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The Sex Pistols' impact on the music business is being felt today, 45 years after the band's studio album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols was released. For better or worse, in today's world, it still reigns supreme.

Hull-based four-piece Breeze presents us with an autumnal release with their brand-new single Adrenaline set for release on the 28th of October.

When the Britpop movement was at its height twenty years ago, many of its musicians appeared on Top Of The Pops and got involved in some of the most intense chart wars in recent memory. Although Blur, Pulp, Suede, and Oasis are well-known to everyone, the music scene was much more diverse than most would recall.

For some, it represented the haughty bravado of Oasis and cheek of Blur, while for others, it symbolised the astute wit of Pulp. However, the Britpop movement primarily created catchy songs about young people on the go. The scene provided a fascinating new soundtrack for young life for those who were growing in the early 1990s, in dingy pubs and...

The Hogmanay Poster was initially created for a Loganair TV advertisement at the beginning of January, however it managed to place second out of hundreds of submissions (robbed). Brian Cattigan has therefore made the decision to self-release this which I am happy he has done so because this piece is a serious tune.

Not following a conventional route as most bands with a band name like Apollo Junction, I honestly wasn't sure what to expect and I also had certain thoughts about their music. Coming out of a record label set up in a garage in Leeds the work the Shed Load Record boys have produced has immediately blown my expectations out of...

Starting off his UK tour in Leeds early this month, Newcastle born and bred Andrew Cushin will take on Belfast City Centre bar Voodoo on the 18th of October with the supporting acts of Belfasts' own The Continentals and Baroda. His record label Strap Originals is owned by Libertines frontman Pete Doherty and they have worked with Andrew and...

Following the release of their first single Power to the people in September, Belfast's own Disorder will hit the Ulsters Sports Club in December. Their music reminds me of an early Oasis/britpop genre. The band has gathered a notable amount of support from all over the UK in such a short period of time since their formation in August due...