‘Ray Of Hope’ (Ferret Forever) is a sparkling indiepop single release by Jean Genie’s Massive Hugs during Independent Venue Week on #BandcampFriday 3rd February raising funds to help #SaveTheFerret in Preston
Read MoreAs a documentary, #TheZineUK doesn’t function on the chart/competition December/January Listmas format of music sites any more than running regular reviews etc. The following names are from on line conversations, What’s App and gig chats. Nowt from December’s version of Twitter.
As usual, doing our own situationist thing outside “how it’s supposed to be done” and social media trends, the story evolves organically outside of major hype but noticeably. From this tapestry, there are Weekend Recovery, Cold Water Swimmers, Feral Five and Cross Wires amidst albums coming in 2023. Bands who are creating notable legacies for their names.
If you’ve ever been aware of our Picture Story Diary Doc (first uploaded Spring 2014), you’ll notice the Fertile Environment seeding in a variety of real time. Some developing into unimaginable moments that, when they happen, make total and deserved sense. Bands come, go, evolve, get on, sod off as things go right or wrong. When wider attention hits, ya love to see it, right?
Decolonise Fest stars Big Joanie, Nova Twins and Bob Vylan playing this year’s Glastonbury Festival and being half of the inaugural MOBO altnernative music group nominations this year, is a strong case in point.
There are so many more of our cast and crew from TheZineUK pages and socials! We couldn’t make it up. We don’t have to. Bang Bang Romeo toured with Pink, False Heads in the charts, Benefits all over the place. Here’s 42 Seconds of The Mysterines interview early 2020. They’re on tour with Arctic Monkeys in 2023.
Working Class women of wide spectrum of backgrounds, powered (with Tory-unfriendly-heritages and political views) TheZineUK’s 2023 adores the diversity of generation tremorists (i.e. all ages, it’s the 21st century!) in the vanguard of a newer wave music industrious movement.
Big up the grassroots venue circuit, the likes of Music Venue Trust and Independent Venue Community and please play respect to all the technicians, promoters, producers, presenters, DJ and expanded fun-fam of media/industry and audiences support that makes this a genuine game changing era. The documenting by photographers, writers and film makers is incredible. The illustrations and graphics are part of the exhibiton. We need each other.
This music site x events creator may be only a small “Rocking Pebble” or “New Whimsical Express”, but our inclusion ain’t delusion. Everybody’s invited, watch all their/our spaces.
2018. That time the legendary promoter and connector, Kick Out The Jams (rock n roll circus) hosted a night of good mixing that has become one of music’s “I Swear I Was There” moments. Roger Kent of Kent and his extended fam of fun signed off with a final event in December 2022 but is a space worth watching for future hopes. The line ups helped to fuel what is happening. It’s All Happening!
Uniqulture’s tapestry weaves through the interaction, co-promotion and collaboeration of friends, strangers or otherwise. We’ll document 2023 with a view to creating the Zeenagers Expo from the reality of soundtracking escapism from dystopia’s now and next…
Gen and the Degenerates wowing This Feeling’s Leeds/London festival ReWired in August. Spotting members of JW Paris in the crowd, this is one of the live music clubs where musicians and their followers make friends with like minded souls. Another reason for the fertile environment starting to really take seed.
Anna Wolf
Arxx
Bugeye
Cobain Jones
Coco and the Lost
Colossus
Dictator
Eternum Joy
Fitzroy Holt
Gen and the Degenerates
gglum
Glytsch
Hotwax
JW Paris
Kill The Icon
Lime Garden
Lufe Tempo
Mango In Euphoria
Megan Wyn
Nadia Sheikh
Noah and the Loners
Ramona Marx
Ruby J
Small Miracles
Something In The Lake
Spangled
Teenage Sequence
The Dead Freights
The Kairos
The Molotovs
The Now
The Outers
The Velvet Hands
Venus Grrrls
Weekend Recovery
Wharves
February 2022, caught Arxx at The House Of Vans Next Generation shows and later in the year at Croydon’s As The Cro Cro Flies. Exceptional bands that rock with credible composition and performance abilities. There’s a lot of DIY development since the new world began in 2020 vision. As we adapted together we have created brighter possibilities for balance.
Adwaith 'Bato Mato'
Arctic Monkeys 'The Car'
Asylums 'Signs Of Life'
A Void 'Call Of The Void'
Bait 'Sea Change'
Beabadoobee ' Beatopia'
Berries 'How We Function'
Big Joanie 'Back Home'
Black Country, New Road 'Ants From Up There'
Bob Vylan 'The Price Of Life'
Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard 'Backhand Deals'
Deux Furieuses 'Songs From Planet Earth'
Dry Cleaning 'Stump Work'
Enjoyable Listens 'The Enjoyable Listen'
Fontaines D. C. 'Skinty Fia'
Ghum 'Bitter'
Gwenno 'Tresor'
Johnny Marr 'Fever Dreams'
Kid Kapichi - 'Here’s What You Could Have Won'
Louis Tomlinson 'Faith In The Future'
MOSES 'I Still Believe! Do You?'
