know what I mean. I'm talking back in 2007 times when I'd not long left university and they were playing tiny rooms in ...
Friday Favourites
The weekend is almost here and it's time for me to reflect on the things that have made me smile this week. So here goes: # The OH and I went on a short break and found an entire shop of pick and mix. We got a little over excited and bought nearly 1kg worth of sweets! There is still some in ...
Friday Favourites
This weeks Friday Favourites is covering the past fortnight as I went a little quiet on the blogging front. So, the things that have made me happy over the last fortnight are: # Getting the chance to have a good one on one, face to face catch up with my best girl in the world, Hannah. ...