For me, Saturday at Ramblin Man started with a quick trip to the VIP area to see Bad Touch doing an acoustic session for the VIP ticket holders. They’d got a big crowd and their short set sounded great. Over on the Prog stage, Israeli band Scardust were the first …
Read More »RavenEye Release Video for ‘Madeline’
UK rock trio RavenEye have unleashed a new video for the song ‘Madeline.’ Described by Classic Rock as “modern blues rock with healthy shots of Royal Blood and Muse” it’s the 3rd track they’ve made available from their debut album NOVA out TODAY, September 23rd via Frontiers srl. Singer/guitarist Oli Brown …
Read More »RavenEye – Nova
Sometimes, all you want in life is a loud, bouncy rock album to relax to on a Sunday afternoon. Well, you’re in luck; British-born RavenEye have provided just that. NOVA, out on Friday 23rd, is the full-length debut from a band that have already directly supported The Darkness, Halestorm and Slash …
Read More »Steelhouse Festival – Hafod-y-Dafal, Ebbw Vale – 24 July 2016
The second day of Steelhouse dawned with an incessant mizzle in the air. Not the sort of torrential downpour which had turned the mountain top site into a quagmire last year, but a constant enough drizzle to make itself known it was there, and at times annoying in its persistence. …
Read More »RavenEye Announce Debut Album ‘Nova’ for September
Following their wildly successful EP, ‘Breaking Out’, which debuted on Billboard’s Heatseeker chart, UK trio RavenEye are set to release their first album – NOVA – worldwide on September 23rd via their new label, Frontiers Music Srl. Producer Warren Riker (Ms. Lauryn Hill, Michael Jackson, Down, Anders Osborne), who engineered …
Read More »RavenEye Interview – Download Festival, 11/06/16
I got to speak to Oli and Aaron from RavenEye at Download Festival this year about their set on Friday, current affairs within the band and who has treated them the best on tour…
Read More »Download Festival 2016 – Friday 10th June
Royal Republic (7) are the perfect Lemmy stage opening band for the weekend – fun, energetic and with a Volbeat-esque vibe to boot, they’re able to get things going in the best way possible. Finishing song Full Steam Space Machine is a particular highlight and the band look certain to …
Read More »Another dozen acts for Download Festival!
It’s always nice to have new names for a festival, isn’t it? Luckily, Download have delivered and given us a smile to kick away the Monday blues with another twelve names on the bill. The new addition are as follows: the recently reformed Juliette and the Licks, British metal powerhouse …
Read More »RavenEye/Selene – Ahoghill, Diamond Rock Club – 13 February 2016
There are some artists who just love to play live, and seem to get itchy feet if they are more than a few minutes away from treading the boards of the stage. Just off the top of my head, I can think of two homegrown Norn Iron talents who definitely …
Read More »Blues Pills/RavenEye – Belfast, Limelight 2, 31/07/2015
It may be the last day of July, but already it is a typical Belfast “summer” evening – the temperature is plummeting into the lower reaches of single figures and the rain isn’t taking its time to belt it down as the PM team duck from the adjacent pub and …
Read More »RavenEye – Breaking Out
British band RavenEye may be a new name to many, but fans who saw Blues Pills on their latest UK tour will have seen RavenEye supporting them. I saw their set in London and was really impressed, so the fact they’re releasing an EP in May is good news. RavenEye …
Read More »RavenEye EP release on May 11th
RavenEye are set to release their debut EP “Breaking Out” via Rook Recordings on 11th May 2015. The band has just finished touring with Blues Pills and will head out to Europe next month for dates as main support to Slash. Even though he’s still only 25 year sold, Oli …
Read More »Blues Pills – Islington academy, London – 22nd April 2015
First up tonight was The Pearl Harts. Unusually, they’re a two-piece band – other than the Graveltones they’re probably the only two-piece I’ve seen. Unlike the Graveltones, both members of the Pearl harts are petite ladies. They took to the stage in front of a very quiet venue, but …
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