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“Favouritism” is the full band debut album by Martyn Crocker, a Plymouth-based musician playing semi-acoustic rock with a smattering of pop-punk flavours in the vein of groups like This Wild Life. Crocker daylights as a secondary school music teacher, and to that light an appropriate and carefully directive demeanour is belied through his songs. Read our review below! Continue reading
Leave a comment | tags: Abacus, Favouritism, If Only He Knew, Martyn Crocker, Plymouth, Stick Around For Good, The Places We're From | posted in Album Review, Reviews

After a day of Groezrock you can expect people to be a bit tired, but the opposite is true. They are up bright and early, as is the sun today. So when the festival grounds open, day two of Groezrock could not start a better way. Read our review on the acoustic side of the second day of Groezrock below. Continue reading
Leave a comment | tags: Acoustic Punk Meeting, American Socks, Arcane Roots, Boston Manor, Festival, Groezrock, Mobina Galore, Skinny Lister, Zebrahead | posted in Live, Reviews

Every year, Belgian punk and hardcore festival Groezrock knows how to get a line-up that covers all grounds. Both old timers and new kids on the block are included in the line-up and like other years, acoustic music can also be found if you know where to look. Read our review on the acoustic side of Groezrock below. Continue reading
Leave a comment | tags: Acoustic Punk Meeting, American Socks, Chris Cresswell, F.O.D., Festival, Groezrock, Joe McMahon, North Empire Bookings, Red City Radio, The 101's, The Flatlienrs, Tim Vantol, Watch Out Stage | posted in Live, Reviews

Tim Vantol has set the bar high for his third album “Burning Desires“. The Dutch songwriter’s sophomore album “If We Go Down, We Go Together” has made a lasting impression throughout the whole of Europe. Read our review of “Burning Desires” below.
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Leave a comment | tags: Burning Desires, Let it Pour, The Hardway, Till the End, Tim Vantol, We're Not Gonna Make It, Why Shouldn't You | posted in Album Review, Reviews

25 years of Groezrock: an anniversary edition with lots of great names, both big (Rancid, No Use For A Name, Sum 41) and small (Bad Cap Bad Cop, Muncie Girls) and somewhere in between. Somewhere in between is where you had to look to find the acoustic acts this year. While last year still incorporated some acoustic artists on the Macbeth Stage (Ducking Punches), this year Frank Turner was the only one on the big stage with an acoustic guitar with him. Still, in several places you could find some peace and quiet – *ahum* – with some acoustic music. Read our report here! Continue reading
Leave a comment | tags: Acoustic Punk Meeting, Alan Day, American Socks, Call it Off, Dan 'Oconner, Dave Baksh, Eelco Overmeen, Festival, Four Year Strong, Frank Turner, Groezrock, Less Than Jake, Mad Caddies, Mati, Much the Same, North Empire Bookings, Not On Tour, Note To Amy, Remco Tuns, Sima Brami, The Morning Hour, Tom Thacker, White Russian Records | posted in Live, Reviews