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 ...

Only last month North London’s inspirational indie-folk trio Daughter announced plans to release their debut album If You Leave on 18th March this year through 4AD. As if this news couldn’t be exciting enough, they’ve also prepared an intimate event for this Friday afternoon (8th March) at a secret location in London to play the album in full 10 days ahead of it being released to the public. The band have i ...

I often see people complaining about the lack of real, good music around these days. I often hear people complaining that they wish they'd been born back in the 60's or 70's, so they could have seen the arrival of the likes of Hendrix, The Beatles and Clapton... I often see a lot of people ignoring a wealth of fantastic music that they're too lazy to find for themselves. How about a guy that opened shows fo ...

The Nintendo Wii U hits UK shelves this Friday, 30th November. The Japanese giant's latest  console, the first new console in six years, was released in the US earlier this month but will finally make its way across the pond at the end of this week. A midnight launch for the unique console is being held at HMV's flagship store on Oxford Street on Thursday. Doors open at 11pm and the first 100 people in the ...

Today (21.11.12) marks a day in which thousands of students are marching through London against the impact of government reforms to further and higher education. This is part of an ongoing series of demos and protests by students and many other demographics to stop changes which are ruining both our education system and what the very meaning of 'education' is in this country. In support of the future integr ...