Nova Twins 'Supernova'
Peaness 'World Full Of Worry'
Pillow Queens 'Leave The Light On'
Rina Sawayama 'Hold The Girl'
Sinead O Brien 'Time Bend And Break The Bower'
Soccer Mommy 'Sometimes Forever'
The Assist 'Council Pop'
The Linda Lindas 'Growing Up'
The Shop Window 'A 4 Letter Word'
The Snuts 'Burn The Empire'
The Smile 'A Light For Attracting Attention'
Wet Leg 'Wet Leg'
Witch Fever 'Congregation'
Wynona Bleach 'Moonsoake'
We doff our documenting cap to Simon Williams of Fierce Panda. In the newer wave are a wealth of 1990s shapers involved with guiding, while learning from, up and comers of the scenes. The beauty of generation tremorists is ideas and experience exchanging excitedlly. A revision of the widespread zoomer-v-boomer division. Instead, the tunes go zoom, results go boom. Woven into our tapestry, respect to you all!
Thanks for reading/creating/performing/supporting this genuine arts movement.
Dizzy Spell (Editor)/Caffy St Luce (Events)
JPGs of above mentioned artists:
ever evolving
Alongside the major events (some which have to be paid by instalment) and the cost of getting (and eating/drinking!) there, are some phenomental newer wave festivals affordable for more people and just as much of an experience - but at close range.
#TheZineUK documentary: Andy Winters (There’s A Riot Going On), Robyn Skinner (Bugeye), John Kennedy (Radio X) and Kelly Munro (End Of The Trail) at The #BrightonRocknRollCircus
May’s punky fun was a case in point.
40+ live sets over three days.
A chance to catch the word of mouth up n comers over the same weekend as The Great Escape.
This meant that the shows at The Black Lion were attended by music industry and press for nearly every set.
As per all of the events in this article, both Kick Out The Jams and End Of The Trail (rocknroll circus ringmasters) are respected scouts, promoters and industry contacts of the up comer scenes.
Between seaside shenanigans, there are superb events every month at https://www.facebook.com/KickOutTheJamz
Disclaimer: TheZineUK is a documentary about what is ALL HAPPENING by The Music People Party across the grassroots venue circuit of Britain Ireland on all kinda size stages, so yes, we DO know quite a lot of them and are appreciative of the access which allows the story to bloom.
If you would like to be involved in the new rock n roll as an artist or an ally then coming to small venue shows is your friendliest finishing school and networking club.
Next up is This Feeling’s brilliant weekend.
That ticket is the most value to catch some of the most valued rising stars at Leeds Brudenell and London Garage on the 13th and 14th August!
See the poster? Whoa!
If you know, you know. If you don’t you will, so you might as well find your new favourites - secure a ticket to the party ZONE!
AWEfumn update - BEEN. It was even better than could be hoped for!
August 2021 Instagram clip (The Clause): “thezineuk doc (and guitarband fans!) report that REWIRED is an interdependent music festival SUCCESS!”
Some of these artist/band names on the posters, you may already know as threads woven into our social media tips and tales of the new rock n roll. Again, these are ALL tiptop scouts, promotions (and more)! Each year their alumni sparkle in all kinds of ways that musicians can only dream of.
All of these more personal music festival mentions are packing ones-to-watch dynamite!
In Autumn, get set for the return of three more interdependent favourites who welcome everybody to their events. Grab a ticket and some escapist musical JOY!
Event No.6 at Amersham Arms in New Cross. Two days of the best women-powered DIY bands Tickets: https://bit.ly/LWFest22
Signature Brew, Haggerston - the exceptional DIY punk fest featuring music, art and workshops by punx of colour. Income aware ticket prices
Keep an eye on their socials for next news.
The multi-stage music festival presented by the Croydonist is a love in.
More uniqulture: their signature mash-up of queer, non-binary, and straight bands with gender equality at the heart
Info, updates: https://www.crocroland.co.uk/
See also the #NXD (New Cross and Deptford in the rebel republic of #SELondon) multi venue rock-out by Till The Wheels
Till The Fest’s secoind event celebrates twenty one years of DIY Punk!
https://www.tillthewheels.com/till-the-fest
For TheZineUK doc it kinda feels like guitar blessed scenes and anti-scenes are evolving in plain site.
Consider that for most of the artists concerned, their main media is social media.
Thanks to sussed allies in radio, on music sites and on playlists alongside audiences on side, they get a boost. Fans are definitely a key to artist and event survival in the dystopian age and the Cost Of Greed Crisis.
In the backdrop of real life an outstanding soundtrack that is under the radar! But when you’re THERE, it’s definitely over the rainbow.#
Nottingham in the house! Making friends at REWIRED 2021
In these dark and frankly cruel times, come and hang with some kind people. You may find new friends or new fave talents.
TheZineUK has attended all of the above mentioned events.
Can recommend as feelgood fun and friendly. Music is soul food AND spirit medicine.
Yeah, this is how we roll. Be seeing you…
We’ve been to SoccerSixFest and we’re going again!
Read MoreThe Rock N Roll Circus comes to Brighton, 12th-14th May 2022. Over forty bands will thrill a free entry music festivity presented by Kick Out The Jams and End Of The Trail in association with Blackstar Amps, CD Baby, Gig Club and TheZineUK. It’s so much more than that. Come to The Black Lion and join an art souled, authentic and inclusive DIY music movement.
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