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 ...

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 ...

In a bright dressing room, hidden among a maze of passages in Truro's Hall for Cornwall, Frank Turner sits back casually in his chair and recalls the good, and the bad, parts of his music career that have led him to this moment in time. Visiting Cornwall for the first time since 2008, it holds a special place in his heart as he remembers holidaying there as a child with his family. However more recently, th ...

By Jake Garrett What is a sensible life? Settling down with a partner, getting a stable job, eating healthy food? Or is it taking a lead role in a daring, light-hearted movie set in post-Katrina New Orleans, going on tour with a film star and co-founding the immediately successful LA ladies choir? For Becky Stark, lead singer of Lavender Diamond, that was her attempt at a sensible life. “I was trying really ...

Recently I caught up with Yoni Wolf (YW) from the band WHY? for an interview about everything from The Beatles to what the future holds for them. The band have recently released their new album titled Mumps, Etc  Here's the interview: HUNOW: In an interview with Yoni that I read, he mentioned the Beatles. Are you big fans and if so, what are you're favourite aspects/tracks?  YW: Of course, but who's not a B ...