Old Yellow Bricks

There's nothing better then stumbling across a band you've never heard of before, quickly searching them in your music app and finding a back catalogue of absolute bangers. Twitter is a goldmine of bands like Civic Green who use social media effectively to get their stuff out into the world and that's why we should embrace #newmusicfriday and get these guys into peoples ear drums. The four piece indie rockers seem to have mastered the art of originality within their songs, something that not all bands can achieve, especially ones from Yorkshire as that particular part of the country seems a hot bed for cool bands and obvious comparisons are made. City Streets and There Is Always A Light are both excellent and well worth a listen. New single Nowhere Close released Feb 18th is a indie, rhythmic belter. Lyrically this feels thought provoking about someone who perhaps isn't happy at where they are in life or perhaps where they physically are.. " Watching the circles tu...

 Hello all! Welcome to 2022, a year that, let's be honest, we all hope will smash the last couple into oblivion as we continue to live the 'new normal'.  I haven't done any of this for a while as life really tends to get in the way but I'm going to knuckle and get writing. I've also got a few other bits in the pipeline that I'm trying to get off the ground including a podcast and YouTube mini series but as this kind of stuff is only a hobby things take time but watch this space! As with my other 'What's New' posts I tend to write about what's new in my life from a media perspective. It may not be that the record or book I'm writing about is newly released but it's something that's just cropped up on my radar and feel worthy of sharing. This whole blogging, twitter thing is for me is about the social side and I do appreciate all the responses and emails. I've had bands message me in the past about reviewing their material and t...