News is on the march. The barbarians are at the gates, fixing bayonets alongside the authoritarians, Rotarians and Tony Blairians. But some things never change on a rainswept London night that bristles with fresh mission. Romy Deighton has just taken…
(Picture: Barnaby Fairley) Peter Doherty is unquestionably, the best lyricist of his generation, and may just be the last truly great British rock star. To be in not one, but two of the defining bands of your generation, in The…
Pikehall in Derbyshire is mainly thought to be a quant small village with a couple of farms, a dozen households and scattering of sheep grazing the landscape. However if you happen by chance to be travelling that way at the…
Review and Images by Jonathan Taylor Instagram: jonathantaylorphotography During the summer months and blessed with fine weather, Newmarket Racecourse derived the amalgamation of an afternoon of horse racing followed by an evening of live music. Tonight is the turn of…
In the common year of 1278 King Edward I granted a charter for a regular meeting to take place on the acres of Castle Donington. It’s likely he didn’t foresee 75,000 Dr Marten clad attendees yearly sojourn gleefully rocking out…
There are few bands who reaped a catalogue of deserved rewards in the 1990’s that can now boast an original line up and still able to cut it live, some exceptions include blur, Headswim and Supergrass. The latter, formerly a…
Review and image by Jonathan Taylor Instagram: jonathantaylorphotography After a prolonged leave of absence after the well-documented demise as a result of personal struggles and internal conflict within the band, Razorlight put differences aside and rekindled the passion for their…
When I was a lad, in sunny Welling, I used to work – aged 11, Dickensian shit that – in a petrol station washing cars for 4 hours for sick squid, which enabled me to buy a record at Cruisin’…
There are venues, arenas and stadiums that showcase 1000’s of extravagant lights, gigantic moving picture screens and pyrotechnics a plenty to add to the attraction of pleasing a crowd. Strip all that back and some might find the spectacle of…
Review and Images by Jonathan Taylor Instagram: jonathantaylorphotography Following the release of their critically acclaimed third studio album ‘Millennials’ at the beginning of the year, the lads from West Lothian head out on the road to embark on a 16…