On the last day of the Mojo Rising Festival in Falmouth, in one of the best venues of the festival, the electro rock, synth-packed beast of The Hit Ups were scheduled to headline, but the event was cancelled due to noise level problems. Instead of an energy fuelled mosh, HOLDUPNOW sat down in the corner of the emptying bar with lead guitarist Charlie Torrible and lead singer Josh Hughes-Games to have a chat ...

Black Pistol Fire (BPF) are a talented two-piece piece band hailing from the southern US. They released Big Beat '59 in August this year, a fast moving, thoroughbred rock 'n' roll album. Drummer Eric Owen and guitarist/vocalist Kevin McKeown took some time out of their tour in the North America to answer a few questions for holdupnow. HUNOW: There’s a lot of bands you have been compared with, The Black keys ...

We all know that the music industry has been changing for a number of years now, and the question of Who Killed (or Saved!) the Music Industry?  has been debated endlessly. It’s very fitting then, that this is the title of a newly proposed documentary from musicians Adam Russell (Story of the Year, D.R.U.G.S.) and Ryan Phillips (Story of the Year, Greek Fire) who recently have started a Kickstarter campaign ...

Love is "alive and kicking" according to international wedding photographer – Donal Doherty. Doherty isn’t your typical wedding photographer and his story isn’t a common one. Based in Londonderry, Ireland, Doherty was originally a man of business. He had just been short-listed as Entrepreneur of the Year, running both a modelling and public relations marketing agency before flying away and changing his life ...

Fairly new to a business in which entire nations are affected, Oliver Hakin, an engineering technician apprentice, has given his time to answer questions about his life in the Ministry of Defence. Hakin’s started working for the MoD in 2010 although this was no easy feat. Upon seeing the apprenticeship scheme on the government’s website and sending off a CV, Hakin’s still had to perform an aptitude examinat ...