Its almost an unspoken rule in Bristol, that when you're at a gig where local hero Big Jeff is also in attendance, you're in for a good one. Wednesday April 17th at Thekla was no exception when Belfast based instrumental post/math-rockers And So I Watch You From Afar graced the stage in the bowels of arguably Bristol's 2nd most famous boat (but when do you ever get the chance to start a mosh pit on the S.S. ...

[caption id="attachment_3369" align="alignnone" width="1024"] The Band: Rise In Our Time[/caption] Rise In Our Time (R.I.O.T) are a 5-piece band from Cardiff, South Wales. The band formed in 2008 and since then have developed greatly as performers and musicians; working hard to write, record and perform as often as they can! Taking influence from the likes of the Foo Fighters and Linkin Park, Rise in Our Ti ...

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 ...

Sorry for the Christmas hiatus guys, it's a very busy time for bartenders! Happy New Year everyone, what I've been drinking to is the perfect cure for any January blues you may have gotten from the holiday hangover. It is none other than Geffen Records release of Simon and Garfunkel's The Concert In Central Park on vinyl. Recorded live on September 19 1981 and found in mint condition complete with booklet f ...

What I'm currently drinking to is the second record by supergroup Bad Books, simply and aptly titled (especially for this review) 'II'. When Kevin Devine joined forces with front man Andy Hull along with other members of Manchester Orchestra in 2010, their self titled debut album 'Bad Books' was loved by fans of both artists as a great collection of songs they'd wanted to hear since first word of their coll ...